Using the Library Catalog - AUTHOR search

If you're looking for a person use the LAST name
If you're looking for a person use the LAST name
As the AUTHOR of the book or the SUBJECT of a BIOGRAPHY
If you're looking for a person use their LAST name!!!!!!

Using the AUTHOR button

1.) When looking for books by the author, do you type in the

FIRST name, MIDDLE name, or LAST name? (choose one)

2.) If you were looking for books by Emily Rodda, would you type in

3.) If you were looking for books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, would you type in

Laura

OR

Ingalls

OR

Wilder

4.) If you were looking for books by Lynne Reid Banks, would you type in

Banks

OR

Lynne

OR

Reid

Some names are hard

5.) If you were looking for books by Chris VanAllsburg who wrote the Polar Express, Jumanji, and Zathura, would you type in

Chris

OR

Allsburg

OR

VanAllsburg

6.) If you were looking for books by Dick King-Smith who wrote Babe, the Gallant Pig, would you type in

Dick

OR

Smith

OR

King-Smith

Sometimes names are written differently - with a comma in between
the LAST NAME is already first- (LAST NAME, comma FIRST NAME)

(just like in a bibliography or the title of an encyclopedia article)

7) If you saw Blume, Judy would you type in (watch for the comma)

8.) If you were looking for Wallace, Bill would you type in

9.) If you were looking for Roberts, Willo Davis would you type in

10.) If you were looking for Joanna Hurwitz would you type in

Bring your results to Mrs. Culter and

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