To search the library collection for books about an author's life, do a keyword search on the author's name and the word biography.
For example:
Herman Melville biography
Flannery O'Connor homes and haunts
Mark Twain childhood and youth
Films on Demand Streaming Video Collection
From Films for the Humanities and Sciences, the Films on Demand streaming video collection includes titles concerning individual authors and literary history.
Biographies of Poets
Provides thoughtful overviews of a poet's work and life.
Dictionary of Literary Biography
In depth biographical profiles of world authors with images and some primary sources.
Literature Online provides biographical overviews of an author's life and work and includes an analysis of the major biographical sources for an author.
Oxford Reference Online includes 26 reference books concerning literature. Use the search box at the top right to see all entries for a particular author.
Literature Criticism Online provides extensive biographical profiles of authors as well as collections of original reviews and analysis of their work by notable critics.
MLA International includes journal articles, books, and dissertations in literature, folklore, and the dramatic arts. To focus on biographical information, add the word "biography" or "autobiography" to a search on the author's name.
Project Muse includes articles from scholarly journals in the humanities. To focus on biographical information, add the word "biography" or "autobiography" to a search on the author's name.
JSTOR is a scholarly journal archive. To focus on articles with biographical information, add the word "biography" or "autobiography" to a search on the author's name.
JSTOR has provided complimentary access during Covid to JSTOR Archives & Primary Source Collections until June 30, 2021.
The Paris Review Interviews
Interviews with important modern and contemporary authors