Biographical Resources

GALE Biography Resource Center

•  Biographies, book reviews, and criticism.
• Search by author or use Advanced Search to Boolean search for author and book title.
• Remember to click across the tabs (Biographies, Brief Biographies, Magazines, Websites) for all results.

San Diego City Public Library databases

• Must have San Diego City Public Library card to access (barcode begins with 01336)

• World Who's Who - Outlines current information about the lives and achievements of over 22,000 distinguished individuals from around the globe. Formerly known as International Who's Who.

San Francisco Public Library's Biographical Information Guide

• Contains a variety of resources available with SFPL e-card.  
• E-card access expires April 10, 2009.

Literary Resources

GALE Power Search 

• Phrase search author's name - "Malcolm Gladwell"
• When viewing results, locate subject term for author (on left sidebar of search results) for more precise search.
• If fulltext not available, let the library staff help.  Email citation and request for the full article to powayhslibrary@gmail.com

EBSCO Literary Reference Center

•  Search with author's fullname. Phrase searching works well.
• When viewing results, notice subjects on the left sidebar and use the author's subject term for more precise results.
• Remember when emailing citations and fulltext in EBSCO to specify MLA format. 

San Diego City Public Library's Gale Literature Resource Center

• Provides full-text literary criticism, reviews and author biographies across all genres and time periods.
• Must have San Diego City Public Library card to access (barcode begins with 01336)

San Diego County Public Library's Gale Literature Resource Center

• Provides full-text literary criticism, reviews and author biographies across all genres and time periods.
• Must have San Diego County Public Library card and pin # to access (barcode begins with 01535)

San Francisco Public Library's Ficiton and Non-Fiction Connection

• Must have SFPL e-card to access
• Uses new AquaBrowser to view information about book and author.  
• Book/author must still be 'in print' to be included.