ABOUT
Gale Literature contains current literary information from more than 650,000 full-text articles, critical essays, and biographies of over 130,000 authors. It also and features more than 150,000 full-text poems, short stories, essays, speeches, and plays. This database includes the content of Literature Resource Center, LitFinder, Scribner Writers Series, and Twayne's Authors series.
KEY SEARCH FEATURES
- Full Text - finds articles available to you in full text - this is the default
- Peer-reviewed - check this box to limit your search to peer-reviewed articles
- Subject Guide Search - can help you find the specific wording used for the subject you need
LIMITING YOUR RESULTS
- Content Type -The default view shows Literature Criticism, but you can also choose Biographies, Topic & Work Overviews, Reviews & News, Primary Sources & Literary Works, or Multimedia, depending on what is available for your particular search.
- Search Within Results - you can use this to look for a term or name with in the list of results you already have
- Subjects - You can use this to limit your results to only those with a specific subject
- Person - About - limit the results to who they are about
- Name of Work - limit the results to those about a particular work of literature
- Document Types - This can help you narrow by article, brief article, review, etc.
