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Resource Guide: Authors and Illustrators
Literature
American Authors Ref. PS 21 K8 American Writers Ref. PS 129 A55 Biography Index Ref. Z 5310 B5 British Authors Before 1800 Ref. PR 105 K9 Contemporary Authors Ref. Z 1224 C6 and Z 1224 C62 Current Biography Ref. CT 100 C8 Cyclopedia of World Authors Ref. PR 41 M26 Dictionary of American Biography Ref. E 176 D56 Dictionary of Literary Biography Ref. PN 451 D5 Dictionary of National Biography Ref. DA 28 D473 European Authors, 1000-1900 Ref. PN 451 K8 Twentieth Century Authors Ref. PN 771 K86 World Authors, 1950-1970 Ref. PN 451 W3
Children’s Literature
American Writer’s for Children Before 1900 Ref. PN 451 D5 v.42 American Writer’s for Children 1900-1960 Ref. PN 451 D5 v.22 American Writer’s for Children After 1960 Ref. PN 451 D5 v.52 Contemporary Authors Ref. Z 1224 C6 and Ref. Z 1224 C62 Illustrators of Children’s Book, 1744-1945 Ref. NC 965 M32 Illustrators of Children’s Book, 1946-1956 Ref. NC 965 M32 1958 Illustrators of Children’s Book, 1957-1966 Ref. NC 965 K5 Illustrators of Children’s Book, 1967-1976 Ref. NC 965 I 44 The Junior Book of Authors (series) Ref. PN 1009 A, various, v.1-8 Notable Maine Children’s Authors & Illustrators Ref. PN 1009 A1 S855 1989 Oxford Companion to Children’s Literature Ref. PN 1008.5 C37 1984 Something About the Author Ref. PN 452 S66 Twentieth Century Children’s Writers Ref. PN 1009 A1 T9 1995 Writers for Young Adults Ref. Z 1037 A1 W74 Yesterday’s Authors of Books for Children… Ref. PN 451 Y4
Books
Use URSUS to search for works by an author or illustrator using the AUTHOR search option. Use the author or illustrator’s name (last name first) in a SUBJECT search to find information about him or her.
Databases
These resources can be accessed using the Indexes and Databases link on the Mantor Library's homepage.
Academic Search Premier
Contemporary Authors
ERIC
Gale Dictionary of Literary Biography
Gale Literature Databases
Literature Resource Center
MLA International Bibliography
Twayne’s Author Series
Wright American Fiction
Critical Reviews/Book Reviews
Literature
Contemporary Literary Criticism (Ref. PN 771 C59)
The Book Review Digest (Ref. Z 1219 C95)
Book Review Index (Ref. Z 1035 A1 B6)
Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors (Ref. PR 83 M73 1966)
Library of Literary Criticism: Modern British Lit. (Ref. PR 473 T4)
Magill’s Bibliography of Literary Criticism (Ref. Z 6511 M3)
Modern American Literature (Ref. PS 221 C8 1969)
Nineteenth-Century Literary Criticism (Ref. PN 761 N5)
Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism (Ref. PN 771 T8)
Children’s Literature
The Book Review Digest (Ref. Z 1219 C95)
Book Review Index (Ref. Z 1035 A1 B6)
Children’s Book Review Index (Ref. Z 1037 A1 C474)
Children’s Literature Review (Ref. PN 1009 A1 C54)
Horn Book Index, 1924-1989 (Ref. Z 1037 A1 A15)
Databases
These resources can be accessed using the Indexes and Databases link on the Mantor Library's homepage.
Academic Search Premier
Book Index with Reviews
Contemporary Literary Criticism Select
Literature Resource Center
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