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TCE 315P (Hamilton): Author Study Project

Children's Author lists

100 Children’s Authors and Illustrators Everyone Should Know
From Reading Rockets
Authors & Illustrators
From Scholastic
28 Brilliant Black Children’s Book Authors We Love
From We Are Teachers
15 Books by Indigenous Authors for the Classroom
From We Are Teachers

Finding Information About Authors in Databases

Biography in Context This link opens in a new window
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 This link opens in a new window
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.

Finding Biographical Books

Find books and other materials owned by the Miami University Libraries by using the...

Search By: Keyword, Author, Title or Subject Heading
Limit By: General Topic and Where The Item is Located
Look For: Call Number, Location, and Availability
Request Item for delivery from other MU Libraries
Continue Searching in OhioLINK for unavailable titles or additional items
Get Only Ebooks: In the left-hand column, click on the arrow next to "Material Type" and then check the box next to "eBooks".

Tip: To find books about a person enter their name in the search box like this: "Lastname, Firstname". Then, on the dropdown menu, change from keyword searching to "subject heading." This will give you a list of biographies and autobiographies of the person.

Finding Books

The lists of books available for checkout in each category in the box above are all print copies located at the Miami University Hamilton library. Licenses for e-book versions of these titles are difficult for libraries to obtain.

Additional print copies of these books may be available at the Oxford or Middletown campus libraries. You can search for those by clicking on the title of a book in a list and scrolling to the bottom of the page that opens. Items from other MU libraries can be requested for pick up at the Hamilton Campus.

These lists include only a limited selection of the books we own from each category. You can search for books that are not on the lists using the info below:

Miami University Online Catalog

Search By: Keyword, Author, Title, or Subject Heading
Limit By: General Topic and Where The Item is Located
Look For: Call Number, Location, and Availability
Request Item for delivery from other MU Libraries
Continue Searching in OhioLINK for unavailable titles or additional items

Tip: Include the term "juvenile" in your search to ensure that you receive children's materials if you are searching by keyword.

Tip: You can also get a citation for these books in MLA format. Scroll back up to the right side toolbar and click "Cite." Scroll through the citation styles and find MLA. Highlight, copy, and paste the citation into your Works Cited page. You may lose formatting, such as italics and hanging indents when you paste. You will need to make these corrections manually on your Works Cited page before turning in the paper.

Last Updated: Oct 7, 2024 2:17 PM
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