Literary Reference Center (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowLiterary Reference Center is a full-text database that combines information from major reference works, books, and literary journals, as well as original content from EBSCO Publishing. LRC contains full-text plot summaries, synopses, overviews, literary criticism, author biographies, literary journals, book reviews, poems, short stories, author interviews, other classic texts, and much more.