LibGuides: ENG 156: Intro to Literature: Find Sources

Find Author Biographies

Use these library databases to find biographical and background information on authors:

Bloom's Literature
Literature database that includes short author biographies, overviews of literary movements and works, and peer-reviewed journal articles. Also includes the Shakespeare Center, a reference resource consisting of summaries and analysis of Shakespeare's major works.
CREDO Reference
General Reference database that includes general and subject-specific encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, atlases and many other reference materials in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.

Use these databases to find scholarly articles and analyses of literature.

Arts & Humanities Full Text
Humanities database that includes peer reviewed journal and magazine articles on topics in Art, Literature, and Culture.
JSTOR
General purpose archive of peer-reviewed journal articles from a wide variety of humanities and social science disciplines.

Watch this video to learn how to search OneSearch more effectively.

Use these tips to find articles and information about literature:

Try searching a different database or journal. Each one contains different articles.
Search for the author's name or the title of one of their works.
Try searching any of these with an author's name or title:
- Time period or culture of one of the author's books
- Genre
- The author's other works
- Literary elements, i.e. metaphors, plot points, etc.
- Themes in the work you're researching

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