Class Help Page: English 460: Twentieth Century Drama, Spring 2008

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To check for items in other libraries in your subject area, perform those same searches in WorldCat, an online index of library holdings worldwide, and use our Interlibrary Loan program to borrow those materials.

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Comprehensive biographical information about authors is available online through Biography Resource Center, a comprehensive database of biographical information on more than 165,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.

Literary Index Combines and cross references more than 130,000 author names, including pseudonyms and variant names, and more than 140,000 titles into one source. Gale's Literary Index provides quick and easy access/indexing to 40 Gale literary series. These series contain complete biographies on authors and critical essays on their writings.

Print: See the handout.

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