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Immersive, discipline-specific user experience
Diversity of voices from every possible angle
Overview
Three Million Citations and Growing
The destination for all aspects of literature research, teaching and learning
Literary research, teaching and learning is evolving in exciting ways. Scholars are stepping beyond the Western canon to analyze diverse and lesser-known voices. Faculty are tapping multiple formats, like audio and video, to create immersive experiences for their students.
Developed in collaboration with faculty, scholars and librarians leading the call for a comprehensive literature resource, ProQuest One Literature is now the destination for all aspects of literature research, teaching and learning.
A discipline-specific user experience offers scholars and students a path to understand and interpret authors, movements and diverse points of view, and expert indexing brings disparate formats and literary content together to support the unique needs of literary researchers.
Special Library Journal Webcast: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Literary Studies and Collections
Description: In this session, you will hear from an academic panel on how they are addressing the importance of diversity in literary studies in the library and course instruction. Attendees will also learn how to enrich and better support online research, teaching and learning with a diverse and comprehensive literature collection.
Date/Time: Tuesday, June 2, 2020 2:00 PM ET
Registration: Register here
Upcoming Product Demo
Description: ProQuest One Literature simplifies access to literature resources for remote learning by providing everything in one destination. Join our product team as they provide a demonstration of this new literature solution.
Date/Time: Thursday, June 25, 2020 10:00 AM ET
Registration: Register here
Decolonizing the Literature Curriculum Webinar
Description: In this session, you will hear from academic experts in the classroom and library on how they are addressing the importance of diversity in literary studies in curriculum and collections.
Date/Time: Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:00 pm ET
Registration: View the recording
Diverse and Rich Content
Rare and hard-to-find texts from black and world writers introduces new perspectives
Multi-Format
Full-text journals, literary criticism, videos, dissertations, ebooks, primary texts, curated author and movement pages
Ever-Growing
Content will continue to grow to support the needs of literary students, teachers, and scholars
Community-Centric
Collaboration with library and faculty advisory groups makes a resource of the community for the community
Research
Unprecedented diversity with access to hard-to-find texts from black and world writers supports diversity in scholarship and perspectives.
Unparalleled selection of content including 1,200 full-text journals, 500,000 primary works, 20,000 historic literary criticism sources, 1,300 videos, and 20,000 ebooks enables breadth and depth of study.
Current scholarship available from 14,000 dissertations and theses showcases the latest research in literary studies and uncovers a treasure trove of reference citations.
Teaching & Learning
Authoritative resources bring together the world’s largest collection of poetry, prose, and drama from the eighth century to today — ranging from the classic canon to the growing contemporary catalog of works.
Multimedia, including video and audio, allows teachers to showcase multiple performances of a work to open students to new interpretations that challenge assumptions.
Author and Literary Movement Pages enable connections across literary, cultural, and historical themes and act as a jumping off point for assignments.
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