Finding Playwright Biographies
- Lorraine Hansberry Literary TrustIncludes photographs of Hansberry; a connection to her archive at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; biographical information; video clips of her television interviews and productions of her plays; and audio of her radio interviews,her speeches, and cast recordings. Included is a bibliography of Hansberry’s essays and articles, including her work as journalist for The Village Voice and other leftist publications and examples of Hansberry’s drawings, sketches and paintings.
- Reference Universe (Paratext) This link opens in a new windowA single, centralized access point to much of Murphy Library's reference collection (online and print subject encyclopedias, handbooks, compendia), allowing you to deeply search within the collection through tables of contents and actual back of the book indexes. Link directly into the work if available online. Covers 5,400 titles held by Murphy Library, and about 45,000 reference works total. Tutorial video
- Gale Literature: Dictionary of Literary Biography This link opens in a new windowIncludes more than 16,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of 12,000 authors from all eras and genres. DLB Complete Online includes the DLB main series, the DLB Documentary Series, and the DLB Yearbook Series - all delivered in an easy-to-use 24/7 online format that matches the exact look and feel of the print originals.
- Literary Reference Center Plus (EBSCO) @ EBSCOhost This link opens in a new windowContains more than 36,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, more than 80,000 articles/essays of literary criticism, more than 250,000 author biographies, more than 450 literary journals, more than 900,000 book reviews, nearly 100,000 classic and contemporary poems, more than 27,000 classic and contemporary short stories, nearly 10,000 author interviews, and more than 7,400 classic novels, plus reference texts including Beacham’s Research Guide to Biography and Criticism (six volumes), The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature, all of MagillOnLiterature Plus, and Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature & Criticism. Access alternative interface
