Invite an Author or Illustrator to Class Project: Resources for Your Research 

Here is a copy of the assignment.

Something About the Author Series

Location: Malpass Library, REF PN497.S66

• Locate the last volume (Volume #26) and use the index in the back to search for your author’s last name.  If your author is in the index, you will see a volume number and page number(s).  The entry will look like this:

Gibbons, Gail 12: 71-82

What does this mean?  Find Volume 12 and turn to pages 71-82 for information about Gail Gibbons.

Authors and Artists for Young Adults

Location: Malpass Library, REF PN453.A95

• Locate the last volume (#78), and use the index in the back to search for your author’s/illustrator’s last name.  If your author/illustrator is in the index, you will see a volume number(s).  The entry will look like this:

 Vonnegut, Kurt 6, 44

What does this mean?  Information about Kurt Vonnegut will be available in Volumes 6 and 44.  Volume 44 will have the most current information.  Look for Vonnegut, Kurt alphabetically.

Something About the Author

Location: Malpass Library, REF PN 451.S6

• Locate Volume 191 and use the index in the back to search for your author’s last name.  If your author is in the index, you will see a volume number.  The entry will look like this: 

Gibbons, Gail 160

What does this mean?  Find Volume 160 and look for Gibbons, Gail alphabetically.  Also check Volume 192 separately because an index has not been published yet.