Literary Reference Center is a comprehensive database that provides a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. LRC combines information from major respected reference works, books, literary journals as well as original content from EBSCO Publishing. LRC includes:

• plot summaries, synopses and work overviews
• articles of literary criticism
• full text of literary journals
• author biographies
• book reviews
• author interviews
• and images of key literary figures

LRC also includes full text of selected classic and contemporary poems and short stories. Full text of classic novels is anticipated by Fall 2006. As reference material, LRC includes full text of a number of literary encyclopedia and guides.

Some institutions use a web-based citation manager called RefWorks. For help, check with your library staff, or see the Xavier University online help for RefWorks.