WRIT 139: The Story and the Writer: Find Books

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Use WorldCat Discovery to search and request directly from libraries worldwide via Interlibrary Loan.

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Try a keyword search. Once you find a book that is relevant to your topic, use the subject headings listed for that book to help you find "more like this."

• Do a subject search on your author to find books about them
• Look for the suffix criticism and interpretation for analysis of their work, e.g.,
  • Joyce, James, 1882-1941 -- Criticism and interpretation
  • Allende, Isabel -- Criticism and interpretation
• Browse other subject heading suffixes to find different kinds of materials related to your author, e.g.,
  • Allende, Isabel -- Interviews

Keep in mind that subject searches may miss books that have just a chapter about your author or anthologies that contain a work by your author. Use keyword searches to find these works, e.g., 

• joseph conrad AND (colonial* OR post-colonial*)

Not finding enough? Search WorldCat to expand your search to libraries worldwide and request items through Interlibrary Loan.