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ProQuest Information and Learning is a global leader in collecting, organizing and distributing value-
added information to researchers. Literature Online is the world's leading academic full-text and 

reference online resource for literature in English. 

Welcome to Literature Online ! 
We suggest you begin exploring our service using 
the following examples: 

1. 
Quick Search 
2. 
Search Authors 
3. 
Search Texts 
4. 
Search Criticism and Reference 
5. 
Other Features (Poets on Screen, Complete 
Contents, Information Centre, etc) 
6. 
More Information 
To access Literature Online, follow the links on 
your library web page or consult your librarian for 
instructions. 

1. Quick Search 
Quick Search is a simple way to find what you are 
looking for in Literature Online. A Quick Search 
box appears on the left-hand navigation bar of 
every page. You can use it to find all the resources 
in Literature Online related to a particular author, 
title of a work, or subject matter. You can even use 
it to search for word(s) in the text of any work 
contained in Literature Online. 

1. 
Type what you want to look for in the 
search box. 
2. 
Click the Go! button. 
3. 
A List of Results page will appear listing 
the resources that match your search 
terms. 
Literature Online allows you to combine your 
search terms so you can target your search at 
more specific areas. For example, you can list 
authors by the name of Smith and John living in 
the eighteenth century. You combine your search 
terms using the following special keywords, called 
Boolean operators: 

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2. Search Authors 
You can search for authors by name, or according 
to particular criteria; use the list displayed to go to 
an Author Page containing links to all the 
resources available for a particular author e.g. 
texts, criticism, biography, Web sites. 

As well as the more obvious criteria, you can also 
search for authors who belonged to a particular 
literary period. (For example, Restoration 16601700 
or Postwar Period 1945-), or who belonged 
to a particular literary movement (For example, 
Neoclassicism or Vorticism). 

To list information about a particular author: 

1. 
Enter the author's name in the Find 
Author(s) . 
2. 
Click the Search button. 
The Authors List of Results page will be displayed, 
listing all the authors with the name you entered. 

EXAMPLE: 

How do I list the works by Robert Browning? 

1. 
Enter Robert Browning in the Find 
Author(s) box. 
2. 
Click the Search button. 
The Authors List of Results page will be displayed, 
listing author names that match the search criteria. 
From here you can choose to view the author's 
biography, or list works by that author or works 
about that author. 

All searches are case-insensitive, so you don't 
have to know whether a word should be capitalized 
or not. For example, there is no difference between 
shakespeare, Shakespeare or ShakeSpeare. 

3. Search Texts 
You can use text in a way that was previously not 
possible in electronic form; you can search the full 
text of all the packages to which you are 
subscribed for instances of a particular word. For 
example, you can list all works that contain the 
word 'blue'. 

To list all texts containing a particular word: 

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Enter the word in the Keyword(s) in Work box 
and click the Search button. 

All keyword searches are, by default, exact phrase 
searches unless you are using Boolean or 
proximity operators. This means that Literature 
Online looks for exact matches for all of the words 
you typed into the search box. 

For example, if you search for host daffodils using 
the Keyword(s) in Work search box on the 
Search Texts page you will not get any results. 
However, if you search for host of golden daffodils 
you will find the poem by Wordsworth. 

As well as the more obvious criteria, you can also 
search for: 

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The literary period; that is, when a work 
was produced. For example, Jacobean 
and Caroline, 1603-1660 or Modernist 
Period, 1899-1945. 
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The publisher of a particular poem; for 
example Black Sparrow Press or Oxford 
University Press. 
Search Texts is divided into different search pages. 
The Search Texts All page allows you to search 
works belonging to any literary category, including 
literary works in journals, e-texts held on third-party 
websites, and entries in Early English Books 
Online (accessible to subscribers to this service) 
whereas the Search Texts Poetry, Drama and 
Prose pages limit your search to works of that 
category and provide more genre-specific 
information. 

You can quickly find a particular text or information 
about an author by using one or any combination 
of the basic search boxes. 

All keyword searches are, by default, exact phrase 
searches unless you are using Boolean or 
proximity operators. This means that Literature 
Online looks for exact matches for all of the words 
you typed into the search box. For example, if you 
search for host daffodils using the Keyword(s) in 
Work search box on the Search Texts page you 
will not get any results. However, if you search for 
host of golden daffodils you will find the poem by 
Wordsworth. 

Literature Online allows you to include 
typographical variants in your results automatically 
using the relevant checkbox on the Search page. If 
you check this box and submit your search, 
Literature Online will find variant forms of your 
search term in which the character v has been 

substituted for u, u for v, j for i or y, i for j or y, y for 
i or j, w for vv or uu, and s for f. 

EXAMPLES: 

How do I find all texts containing the word 
"fog"? 

1. 
Enter fog in the Keyword(s) in Work box. 
2. 
Click the Search button. 
The Texts List of Results page will be displayed, 
listing all the works containing the word 'fog'. 

Tip: If you want to search for more than one word 
you don't have to divide up your search terms with 
a comma, a space between your words will do. 

How do I find all texts with the word "love" in 
the title? 

1. 
Enter love in the Title Keyword(s) box. 
2. 
Click the Search button. 
The Texts List of Results page will be displayed, 
listing all works whose titles contain the word 'love'. 

