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Poetry & Short Story Reference Center
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Welcome to EBSCO’s
Poetry & Short Story Reference Center
tutorial. This comprehensive full-text database provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of poets and short story authors and their works across literary themes, forms, techniques, and movements. Biographies, critical analyses, contextual essays, and explications of important works are also included. This tutorial will introduce you to key interface features as well as the product’s unique content.
Searching
Poetry & Short Story Reference Center
is easy. Simply enter your search term(s) in the
Find
field, select the desired search parameter from the drop-down menu, and click the
Search
button.
From the Search Results page, you can refine your results by using the limiters in the left-hand column. Click on a
Full Text
link to read the complete article, or click the title to view details about the article. Don’t have time to read it now?
Sign In
to your personal account and click the
Add to Folder
icon to save the article to your personal folder.
On the Detailed Record screen, you can view all of the citation information for the article. Click the
Full Text
link to read the article. You can also
Print, E-mail, Save, Cite,
or
Export
an article by clicking the
Tools
icons on the right.
You can also browse by most studied poems and poets, short stories, poetic forms & techniques, critical analyses, themes, and more.
Let’s begin with
Most Studied Poems
by clicking the link in the
Browse
box on the home screen.
From the
Most Studied Poems
screen, you can conduct a keyword search, narrow your search by category using the tabs above the Find field, or browse results alphabetically or by relevance.
To browse the most studied poets in the database click
Most Studied Poets
in the
Browse
box on the home screen. From here you can conduct a keyword search, narrow your search by category using the tabs above the Find field, and/or browse results alphabetically or by relevance.
These are just two of the many
Browse
options available.
Audio and video recordings of poets reading their works, interviews, conversations, and podcasts from reputable sources like the
Academy of American Poets,
the
Poetry Foundation,
and
MacNeil/Lehrer Productions
are also available. You can download and listen to MP3 files on your mobile device or stream video on your computer. Hover your pointer over
More
in the top toolbar and click
Video)
. When the search screen appears, enter your keywords in the
Find Audio
(or field and click the
Search
button.
Researchers will find a number of other helpful resources, such as a Literary Glossary, dictionaries, eBooks, and critical analyses of popular poems.
Poetry Off The Page
Lesson Plans and Assignments have been specifically crafted to assist teachers with classroom instruction. Simply click the
Learn More
button to access these supplemental guides, many of which align to NCTE and Common Core standards. You can search lesson plans by keyword, narrow your search by category using the tabs above the Find field, and/or browse results alphabetically or by relevance.
To view the complete online Help system, click the
Help
link at the top right of the
Poetry & Short Story Reference Center
screen.