英语语言艺术全能数据库

Literary Reference Ultimate提供数千名作者及其作品的相关信息。 除了当代和经典全文诗歌、短篇小说、小说和批评性文章外，该数据库还收录以下内容：

  • 2,746本全文参考书籍
  • 28,064个剧情梗概、内容提要与作品导读
  • 247,603份作者传记
  • 16,408次作者访谈
  • 500种持续收录的全文文学期刊
  • 500种全文电子书
  • 212个视频
  • 1,305,275条书评
  • 658篇关于流行青年（YA）和儿童文学的批判性分析文章，包括电影分析
  • 238卷《Critical Insights》

其他内容亮点

Literary Reference Ultimate收录专注于戏剧/戏剧、诗歌、短篇小说、儿童文学、新闻和电影研究等全文资源。 该数据库还收录了大量奇幻/科幻小说、当代文学、世界哲学和宗教文学，以及涵盖美国文学、英国文学和文学体裁的文学研究指南。

Literary Reference Ultimate收录Salem Press出版的全新当代文学书籍，包括：

  • Literary Context系列为学生们提供跨越所有体裁的优秀文学作品，提供历史背景和阐释关键概念。 Literary Context系列向学生介绍跨体裁的文学经典作品，提供历史背景阐释并解析核心概念。涵盖作品包括：《桦树皮屋》（The Birchbark House）、《诗人X》（The Poet X）、《野性的呼唤》（The Call of the Wild）、《百年孤独》（One Hundred Years of Solitude），以及阿曼达·戈尔曼（Amanda Gorman）的演讲《使用你的声音是一种政治选择》（"Using Your Voice Is a Political Choice"）和杨谨伦（Gene Luen Yang）的演讲《漫画属于课堂》（"Comics Belong in the Classroom"）。
  • 莎士比亚戏剧批评研究（Critical Survey of Shakespeare’s Plays）深入分析莎士比亚最具影响力的剧作，着重探讨其历史意义与文学技法。

该数据库还收录以下资源：

  • 关于众多文学体裁、主题和形式的信息文本
  • 全文文学期刊和杂志——包括《The Threepenny Review》、《Gettysburg Review》、《Iowa Review》、《Copper Nickel》、《Film International》、《Framework》、《CINEJ Cinema Journal》、《Dramatist》、《Black Masks》、《The Edgar Allan Poe Review》和《Kenyon Review》——收录数千篇论文、小说和诗歌作品
  • 《美国文学电影改编史》、《英国文学电影改编史》、《非裔美国戏剧历史词典》、《当代世界小说全评指南》、《亚裔美国文学与戏剧历史词典》、《拉丁美洲文学与戏剧历史词典》 40份分章摘要
  • 40份分章摘要
  • 包含1,400多个术语的文学术语表
  • 研究指南

直观的用户体验

通过Explora平台访问的Literary Reference Ultimate数据库提供增强型主题浏览功能，不仅支持学生研究和课堂教学，还能简化教案设计以及专题指南和资源导航路径的创建。

除了简单高级搜索选项和强大的过滤器外，研究人员还能够按类别进行主题探索，包括：

  • 作者
  • 作品
  • 主题
  • 文学时期与流派
  • 文学形式、风格与技巧
  • 神话和民间传说
  • 二十世纪文学
  • 文学角色
  • 文学体裁
  • 写作
  • 公开演讲、表演与展示
  • 教案与信息图

该数据库的每个主题分类均细分为通俗易懂、贴近生活或与课程相关的子主题，这些子主题的设计既符合所有用户的认知逻辑，又特别适合年轻学者和初级研究者使用。当用户点击任一子主题时，系统将跳转至专属页面，该页面整合了主题概览（包括背景介绍和核心概念解析）、相关联的子主题推荐、概述性文章、示例搜索结果（用户可选择查看完整结果）以及相关电子书的轮播展示（视资源可用情况而定）。

访问Explora页面，了解更多功能、功能和整合信息。

Literary Reference Ultimate数据库还与EBSCOhost和EBSCO Discovery Service兼容。

Literary Reference Ultimate 电子书专辑

作为数据库的补充资源，该电子书专辑收录了来自顶尖教育出版机构的参考类电子书，涵盖广泛的文学相关主题内容，包括文学批评、学习指南以及《化身博士》（The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde）、《伊利亚特》（The Iliad）和《理智与情感》（Sense and Sensibility）等经典作品。同时还包括戏剧、电影研究、新闻学和写作领域的参考书籍。

Literary Reference Ultimate视频专辑

该补充资源专辑收录了来自大英百科全书（Britannica）的视频内容，以及由Boclips提供的Crash Course、英国国家剧院（National Theatre）、Ours Poetica和Oxford Comma等机构的视频资源。内容涵盖从文学手法解析、诗歌朗诵到电影、戏剧及神话主题的知识性视频。

