American Author Analysis

Follow this path to resources related to American authors:

1. As always, determine your keywords. Spelling counts!

2. OPAC... do a power search in the Media Center for books.

3. Ms. Younkers' Print Picks:
REF 809 HOW Characters in 20th Century Literature
REF 809 CON Contemporary Literature Criticism
REF 810.9 AME American Writers
REF 810 AME American Writers Classics
REF 813.009 NOT Notable American Novelists (3 volume set)
920 LIT Literary Lifelines
810.9 OAK American Writers
820.9 KIN The Romantics

4. Online Subscription Databases:

To find your topic in our reference books and virtual library, try...
Thomson Gale's Literary Index

To research a writer's background and biography, try...
Wilson's Biography Reference Bank (requires library card #)
Gale Biography in Context (requires library card #)

To locate major historical events during a specific literary era, try...
Literary Reference Center- Use the Literary Historical Timeline (requires library card #)
EBSCO History Reference Center (requires library card #)
Thomson Gale Student Resources in Context

To review elements of an author's style and literary criticism, try:
Literature Resource Center
Bloom's Literary Reference Online
Literary Reference Center (requires library card #)

5. Other useful search tools:
Google Scholar
Sweet Search

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