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Resources Biography in Context A LOT of information

Literature Resource Center Click "Person-by or about" and choose Biographies as your content type

Novelist Plus Click the Author bubble before searching!

Proquest Use quotation marks to search for author's name (ex. "Suzanne Collins") and choose FULL TEXT and PEER REVIEWED

EBSCOhost Masterfile Premier Limit results to Full Text and use quotation marks around author's name (ex. "Suzanne Collins")

eLibrary

//Also, you can use the author’s own official homepage to find more information. //

Step to take
 * 1) Find and save 1 PDF article with biographical information about your author. These are not book reviews. Make sure you find sources with a good chunk of information!
 * 2) Be sure to create citations in Noodletools!
 * 3) Read these articles and take notes on the text using OmniGraffle or another graphic organizer of your own choosing.

//Think about these questions as you read and take notes: //
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">How did the author’s life experiences influence his/her purpose for writing—this book or in general?
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Is the author’s perspective influenced by events in his/her life?
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Does the author use personal experience to get his/her point across in the text?
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Do events in the author’s life contribute to bias or propaganda in the work?
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Is character development and outcome influenced by events in the author’s own life?

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Example of what your graphic organizer should look like

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