Author & Illustrator Study: A Guide to Resources: Online Resources

Large, interdisciplinary full-text database contains over 4,800 full-text publications, including academic journals, magazines, books, and trade publications. Offers broad subject coverage for a variety of disciplines, including anthropology, area studies, biology, chemistry, ethnic and multicultural studies, food science and technology, general science, geography, law, mathematics, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion and theology, women's studies, and many other fields. Funded by the the New Jersey State Library.

Contains over 1 million bibliographic records and more than 155,000 full-text reviews of children's and young adult books. Go to the bottom of the search page and select Author Features for interviews of contemporary authors.

The ERIC database, sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education, provides access to more than 1.3 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials. Included in the database are citation records, abstracts, and (where available) full-text links for journal articles, books, research syntheses, conference papers, technical reports, policy papers, and other education-related materials. [1966 - present]

Full-text database covering over 135,000 authors, with detailed biographical, bibliographical and contextual information about authors' lives and works. Also includes over 850,000 full-text articles, critical essays and reviews from over 390 scholarly journals and literary magazines, more than 75,000 selected full-text critical essays and reviews from the database publisher's many compilations of literary criticism, plus author interviews, links to web sites, and more. [Date coverage varies]

Provides subject access for thousands of fiction and non-fiction titles for grades K-8. Also provides full-text reviews and teacher resources.

Scanned images of pages from the print series.
The most comprehensive collection of biographical information about children's and young adult book authors and illustrators, providing illustrated profiles of children's authors and artists. Entries typically cover: personal life, career, writings, adaptations, and additional sources.