Information About Your Author
- First, find the information about the author in the book itself.
- Use the clues to find more: the name of a university or research center, etc.
- Search for the book in the library's search box.
- Click the link for the author and see what other publications it leads to.
- Perhaps they wrote other scientific papers on certain specialties, and has a page on an organization's website. Follow the leads!
- For help, use the green chat box, email a librarian (librarian@sunyacc.edu) or see the Ask a Librarian page:
- Then, Google the author's name to find:
- the authors' home page, or the website of their publisher, university or organization.
- their Wikipedia page, but use the citation links at the bottom. They link to the original source of the information.
- Review those sources for credibility and objectivity.
- To refine your search, add biography or interview or "book review" to your search.
- Search a library database like Proquest Central for interviews and book reviews:
- Search Amazon.com.
- Look for "About the Author," which may lead to the author's or the publisher's site.
- If you are not finding much, the author may not be well-known or have many other publications.
- If they are historical figures, they might be listed in Gale eBooks, an online collection of 700 encyclopedias.
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