BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

"Arnold, Matthew was one of the intellectual leaders of Victorian England. He ranks with Lord Tennyson, Robert Browning, and Gerard Manley Hopkins among the greatest Victorian poets. Arnold was also the most important English literary critic of his time. He was a major social critic, and wrote important works on religion and education."
Collins, K. K. "Arnold, Matthew." World Book Online Reference Center. 2007. <http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Article?id=ar031440>.

REFERENCE SOURCES:
The following reference books can be used to get both biographical and critical information about authors.   Each book has one or more volumes.  Check the index (located either in the back of the book or a separate volume) for your author's name and/or a title of his or her work.
BIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES:
Dictionary of Literary Biography
REF PS 221 .D5

British Authors of the 19th Century
REF PR 451 .K8

Concise Encyclopedia of English and American Poets and Poetry
REF P 19 .S6

CRITICAL SOURCES:
Critical Survey of Poetry
REF PN 1111 .C7

British Writers
REF PR 85 .B688

Cambridge History of English Literature
REF PR 83 .C22 1919

Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism
REF PN 761 .N5

Poetry Criticism
REF PN 1010 .C6

Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors
REF PR 83 .M73

Library of Literary Criticism: The Critical Temper
REF PR 83 .C764

Masterplots II: Poetry Series
REF PN 1110.5 .M37

Poetry for Students
REF PN 1112 .P752

LINCCWeb Searching:
The library catalog online (LINCCWeb) allows you to search for materials about or written by your author.  Click on the links below to view sample searches within the library catalog. 

Sample LINCC Keyword Search: "Matthew Arnold"   
Sample LINCC Author Search: Arnold, Matthew

BROWSE THESE CALL NUMBERS:

PR 4020 through PR 4022

FULL-TEXT DATABASES:
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Academic Search Premier

Biography Resource Center

Book Index with Reviews

Book Review Digest Plus

Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers

eBooks/netLibrary

Essay & General Literature Index

Expanded Academic ASAP

Granger's World of Poetry

Humanities Full Text

InfoTrac OneFile

JSTOR

Literature Resource Center

LitFinder

MagillOnLiteraturePlus

OmniFile Full Text Mega

Valencia's Play & Short Story Index (Search for items owned by the library)

WEB SITES:
Victorian Web: Matthew Arnold
Selected Poetry of Matthew Arnold
Matthew Arnold by Irving Babbitt
The Academy of American Poets: Matthew Arnold
Literary Resources on the Net
Internet Public Library: Literary Criticism

SAMPLE GOOGLE SEARCHES:

intitle:"Matthew Arnold" site:edu (or site:org)
(title and phrase search)

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Distinguishing Between Popular and Scholarly Sources
Evaluating Data
Evaluating Internet Sources
Using Primary and Secondary Sources

DOCUMENT YOUR SOURCES:

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MLA Documentation of Print Sources
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