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Common names
Authors may have common, frequently-used names.
Example: Robert Johnson American blues musician and composer
Find common names more easily by searching for the author with keywords.
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combine authors with keywords.
Link to the search results for Johnson, Robert and blues
Select a search result with Robert Johnson as the author, for example:
Link to the author's name Johnson, Robert, d. 1938 in the catalog for a complete list by the author.
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This strategy works for all types of authors. If you know the title of a work by an author, you can search for that work and then click on the author's name to see everything by that author.