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Lions and literature and databases, oh

my!

THE destination for your broadest world literature

needs!

Types of documents

“Presents industry-leading Literature content, including criticism,

biographies, reference articles, reviews, primary sources, plot

analysis, explication, and multimedia.”

- Gale’s LRC title list

Priestley, Chris. "Payne's grey." New Statesman [1996] 25 Feb. 2008: 63. Literature Resource Center. Web. 24 Nov. 2013.

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http://kwekudee-tripdownmemorylane.blogspot.com/2012/09/lord-ptah-hotep-vizier-and-writer-of.html

http://www.gothamgal.com/gotham_gal/2013/11/donna-tart-the-goldfinch.html

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Literature Online (LION) Database

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Why Does the Library Subscribe to LION?

Academic and Public Users

Specialized contents unavailable

elsewhere in English and American

Literature

“My Archive”

Feature

Citation

Assistance

Reference Shelf

Interactive

Beginner’s Guide

Remote Access

Site Map

New Additions

Consistently

updated

Scope of the LION Database

Literature: English and American Prose, Drama, and Poetry

Collection of Penguin Classics

Literature Online Journals

Literary Criticism

Reference

Multimedia

Author Pages

For in-depth parameters of the scope and content of the database, and explanations for why decisions regarding scope are made, visit the Information Centre and click on the Content and editorial policy link.

Functionality of the LION DatabaseFull-Text Access

Advanced Searching

QuickSearching

Searchable Fields

Browsing

Unique to LION: Early modern

typographical variants

Results display and

manipulation; content

summary

Help page

My archive

Citations

Stable links

Keyword searching

Historic first editions

Mobile compatibility

Interface Navigation: LION Old and New

The Old InterfaceSearch boxes, including

QuickSearch, located on left side

of screen

No Mobile Access

Original search engine

Access to MyArchive

Existing help pages

The New InterfaceSearch boxes in the middle of the screen

Mobile Access

Faster, more efficient search with a new

search engine

MyArchive accounts will not be

transferred; necessary to make a new

one

LibGuide and training webinars

Special Features of LION: How it Works

Come with us on a tour of LION’s online demo!

You may access all the information in the online demo at your leisure at the Literature Online help page.

Questions? Please Ask a Literature Librarian!

Crystal Clements: cec23@uw.edu

Lois Haight:loeyann@uw.edu

Aimee Plaisance:amplais@uw.edu

Milly Romeijn-Stout:emilyrs@uw.edu