Tip: Literature Online will search for exactly the 
words you have typed in. So entering works 
referring to tempests will produce a list of all works 
which contain the words 'works', 'referring', 'to' and 
'tempest'. 

Tip: You do not need to type an accented letter, as 
they are found if you type the unaccented form; for 
example, to search for r�you can type role. 

How do I find a list of the works written by T.S. 
Eliot? 

1. 
Enter Eliot T.S. in the Author(s) box. 
2. 
Click the Search button. 
The Texts List of Results page will be displayed, 
listing Eliot's works. 

4. Search Criticism and Reference 
You can produce a list of material written about an 
author or their works, including references to 
articles, monographs and dissertations, related 
entries in major reference works and relevant 
websites. This material is referred to as criticism 
and reference. 

When you search for criticism and reference 
material, Literature Online lists information 
available in the MHRA's ABELL (Annual 
Bibliography of English Language and Literature), 
the MLA International Bibliography (if subscribed), 
major reference works and on the World Wide 

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Web. These sources can be in the form of 
citations, full text, article page images or links to 
other websites containing relevant information. 

To list criticism and reference material 
containing a particular word: 

1. 
Select the desired page. 
2. 
Enter the word in the Keyword(s) box. 
3. 
Click the Search button. 
The Criticism & Reference List of Results page will 
be displayed, listing criticism and reference 
sources containing your chosen word. 

To list criticism and reference sources for a 
particular subject: 

1. 
Select the desired page. 
2. 
Enter a description of the subject in the 
Subject or Author/Subject(s) box and 
click the Search button. 
To list criticism and reference sources written 
by a particular author or reviewer: 

1. 
Select the desired page. 
2. 
Enter their name in the 
Author/Reviewer(s) or Author(s) box and 
click the Search button. 
You must enter full names of authors or reviewers 
in the format last name, first name e.g. Waugh, 
Evelyn. 

Click the Select from a list > link to display a list 
of authors/reviewers or authors. 

The Criticism & Reference List of Results page will 
be displayed, listing criticism and reference 
sources written by the person you selected. 

To list criticism from a particular journal: 

1. 
Select the Criticism page. 
2. 
Using the Combined search page (default 
option), enter the journal's name in the 
Journal box and click the Search button. 
Click the Select from a list > link to display a list 
of the journals you can search. 

The Criticism & Reference List of Results page will 
be displayed, listing all criticism from the journal 
you selected. 

EXAMPLES: 

How do I find out what criticism and reference 
information there is for John Keats? 

1. 
Enter Keats, John in 
the Author/Subject(s) box. 
2. 
Click the Search button. 
The Criticism & Reference List of Results page will 
be displayed, listing relevant materials and 
websites. 

Tip: All searches are case-insensitive, so you don't 
have to know whether a word should be capitalised 
or not. For example, there is no difference between 
shakespeare, Shakespeare or ShakeSpeare. 

How do I list articles published in the Literary 
Review regarding modernism? 

1. 
Select Criticism search. 
2. 
Using the Combined search page (default 
option), enter modernism in the 
Keyword(s) box. 
3. 
Enter Literary Review in the Journal box. 
4. 
Click the Search button. 
The Criticism & Reference List of Results page will 
be displayed, listing all articles mentioning 
modernism that were published in the Literary 
Review. 

5. Other Features 
Poets on Screen 

The Poets on Screen link gives you access to the 
video content included in Literature Online. You 
can browse a list of poems read by contemporary 
poets; the poems can be viewed alphabetically by 
author or by title. Each poem title is a link to page 
that lets you choose which media player to use to 
play the clip. 

Search History 

The Search History page records all the searches 
you have run during the current session (with the 
exception of Quick Searches). It allows you to run 
searches again, modify them, combine them with 
other searches or delete them from your list. 

Note that the searches on the Search History 
page are only retained for a single session so that 
any information recorded there will be lost once 
you exit Literature Online. If you want to keep a 
search beyond the current session then you must 

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save it to the My Archive area from the List of 
Results page. 

Marked List 

The Marked List page lists the bibliographic 
records you have selected and added from the List 
of Result pages during the current session. It 
allows you to create a list of records selected from 
searches in the current session, view the full text, 
email or print the list, remove records from your 
list, or save records to My Archive if you want to 
keep a record beyond the current session. 

My Archive 

The My Archive feature allows you to access your 
own password-protected area of Literature Online 
where you can store information for future use or 
register for various services. The first time you 
access My Archive during a session you will be 
presented with a login page. If you are a new user 
you will need to create a new profile/account 
before you can access My Archive. 

When you click the My Archive link on the left-
hand navigation bar and log in (if you haven't done 
so already), you will be taken to the My Archive 
welcome page. From the My Archive welcome 
page you can: 

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Open the Saved Records page to access a 
list of the bibliographic records you saved 
earlier and annotate or email them. 
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Open the Saved Searches page to access 
a list of the searches you have saved and 
run, annotate, modify or delete them. 
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Update your account details on the user 
profile page. 
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Subscribe to the mailing list to receive a 
regular newsletter on new features and 
contents via email. 
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Register for email alerts notifying you 
about new material added to Literature 
Online for a particular author. 
When you are finished using My Archive, be sure 
to click the Log out of My Archive link at the top 
of the page to close your personal account, save 
any changes and prevent others from using it. 

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