BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

Alexandre Dumas was a French author of plays, popular romances, and historical novels.  Two of his best known works are The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo. (Biography Resource Center)

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:

European Authors, 1000-1900
REF PN 451 .K8

CRITICAL SOURCES:

European Writers
REF PN 501 .E9

Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism
REF PN 761 .N5

Drama Criticism
REF PN 1625 .D72

Masterplots: European Fiction Series
REF PN 3326 .M37

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

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: "Alexandre Dumas"
Sample LINCC Author Search: "Dumas, Alexandre"

BROWSE THESE CALL NUMBERS:

PQ 2226 .A1 through PQ 2226 .H6813

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

Arts and Humanities Index

Biography Resource Center

Book Review Digest Plus

eBooks/netLibrary

Essay & General Literature Index

Expanded Academic ASAP

Humanities Full Text

InfoTrac OneFile

JSTOR

Literature Resource Center

MagillOnLiteraturePlus

New York Times Historical Edition

OmniFile Full Text Mega

WEB SITES:
Alexandre Dumas Online Texts from Penn State University
The Alexandre Dumas Web Site
Alexandre Dumas Filmography (list of films based on his works)
Books and Writers: Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas
Literary Resources on the Net
Internet Public Library: Literary Criticism

SAMPLE GOOGLE SEARCHES:

intitle:"alexandre dumas" site:edu
(title phrase and domain 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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