1. MagillOnLiterature Plus:
An 'Which Question' Online Ready Resource
The most comprehensive source of the most
studied works in the history of literature.
Presentation by: Samuel Rome

2. What is This Source Used For?
This resource contains:
 Author Biographies and Bibliographies
 Extended Character Profiles
 Plot Summeries
 Critical Essays
 Setting Discussions

3. Who Should Use This?
 Academic Libraries:
The site's basic information to give
information on an author's works.
 Public Libraries:
Because of the listing series, a patron will
be able to learn what books are in a series.
But because of the expense, it may not be
feasible to purchase.

4. Major Drawback
 Searching on the resource is quite difficult.
 There are several search fields, and results will
differ
 Search terms also need to be entered in a very
specific way, or no results will show.

5. Accessibility
 This resource is subscription-based through
EBSCOhost
 The only way to figure out the price for
MagillOnLiterature, is to request for it. Which
means it must be quite expensive.

6. Strengths and Advantages
 Is run by EBSCOhost
 The site is bases its results from resources
provided by Salem Press, including
 Masterplots 1&2
 Cyclopedia of World Authors
 Cyclopeida of Literary Characters
 Magill's Literary Annual
 Magill Book Reviews

7. Using the Resource
 Because the site is run from EBSCO, the
search is same as most its other sites

8. Using the Resource
*It is important to remember to
select the correct search field*

9. Using the Resource
*There is no results under title, but there
is a limited amount under Title of Work*

10. Anatomy of an Entry
The first area
contains:
 Source info
 Biblio info
 Publication info
 Locale
 An Abstract
 Genres
 Subject terms

11. Anatomy of an Entry
The next area
contains:
 Author info
 Quick Reference
 Publication
 Type of Work
 Themes
 Time of Work
 Character info
 Synopsis

12. Anatomy of an Entry
 The last area
contains:
 Themes
 Context

13. Works Cited
EBSCO. MagillOnLiterature Plus. Web
http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/search/advanced?sid=ed0d1b31-34be-4f8b-9fd9-d497cd23d41a%40sessionmgr4002&vid=1&hid=4104 Accessed: March 17,
2014
EBSCO. MagillOnLiterature Plus. Web. http://www.ebscohost.com/us-high-schools/magillonliterature-plus Accessed: March 17, 2014