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Overall Strategy

Look for the following types of materials for your research for more about your author:

  • Interviews in news sources, YouTube, author websites, etc.
  • Essays about the writer
  • Artist's statements
  • Information about your author and their works in books or journal articles

First Session In-Class Activity:

  1. Search for your author in a search engine like Google.
    1. Find their webpage & compare the site with their Wikipedia entry.  
  2. Search in Library Search @ Principia College for your author.
    1. Note the different types of items - articles, interviews, collections, and books.
  3. Search in Literary Reference Center for your author.
    1. Compare the information with what you have found so far. 
  4. Search for interviews online with your author 
    1. Example search phrase "interviews with ...... (author's name)

Second Session In-Class Activity on Finding Criticism:

  • Search in Literary Reference Center for your author to find criticism by scanning the articles
  • Search in MLA Bibliography with Full Text  for your author as a "Primary Source Author"
    1. The articles and book chapters will include criticism, how to teach with the text, or reviews

mla search example by author

Background Information on Writers

Searching Literary Reference Center

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