LION

Today I looked at Literature Online. For some reason I am having to write this blog completely over because the Blogger Site had an Error. fuuuunnn.....anyway This database is a huge collection of Literary works including drama, prose, and poetry. I think the easiest way to get started on LION is to go to the site map. This page shows users their many search options. It is a great jumping off point. Users can search authors, texts, and reference and criticism just to name a few. Once a user decides what they want to search they can click one of the options and the site takes them to a search bar page. I personally think the search process in the database is a little overwhelming. There are so many search bars and options to narrow or broaden your search. Users can choose author nationality, genre, Literary movement and much more. There also is a bowse option where users can view a list of authors or topics. this may be a little easier to navigate. Once users find something they are interested in the resource is pulled up on the first page. I thought this was really nice. There is no need for extra clicking or waiting for a document to open in another window, it is imediately available. There is a marked list option. it works a lot like a folder system other than there is no need to log in to use it. It just saves all your marked works in a list for future viewing. The only real draw back I saw about this site was just how much information is returned at each search. It can be a little tough to navigate. Other than that i think it is a pretty good database.