学校课程支持

Literary Reference Ultimate 为多篇文章、论文和电子书提供Lexile®阅读分级指标，帮助教师根据学生阅读能力筛选合适的学习材料，实现更个性化和高效的教学指导。

该数据库还包含数十个教学方案，并链接至EBSCO的课程标准模块（Curriculum Standards Module）。这一工具可协助美国和加拿大教师快速准确地将EBSCO资源内容与Common Core国家标准、各州或省级课程标准进行匹配。该模块支持浏览具体的能力标准指标，其中许多标准还提供推荐检索词串，以确保内容检索的精准性。

此外，数据库独家提供支持教学的信息图表，包括文学要素解析图和人物关系图谱等可视化学习工具。

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Additional Content Highlights

Literary Reference Ultimate includes full-text resources focusing on plays/drama, poetry, short fiction, children's literature, journalism and film studies. The database also includes volumes of fantasy/science fiction, contemporary literature, world philosophy and religious literature, and literary study guides covering American Literature, English Literature and literary genres.

Literary Reference Ultimate includes new contemporary literature titles from Salem Press, including:

  • Literary Context series introduces students to great literary works across all genres, providing historical context and illuminating key concepts. Works covered include The Birchbark House, The Poet X, The Call of the Wild, One Hundred Years of Solitude, and speeches such as Amanda Gorman’s “Using Your Voice Is a Political Choice” and Gene Luen Yang’s “Comics Belong in the Classroom.”
  • Critical Survey of Shakespeare’s Plays provides in-depth analysis of Shakespeare’s most influential plays focusing on historical significance and literary techniques.

The database also includes:

  • Informational texts on numerous literary genres, themes and forms
  • Full-text literary journals and magazines — including The Threepenny Review, Iowa Review, Copper Nickel, Film International, Framework, CINEJ Cinema Journal, Dramatist, Black Masks, New Criterion and Kenyon Review — featuring thousands of essays, fiction and poetry
  • The History of American Literature on Film, The History of British Literature on Film, Historical Dictionary of African American Theater, The Complete Review Guide to Contemporary World Fiction, Historical Dictionary of Asian American Literature and Theater, Historical Dictionary of Latin American Literature and Theater
  • 40 chapter-by-chapter summaries
  • Literary glossary featuring more than 1,400 terms
  • Research guides

Intuitive User Experience

Available through Explora, Literary Reference Ultimate provides an enhanced topic browse experience that not only supports student research and classroom instruction, but also simplifies lesson planning and the creation of topical guides and pathfinders.

In addition to simple and advanced search options and powerful filters, researchers have the ability to explore topics by category, including:

  • Authors
  • Works
  • Themes
  • Literary Periods and Movements
  • Literary Forms, Styles and Techniques
  • Mythology and Folklore
  • 20th Century in Literature
  • Literary Characters
  • Literary Genres
  • Writing
  • Public Speaking, Performance, Presentation
  • Lesson Plans and Infographics

Each category breaks down into popular, colloquial or curriculum-based subtopics that are logical for all users and friendlier to younger or novice researchers. Clicking on the subtopic brings the user to a page with a topic overview, related subtopics and overview articles, sample search results (with the option to view all results) and a carousel of relevant e-books (if available).

Visit the Explora page to learn about additional features, functionality and integrations.

The Literary Reference Ultimate database is also compatible with EBSCOhost and EBSCO Discovery Service.

Literary Reference Ultimate eBook Collection

Offered as a complimentary companion to the database, this collection contains reference e-books from top educational publishers and presses and offers a broad range of literary-related subject coverage, with selections including literary criticism, study guides and classics such as The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Iliad and Sense and Sensibility. The collection also includes reference books on theater, film studies, journalism and writing.

Literary Reference Ultimate Video Collection

This complimentary collection contains videos from Britannica, as well as videos powered by Boclips from Crash Course, National Theatre, Ours Poetica and Oxford Comma. Content ranges from literary devices explained to poetry readings to informational videos on topics in film, theatre and mythology.

School Curriculum Support

Literary Reference Ultimate includes Lexile® reading measures for many articles, essays and e-books to help teachers select appropriate materials for their students, allowing for more personalized and effective instruction.

The database also features dozens of lesson plans and a link to EBSCO's Curriculum Standards Module, a tool that can help teachers in the U.S. and Canada to correlate EBSCO content quickly and easily to Common Core, state- or province-specific curriculum standards. The module provides browsing of specific benchmarks, many which have recommended search strings for successful content retrieval.

The database also contains proprietary infographics to support teaching and learning. These include elements of literature and character maps.