Offers the full text of biographical and bibliographical details on nearly 100,000 modern writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures, television, and other fields. Major authors who were active prior to 1960, but whose influence continues to be seen in contemporary literature are also featured. It includes the entire print series, the equivalent of more than 100 print volumes, including Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, and Contemporary Authors Permanent Series. It indexes current, readily available reference sources, as well as the most important retrospective works that cover individuals, both living and deceased, from every field of activity and from all areas of the world. Representing a wide variety of nations, cultures, time periods, and genres, the database includes entries on such authors as Muhammad, William Shakespeare, Ernest Hemingway, and Maya Angelou.
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Electronic Information Center Indexes over 3000 scholarly journals and series as well as relevant monographs, working papers, proceedings, etc. Subjects covered include literature, language, linguistics and folklore. Electronic Information Center Gale's Literary Index is a master index to over 675 volumes of biographical information about authors and critical essays on their works. Most of these volumes are in Todd Library. Detroit, Gale Research Company.