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TCE 315P (Hamilton): Author Study Project

Children's Author lists

To find books by a specific person, first click the link to the Advanced Search option on the library's homepage.

On the Advanced Search page, choose the following settings:

From the radio buttons at the top of the page, choose OhioLINK Search.
On the search form, choose Author from the first dropdown menu.
Enter the person's name in this format: Lastname, Firstname (example: Twain, Mark)
Choose Books from the dropdown menu under Material Type.

To find books about a specific person, first click the link to the Advanced Search option on the library's homepage.

On the Advanced Search page, choose the following settings:

From the radio buttons at the top of the page, choose OhioLINK Search.
On the search form, choose Subject from the first dropdown menu.
Enter the person's name in this format: Lastname, Firstname (example: Twain, Mark)
Choose Books from the dropdown menu under Material Type.

Biography in Context
Enter your author's name in the search box to see a list of biographies, magazine articles, news articles & more in the box at the top of the results screen.

It combines biographies from multiple Gale reference publications, such as Contemporary Authors, Encyclopedia of World Biography, Dictionary of American Biography, and Directory of American Scholars, with articles from more than 300 magazines, such as American History, The Christian Century, and U.S. News & World Report.
Biography Reference Bank
Enter your author's name in the search box to see a list of biographies, magazine articles, interviews & more using the "Source Types" options on the left column menu.

Biography Reference Bank allows students and patrons to quickly find the content they're are looking for. Users can search for individuals based on any combination of occupation, activity, gender, place of origin, birthday and lifespan. Results can be limited by source type, and searchable indexes can be used to browse by biography name, document type, geographic terms and more. Some third party publications are included, such as a subset of the biographies from Oxford's American National Biography.