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Author Resources

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ENGLISH RESOURCES- Authors

 

 

 

Recommended Websites

 

 

 

Databases and Online Reference Books

 

 

Library Catalog Search Terms

 

  • For works about an author, type author's name under subject or keyword tab. 
  • For works by an author, type author's name under author or keyword tab.
  • Literature (name of country)    Example:  Literature--Canada 
  • Literature (type)    Example:  short story writers, novelists, biographers

 

Reference Sources in Print

 

  • African American Writers REF 810.9896 Af83h and REF 810.9896 Sm67a
  • American Writers REF 810.9 Un3a
  • American Women Writers REF 810.99287 M285a
  • Ancient Writers REF 880.09 L962a
  • Asian American Literature REF 810.9895 As42t
  • Concise Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature REF 860.09 Sm67c
  • Cyclopedia of World Authors REF 809 M272c
  • Dictionary of Literary Biography (American Writers) REF 810.9 D561L
  • Dictionary of Literary Biography (British Writers) REF 820.9 B777a
  • European Writers REF 809.894 J139e
  • Latino and Latina Writers REF 810.9868 Scr31L
  • Modern Black Writers REF 809.889 P812m
  • Mystery and Suspense Writers REF 823.0872 W729m
  • Native American Literature REF 810.9897 W617n
  • Oxford Companion of Australian Literature REF 820.9944 Ox2
  • Oxford Guide to British Women Writers REF 820.99287 Sh250
  • Science Fiction Writers REF 823.0876 B616

 

Search the stacks

 

  • 809 Literary History and Criticism

  • 810 American Literature in English

  • 820 English and Old English Literature

  • 830 Literature of Germanic Languages

  • 840 Literature of Romance Languages

  • 850 Italian Literature

  • 860 Spanish and Portuguese Literature

  • 870 Latin Literature

  • 880 Greek Literature

  • 890-899 Asian, African, Native American Literature

  • 920 Biography and Genealogy

 

 

 

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