Literary Reference Centre - Help Sheet

Resource Name: LITERARY REFERENCE CENTRE

1. How do I access this resource?
You can access this from your home computer. Go to library.lakemac.com.au and click the ‘Literary Reference Centre’ link. When prompted, type your lake macquarie library card for FREE access.

2. Is it available from home?
YES.

3. Does it have much Australian content?
You can refine your search by National identity.

4. Is there an advanced searching option?
Refine Your Search by:
Full Text ; Publish Date; Document Type ; Images; Author ; Gender ; Cultural Identity ; National Identity ; Title ; Character ; Locale ; Genre

5. For whom would this resource be suitable?
high school and undergraduate English and Humanities students with homework and research assignments of a literary nature.

6. How is this resource unique?
This site draws on professional material which is authoritative. It has full text sources not available on the Internet.

7. What are similar or complementary resources?
Books: “The concise Oxford dictionary of literary terms”
Online: National Library Guides; Granger's Poetry Index [See library staff for access]; Novelist

8. What would be sample questions that this resource could answer?
Q. Can I see images of Romantic poets
A. Enter “Romatic Poets” in search box and refine by ‘Images’ in advanced search. Image thumbnails and biographical data are displayed in a table.

9. What does the search result list show?
Title of article; Source; Format

10. Rate this resource.
Literary Reference Centre has information from reference and journal souces, and is reliable and authoritative.