The basic Google or Wikipedia search may give you information on your author - but where is it coming from? Who wrote it? When you work on Google, you also need to wade through links that have nothing to do with literary criticism. Take advantage of online resources for your lit projects.
Meanwhile, back at The Lake, your first stop should be - www.wildelake.com. Go to: Academic Resources and select Research Databases. Click on Thompson-Gale databases and select Student Resource Center Gold.
Try your initial search here. You will get a decent number of sources for your author or lit theme.
Another link from the Research Databases page is SIRS. You will get some hits for authors here.
Your next stop: the Howard County Public Library. We have a link to the library website on the Academic Resources page. The library website has a new front page. To reach the library's database links, click on the box on the left that says How do I and select Use electronic resources from the drop down menu.
Click on Access databases. This takes you to a page that will require you to type in your library card number.
Click on Literature: Study and Criticism. There is a Thompson-Gale database on the HCPL website called Literature Resource Center. This database offers extended entries on most major authors.
Another database at the HC Library for peer-reviewed journals is Academic ASAP. You will find this database under the Literature: Study and Criticism tab as well.
What journals are in any of the HC Library databases? Check here.
Interested in the big picture? Check out a new online site Ms. Bailey discovered this year that has great info on most of the titles you need for your English classes:
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