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<strong><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">Hello all,<br><br>I hope you're having a lovely day today. Each <span class="gmail-il">month</span> I'll be bringing a resource available from <a href="http://ohioweblibrary.org/" target="_blank">Ohio Web Library</a> to your attention. This February, let's take a look at <a href="http://www.ohioweblibrary.org/literary ">Literary Reference Center</a>, a part of our state-wide EBSCO subscription.</font></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><br><br>
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</font></span></span><p><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">Literary Reference Center provides you with abroad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across time and literary discipline.<br>
<br>Literary Reference Center contains:</font></span></span></p><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font></span></span><ul><li><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">Plot summaries, synopses, and work overviews.</font></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">Nearly 100,000 pieces of literary criticism.</font></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">Author biographies and interviews.</font></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">More than 693,000 book reviews.</font></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">Full-text poems and short stories.</font></span></span></li>
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</font></span></span><h3><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">Quick Start Guides & Tip Sheets</font></span></span></h3><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font></span></span><ul><li><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><a href="http://oplin.org/db-handouts/EBSCOLitRefGSGuide.pdf">Getting Started Guide (PDF)</a> This one-page guide created by OPLIN is designed to get your patrons started.</font></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><a href="https://help.ebsco.com/interfaces/Literary_Reference_Center/User_Guide">User Guide. </a>For an in-depth understanding of Literary Reference Center, try this in-depth guide.</font></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><a href="https://help.ebsco.com/interfaces/Literary_Reference_Center/FAQs">FAQ.</a> This guide compiles frequently asked questioned about Literary Reference Center.</font></span></span></li>
</ul><h3><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">Tutorials and Presentations</font></span></span></h3><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font></span></span><ul><li><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><a href="https://help.ebsco.com/interfaces/Literary_Reference_Center/Training_Promotion/Tutorial">Literary Reference Center -Tutorial. </a> This video tutorial from EBSCO guides users on how to use the interface.</font></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><a href="https://help.ebsco.com/interfaces/Literary_Reference_Center/Training_Promotion/Scavenger_Hunt">Scavenger Hunt. </a>Try these fun scavenger hunts with staff in order to learn more.</font></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><a href="https://ebscotraining.webex.com/mw3100/mywebex/default.do?siteurl=ebscotraining">All EBSCO webinars.</a> Check this list of all available webinars from EBSCO to see training options</font></span></span></li>
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library's website or social media. No attribution required.</font></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><a href="https://help.ebsco.com/interfaces/Literary_Reference_Center/Training_Promotion/Promotion_Kit">Promotional Materials from EBSCO.</a> This promotional kit from EBSCO include bookmarks, posters, graphics and promotional emails.</font></span></span></li>
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</font></span></span><ul><li><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><a href="http://help.ebsco.com/">EBSCO help.</a> This website is designed to be a one-stop shop for all your EBSCO questions</font></span></span></li><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font></span></span><li><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><a href="http://support.ebscohost.com/training/">EBSCO training.</a> This website links to all EBSCO training resources, include upcoming and recorded webinars as well as YouTube Trainings.</font></span></span></li>
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<br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">Mandy Knapp<br>Digital Resources Manager<br>Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN)<br></font></span></div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">Phone: 614-728-5252<br>Fax: 614 -728 -5256</font></span></div></div></div>
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