Recently, Gale overhauled its interfaces for their databases, giving them a unified look as well as some new functionality. Now you can now search across all the key Gale databases that have literary criticism and author bios in a new database called “Gale Literature.” It searches across:
- Gale eBooks (formerly known as Gale Virtual Reference Library)
- Gale Literature Criticism (formerly known as Literature Criticism Online)
- Gale Literature Resource Center
- Dictionary of Literary Biography
- LitFinder
Chris Tuthill and I met recently to discuss these changes and have agreed that on the page listing English databases, we’d simplify the list of “Recommended” databases and put a spotlight on Gale Literature by listing it first. If you’re helping a student who needs literature criticism, work overviews, or bios of an author, please steer them to Gale Literature as their starting point. In some cases (such as a student who needs to search more deeply for works of literary criticism), you can also recommend MLA International Bibliography, which is now exclusively on EBSCO’s platform.