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Hispanic American Literature

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Find Autobiographies

Leverage the power of Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) to find precisely what you need. Search our discovery service and WorldCat by subject to find autobiographies (i.e., primary sources) and secondary criticisms.

Genre Headings:

Subject Headings:

  • Autobiography is used as the main heading to find criticisms (i.e., secondary sources) about autobiographies.
  • Biography, diaries, memoirs, and personal memoirs are used as subdivisions to find primary sources (see below). "Biography" here can identify both autobiographies (primary) and biographies (secondary).
  • Similar in concept is personal narratives, another subdivision that identifies eyewitness accounts of wars and other historical events (e.g., World War, 1939-1945 — Personal narratives). Additional subdivisions include correspondence, interviews, letters, manuscripts, oratory, and speeches. All reveal primary sources.
  • Terms not used in LCSH but worth searching for as keywords are life story(ies), life narrative(s), life writing (particularly useful), and testimony(ies).

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See the Poetry libguide for additional works of poetry by Hispanic American authors.

Life Writing in Databases