The Literary Encyclopedia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Functionality

Having been planned from its inception to make the best use of relational databases, The Literary Encyclopedia offers a learning resource to rival anything in its class.

From the options list which appears top-right of any article, users can

  • print articles in an attractive format
  • list an author's works in date or name sequence
  • list all major contemporary authors and texts
  • list approved internet resources related to the record being read
  • call up a detailed day-by-day author chronology where such a chronology exists
  • by clicking on "works and events", generate double-column comparative tables of literary and historical topics, selected by date and country
  • call up lists of recommended reading from our annually reviewed database of secondary works
  • where appropriate, use a prepared link to view articles on related matters

Using advanced search options, users can

  • generate lists of authors or works according to genre, date span and country
  • compose sophisticated timelines relating literary texts to historical events
  • generate global searches for recommended web resources by period, country and genre

Other functions and features include

  • using Hyperwords© to search the entire suite of databases for occurrences of any word or group of words by clicking that word or group in any article
  • personal accounts for all users, just by entering a valid email address
  • the ability of users to save searches, timelines and articles to their own virtual "bookshelves"
  • the ability for teachers to compile sets of records into a "bookshelf" and send a hyperlink to this bookshelf to students on a particular course
  • a much-consulted "Style Book" which offers guidance on correcting grammatical and other errors often found in student essays
  • a floating glossary of frequently used critical terms
  • cross-searching The Literary Encyclopedia and other electronic resources via Metalib
  • by January 2010: the ability to click on an item of secondary reading and open an immediate e-repository search (to JSTOR, Project Muse, EBSCO host etc.) via SFX