Authors

Books & Periodicals from our Library
//Search our catalog, [|Destiny], for the author's name (last name, first name) to find biographies and books containing literary analysis about your author and his or her works. Remember when searching the author's name, spelling must be correct. Also try searching by your author's nationality, race (Hispanic) or genre (horror) and general terms like authors or writers.// __**Also check these reference books:**__
 * 810.9 DER** The 100 Most Popular Young Adult Authors
 * 810.9 DER** 100 More Popular Young Adult Authors
 * 810.9 SHO** A jury of her peers : American women writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx
 * 820.9 BON** Who the hell is Pansy O'Hara? : the fascinating stories behind 50 of the world's best-loved books
 * 920.03 CON** Contemporary Authors
 * 920.03 CUR** Current Biography
 * 920 CAN** Famous American men of letters
 * 920 FEM** Female Writers
 * 920 KOR** A to Z of American Women Writers
 * 920 MAD** American Horror Writers
 * 920 MAL** Male Writers
 * 920 MUI** Famous Modern American Women Writers
 * 920 STR** African American Poets
 * 973 UXL** Hispanic American Voices

Search [|Oxford Public Library] or [|Access PA] to borrow a book through inter-library loan (see Mrs. L to request it)


 * Sample sources (for evaluation):**
 * Author official site (includes regular web content, primary sources, blogs, multimedia, etc.): [|//ShermanAlexie.com//. Sherman Alexie, 2012. Web. 31 Jan. 2012.]
 * Reliable (trusted organization) source, also primary source: [|PBS]
 * New York Times article (published source that can be found online via google search): [|Konigsberg, Eric. "In His Own Literary World, a Native Son Without Borders." //The New York Times// 20 Oct. 2009: n. pag. //The New York Times//. Web. 29 Jan. 2012.]
 * Weak source: [|James Patterson]
 * [|Paper Mill]
 * Blog from a trusted source - WSJ: [|Blog]
 * [|Journal Article: Nelson, Joshua B. "“Humor Is My Green Card”: A Conversation With Sherman Alexie." //World Literature Today// 84.4 (2010): 38-43. //OmniFile Full Text Mega (H.W. Wilson)//. Web. 30 Jan. 2012.]

Databases (full list)
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 * Contemporary Authors || Outside of school, use [|public library link]
 * [|Gale ebooks]- full text ebooks || See OAHS database password list || Reference Source ||
 * Infobase ebooks - full text ebooks || See OAHS database password list ||  ||
 * [|Biography in Context]- various types of sources about notable people
 * [|Ebscohost]- magazine and journal articles || Outside of school, use [|public library link]
 * [|Literature Resource Center] - this is a public library-provided database,
 * [|Net Library] || Outside of school, use [|public library link]
 * [|Pop Culture Universe] || See OAHS database password list || Online database ||
 * [|World Book Online] || See OAHS database password list || Reference Source ||

Free E-books and Periodicals on the Web
Google Books - search and view full-text e-books Advanced search screen Google Scholar - Search scholarly literature from many disciplines and sources, such as peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations Project Muse - full text, affordable access to current content from prestigious humanities and social sciences journals. Time Magazine Archive - articles from 1923 to the present

Free Websites
Find your author's official website and/or blog! TeenReads - Author page YA Book Central: Author Directory, Author Biographies, Author Interviews Author Yellow Pages [|Dmoz Open Directory YA Authors] - portal to YA author websites and blogs Biography.com Salon.com - listen to authors, read selections of their works Young Adult Author's Cafe - links to author's blogs and interviews Author Blogs Borders Media Barnes and Noble Studio [|NBC Writers Speak to Kids] Google Directory - Authors Yahoo Directory - Authors DMOZ Open Directory - Authors Google Advanced Search - improve your search dramatically with additional keywords Internet Public Library - portal to other websites Librarian's Index to the Internet - portal to other websites

General Teen Reading Sites
Reading Rants TeenReads Bookleads