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Something About the Author

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Database available to authorized IU Bloomington users (on or off campus) Database available to authorized IU Bloomington users (on or off campus)
Vendor:
Gale
Producer:
Gale
Coverage:
From Aesop to contemporary authors


The database includes two series from Gale publishers:Something About the Author and Something About the Author: Autobiography Series.
The series contain illustrated biographies of children's authors and illustrators, searchable by keyword, full text, named author, and illustration caption.
Although concentrating on English-language writers, Something About the Author does include authors writing in other language, for example Aesop, Charles Perrault, Antoine de Saint-Exupery and the Brothers Grimm. Entries sontain bibliographies of the authors' works and may also note adaptions of their works for the theater, film or television.

Number of Users:
unlimited
Interlibrary Loan:
Print-only copy permitted
Resource Advocate:
Courtney, Angela
SFX Source:
No
Federated Search:
No

IUB Library Subjects:
  • Children's Literature
  • Library and Information Science
  • Education
  • English and American Language and Literature

Library of Congress Subjects:

Children's literature--Bio-bibliography.