BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

"Ray Bradbury is one of the best-known writers of science fiction, thanks to his numerous short stories, screenplays, and classic books such as The Martian Chronicles, Dandelion Wine, Fahrenheit 451, and Something Wicked This Way Comes."

Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2007. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2007. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC

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:
Contemporary Authors
REF Z 1224 .C6

Dictionary of Literary Biography
REF PS 221 .D5

CRITICAL SOURCES:

Science Fiction Writers
REF PS 374 .S35 S36

Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature
REF PN 56 .F34 S97

American Writers
REF PS 129 .A55

Contemporary Literary Criticism
REF PN 771 .C59

Reference Guide to Short Fiction
REF PN 3373 .R36

Chelsea House Library of Literary Criticism: Twentieth Century American Literature
REF PS 221 .T834

Masterplots II: Short Story Series
REF PN 3326 .M27 1986

Masterplots II: American Fiction Series
REF PN 846 .M37

Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Fiction Series
REF PN 3326 .M25

Twentieth Century Science Fiction Writers
REF PS 374 .S35 T89 1986

Beacham's Popular Fiction in America
REF PS 374 .P63 B43

Beachams '91
REF PS 374 .P63 B43 1991

Short Stories for Students
REF PN 3330 .S386

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: "Ray Bradbury"
Sample LINCC Author Search: Bradbury, Ray

BROWSE THESE CALL NUMBERS:

PS 3503 .R167
PZ3 .B72453

FULL-TEXT DATABASES:
Search for articles and criticism about your author. (Highly recommended are highlighted)
From your home computer, login using your borrower id ( the 14 digit number on the back of your student ID) and your pin (EITHER the last 4 digits of your SSN for returning users OR the last 4 digits of your VID number for new students).

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:

Ray Bradbury
Audio Interviews with Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury Online
Literary Resources on the Net
Internet Public Library: Literary Criticism

SAMPLE GOOGLE SEARCHES:

intitle:"Ray Bradbury"
(title phrase search)

EVALUATE YOUR SOURCES:

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

DOCUMENT YOUR SOURCES:

APA Documentation of Print Sources
APA Documentation of Electronic Sources

MLA Documentation of Print Sources
MLA Documentation of Electronic Sources

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