Literature in English: Biographical sources
Presents basic resources for literary research
Resources for biographical information of literary figures
- Literature Online - LIONIncludes reference works, biographical sketches, bibliographies, and secondary criticism of British and American literary works. Offers full text of some novels, poems, dramas, and prose.
- Literature Resource CenterProvides reference, literary timelines, and articles on authors, journalists, and critics from all literary periods. Covers literary genres such as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, and journalism.
- Dictionary of Literary BiographyFull text biographies and critical overviews of writers from all eras and all genres; organized by individual volumes dedicated to specific literary types or time periods.
General biographical sources
Finding book-length biographies
In a library catalog, the record describing a biography or autobiography generally gets a subject heading that includes the term 'biography'. For example in looking for a biography of Chinua Achebe, searching the PSU Library Catalog with the search statement 'Achebe' 'biography' the following book was located. Note that one of the subject headings includes 'biography'.
