BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

"The German author Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) is probably the greatest German playwright of the first half of the 20th century. His works were often considered controversial because of his revolutionary dramatic theory and his political beliefs."

"Bertolt Brecht." Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2nd ed. 17 Vols. Gale Research, 1998.
Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2007. http://www.linccweb.org.

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

Encyclopedia of World Literature in the Twentieth Century
REF PN 771 .E5

CRITICAL SOURCES:

Critical Survey of of Short Fiction
REF PN 3321 .C7

Critical Survey of Drama--Foreign Language Series
REF PN 1625 .C74

Critical Survey of Poetry--Foreign Language Series
REF PN 1111 .C7

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama
REF PN 1625 .M3

Readers Encyclopedia of World Drama
REF PN 1625 .G3

European Writers
REF PN 501 .E9

The Gay and Lesbian Literary Heritage
REF PN 56 .H57 G365

Twentieth Century Literary Criticism
REF PN 771 .G27

Library of Literary Criticism: Modern German Literature
REF PT 401 .D6

Masterplots II:Drama Series
REF PN 6112.5 .M3

Drama Criticism
REF PN 1625 .D72

Masterplots
REF PN 44 .M33 

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: "Bertolt Brecht"
Sample LINCC Author Search: Brecht, Bertolt
To search for a specific play title, please use the Play Index

BROWSE THESE CALL NUMBERS:

PT2603.R397

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).

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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:

Books and Writers: Bertolt Brecht
International Brecht Society
Literary Resources on the Net
Internet Public Library: Literary Criticism

SAMPLE GOOGLE SEARCHES:

intitle:"Bertolt Brecht" site:edu

EVALUATE YOUR SOURCES:

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

DOCUMENT YOUR SOURCES:

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APA Documentation of Electronic Sources

MLA Documentation of Print Sources
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