American+Authors+Pathfinder



American Authors Pathfinder =Circulating Books= The best way to locate a book on your author is to type the author's name into the [|online catalog] Most of the circulating books on your author will be found in the 800 section. You may be able to find a biography on your author in the 921 section of the library.
 * 810 American Literature
 * 813 Fiction Criticism
 * 818 Individual Writers

=Reference= There are many books in the reference 800 section on literature and literary criticism. Reference books on authors are located in the 920 section. Ask the librarian for a handout to guide you in your search.

=Databases=
 * [|Books and Authors]: A Gale Resource. Provides overviews of authors and their works.
 * Biography Resource Center: Part of Gale Resources. Provides biographical information.
 * Bloom's Literary Reference Center: Provides biographies of authors and criticisms of literary works.
 * Contemporary Literary Criticism: Part of the Gale Resources. Provides literary criticism articles for the authors' works.
 * Gale Virtual Library: E-books contains the following resources: Concise Major 21st Century Writers, Feminism in Literature, American Eras, American Decades, Encyclopedia of World Biographies.
 * Ebsco Research Databases: Literary Reference Center Plus, Literary Reference Center: This is a trial database.
 * Infobase Publishing E-books: Includes books on the following authors: Angelou, Baldwin, Fitzgerald,Hemingway, McCarthy, McCullers, Melville, Morrision, O'Conner, Porter, Roth, Steinbeck, Tan, Vonnegut, Walker, Wright
 * [|Literary Resource Center]: Part of the Gale Resources. Full text criticism, overviews, and biographies.
 * Scribner's Writers Online: Contains resources for American and writers from around the world.
 * Twayne's Authors Online: Contains e-books on authors and their works

=Literary Criticism on the Web=
 * Literary Criticism Collection: From the Internet Public Library
 * American Literature Links: An index of links. Maintained by Rutgers University.
 * LitLinks: Provides links to biographies and research resources on the web. Maintained by Bedford/St. Martin's University
 * PAL: Perspectives in American Literature- A Research and Reference Guide. Maintained by California State University
 * Schoolwork.ugh: Biographies and critical interpretations.
 * Smoop Literature: Biographies and research guides