John Steinbeck

At school or in a public library, begin by using the Computer Catalog (Lemon Bay's OPAC)
to do a Subject Search using the following

Search Terms -
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968 -- Criticism and Interpretation
Novelists, American -- 20th Century
Authors, American

Call Numbers for Books on this subject are usually
813 OR 813.5
See Also: Biographies
See Also: Fiction

General Encyclopedias are a good starting place to get basic, background information about a subject.
Use the Index (usually the last volume) to locate your subject.
The following sets of encyclopedias are available in our media center:

  • The World Book Encyclopedia
  • Encyclopedia Britannica
  • Compton's Encyclopedia

    • Print Resources - Circulating Books:
    Steinbeck : A Collection of Essays - 813 DAV
    John Steinbeck - 813 FRE
    Understanding the Grapes of Wrath - 813 JOH
    Readings on John Steinbeck - 813 REA
    Readings on Of Mice and Men - 813 REA
    John Steinbeck - 813.5 JOH
    Cyclopedia of World Authors - 803 MAG
    Travels with Charley - 917.3

    Print Resources - Reference Books:
    Writers for Young Adults - REF 810.9 WRI
    The 100 Most Popular Young Adult Authors : Biographical Sketches - REF 920 DRE
    Masterplots - REF 803 MAG
    Literature and Its Times, Vol 3 - REF 809 LIT
    Literary Lifelines, Vol 9 - REF 809 LIT
    American Writers, Vol IV - REF 810 AME
    Lives and Works: Young Adult Authors, Vol 7 - REF 810.8 LIV

    Online Databases -
    If you plan on accessing these sites from home,
    be sure to ask the media specialists for the password-you'll need it!
    Grolier Multimedia Online
    eLibrary

    Websites -

    Center for Steinbeck Studies - http://steinbeck.sjsu.edu
    Steinbeck: The California Novels - http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/Steinbeck/
    Nobel e-Museum: John Steinbeck-Biography - http://www.nobel.se/literature/laureates/1962/steinbeck-bio.html

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