Research Guides: Finding Literary Criticism: Author Biographies

Author Biographies

We recommend searching the following databases for author biographies:

Literary Reference Source
1. In the search box near the top of the page, type in the author's name
2. On the results list, and under "Source Types," select Biographies
3. Click on HTML Full Text to view an article
- To create a shareable link to a document, click the Share button, then select Create Link.
Credo Reference
1. Type in the author's name in quotation marks, e.g. "Ernest Hemingway"
  - Quotes are used to tell the computer that the words enclosed must be searched as a phrase.
2. On the right-hand side, under "Subject" select Biography
3. The word count on each entry tells you how long each article is
4. Click on the title of an article to view the article
- To create a shareable link to a document, click the Share button, then click the Copy Link button, and use the Create Proxy Links tool to create an authenticated link.