Look for an author who meets certain characteristics.

1. Literature Resource Center
Person Search

2. LRC – Person Search
You may wish to find an author with
particular characteristics.
Use LRC’s Person Search to search by:
Gender
Nationality
Ethnicity
Occupation
Literary Movement
Subject/Theme
Birthplace/date
And more!

3. LRC – Person Search
From the first screen, select Person Search.

4. LRC – Person Search
Fill out the fields
that you’re
interested in.
This example
will look for a
female
archaeologist.

5. LRC – Person Search
When a box has a
browse option next to
it, use this to see what
choices are available!
Consider performing multiple search on
different possibilities!

6. LRC – Person Search
Your results may not be
perfect. (This was a search for
a female archaeologist!)
But you should see a list of
potential authors!

7. LRC – Person Search
After selecting an author, you will see a list of all
related works (Criticism, biographies, etc – make
note of the tabs along the top!)