Subject
Research Guides
English Literature:
World Authors
This guide is intended as a research tool to help you locate background information, books, articles, and internet/web links on a variety of topics dealing with world authors and literature.
Background Information Sources
Available in the Library's reference area:
| Current Biography Yearbook | REF CT100 .C8 (Annual) |
| Reader's Companion to World Literature | REF PN41 .R4 2002 |
| Contemporary Authors (multiple volumes-use index) | REF PN451 .C66 |
| World Authors | REF PN451 .W67 (dates vary) |
| European Writers (14 volumes) | REF PN501 .E9 1983 |
| Contemporary Literary Criticism (multiple volumes-use index) | REF PN771 .C59 |
| Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century (4 v, index) | REF PN771 .E5 1981 |
| Twentieth Century Literary Criticism (multiple volumes-index) | REF PN771 .G27 |
| Dictionary of Literary Biography (titles vary; search by region) | REF PN – PS (call nos. vary) |
Books
Search the library catalog for books on your subject using words or word combinations below, or visit the library’s 2nd floor and browse the HQ1100-1900 (Feminism), PN451-481 (Lit. Criticism: Women), and PS145-152 (American Lit.: Women Authors) call number ranges.
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Newspaper, Magazine, and Academic Journal Articles
- General Reference Center Gold/InfoTrac: reviews, newspaper articles, and reference info
- Biography Resource Center/InfoTrac: extensive full-text, in-depth biographies
- Contemporary Literary Criticism/InfoTrac: critical essays about contemporary authors
- LexisNexis: large database of current and archived newspaper articles
Internet Resources
Several Internet resources have been selected below. Additional links are available on Web Resources page; follow link for Literature.
- A to Z Guide to Authors from About.com
http://classiclit.about.com/od/atozwriters/
information and resources for writers from around the world. - Yahoo Directory: Authors
http://dir.yahoo.com/arts/humanities/literature/authors/
background information on authors and literature organized by topic area. - Nobel Laureates
http://nobelprize.org/literature/laureates/
biographical information and lists of works for Nobel Prize winning authors - Authors on the Web
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~jbh/author.html
alphabetical list of authors with links to websites and information - Librarians Index to the Internet: Authors
http://lii.org/search/file/literature_authors
organized by geographical region; provides annotated links to related sites