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READ 3301Introduction to

Children’s Literature

Using Databasesfrom the Tarleton Libraries

for your Author Fair

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From the library’s home page(http://www.tarleton.edu/library), click“Databases: A-Z” under RESEARCH

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Databases are listed in alphabetical order.You might have to scroll down.

Click the database name to open it.

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If you are logging in from off-campus, you will encounter this screen when you click on a database name. Enter your NTNET ID and password to access the databases.

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Literature Resource Center

Click on “Person Search” in the menu bar.

This is a good source of information on your authors.

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Literature Resource Center

Enter author’s name in the box under “Person Search”

Then click the “Search” button.

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Literature Resource Center

Search Results – Click on correct author’s name

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Results may include literature criticism, biographies, topic & work overviews, reviews & news, primary sources & literary works, and multimedia– click the tabs.

The Biographies tab should give most of the information needed for your assignment.

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Contemporary Authors Online is a great source. Interviews are good sources for quotes.

Sort results by Publication Date (Descending)

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Look for the source information for your citation.

Check the date the article was last updated. The author or publisher website should have later information.

Contemporary Authors Online articles include information on awards…

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… and the author’s works (NOT in APA format though!).

The Sidelights section often includes quotes and theme information…

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…and there is often a “Further Readings” section.

Author photos can often be found under the Multimedia tab on the results page, or on results with camera icons.

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Gale Literary Databases

This can be another good source of information for your author fair,

although there is some overlap with Literature Resource Center

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Enter author’s last, first name in “Author Name” box

Click the “Search” button

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Gale Literary Databases

• Results can include biography and criticism (see “Type” in right column)

• Results from “Contemporary Authors” and “Contemporary Authors Online” (see “Source” column) include a “Sidelights” section with commentary on various titles by the author

• Most articles provide a “Further Readings About the Author” section

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Literary Reference Center

Click the “Search” button.

Enter author’s name (last, first) in the box.

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Literary Reference Center

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Literary Reference Center

Author Biographies and Interviews will be most useful.Pay attention to publication dates.Results can be sorted by date and limited to full text.

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