Author Search

An author search allows you to find materials written by a person, an institution, an organization, or a conference.

Because it is a controlled vocabulary search, you must know the exact name of the author as it appears in the database you are searching. An author search retrieves only those items with a direct match in the author field of the record.

An author search does not find information about the author, since this type of search looks only in the author field. To find materials about an author, you must use either a keyword search or a subject search.

Author search tips

Type all or part of an author's name. If the author is a person, enter the last name first:

• Jane Austen could be entered as austen
• Mark Twain could be entered as twain mark

If the author is an organization, institution, or conference, enter the first few words of the name:

• Mark Twain Society of Chicago could be entered as mark twain soc
• Symposium on Swine Production could be entered as symposium on swine pro

More common names require a more complete entry to obtain the best results.

• Thomas Alexander Smith could be entered as smith thomas a

Omit beginning articles, but include articles occurring within the name.

• The Society of Flight Test Engineers could be entered as society of flight test eng