Good for biography and reviews and interviews and some criticism. The most complete index to literary criticism published after 1963. Full text of journals published by Johns Hopkins U. Press, mid-1990s to present. Interlibrary Loan Articles from journals and books not found in Trexler Library can be ordered through Interlibrary Loan . The Web can be a wonderful place for introductory information about an author.
Directories are great for searching fairly broad topics, because they screen for the best web sites.
Try Looksmart and the Internet Index . These directories both point to a well-known site for literary criticism called IPL Online Literary Criticism Collection . This site in turn links to other sites through an Online Literary Criticism Guide .