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K-12 Literature
Research Guide

Locating Author Biographies
Steps
  1. Search the Library Catalog
  2. Search Other Library Catalogs
  3. Search the Literary Index
  4. Find Periodical Articles
  5. Locate Biographies on the WWW
Locate additional K-12 Literature Sources

Search the Library Catalog
Search the Library catalog to locate books, periodicals titles, government documents, videocassettes, music CDs and other materials available in the Owens and Horace Mann Library.

Use a subject search if you want to find biographies or critical reviews on an author's work(s). For personal names, enter the last name of the author first. Ignore capital letters or punctuation. Example: crutcher, chris

Use the author option to search for the names of authors and illustrators. If trying to locate work's BY a specific author, perform an author search with the last name first. Example:blume judy

Search Other Library Catalogs

The MOBIUS Catalog (holdings of 50 academic institutions in Missouri) can be searched as one catalog by clicking on MOBIUS.

Any materials not available at Northwest can be requested through Interlibrary Loan.

Search the Literary Index

Search the Literary Index by title or author to locate books published by the Gale Group, a highly respected publisher of literary reference materials. To locate which Gale Group publications Owens Library subscribes to, view the Contemporary Authors Guide. Especially record entries in:

Find Periodical Articles

Use periodical indexes to locate article citations and summaries on children's literature authors and topics.

 

Children's Literature WWW Resources

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Revised (July 25, 2011)
Created (September 2006)
Current Author: Lori Mardis & Jeannia Morrow
Links Verified (April 2008)
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