R ESEARCHING THE H ARLEM R ENAISSANCE African American Literature with Dr. Ellen Bonds Info Session by Judy Olsen (Based on K. Carrol’s original PowerPoint.

RESEARCHING THE HARLEM RENAISSANCEAfrican American Literature with Dr. Ellen Bonds

Info Session by Judy Olsen(Based on K. Carrol’s original PowerPoint and Web course guide)

LIBRARIANS: HERE TO HELP!

Subject librarians work with every academic department

Available by phone, email, instant messaging, appointment or just stop by

We answer all kinds of questions How to I pick a topic? Where do I find scholarly articles? Why can’t I access this article from home? How do I write a bibliography?

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There is a guide to this course.

•Easily return to this Power Point slide

•Review all the resources we cover today

•Get in touch with Judy

Web pages created by subject librarians to guide you to the BEST resources for a particular subject, course, or research project.

Good starting point Research is difficult – we don’t

expect you to know where to go every time you get a new project.

Helpful tips & pointers

RESEARCHING THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE: WORKSHOP OVERVIEW

Getting Started: Encyclopedias and Dictionaries African American Studies Center Dictionary of Literary Biography Online

Finding Books: The Search Tab Authors and Their Works & Context

Historical New York Times Database Finding Articles

Databases The Search Tab

GETTING STARTED: ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES

Explanations of terms, people, events or ideas related to a specific subject

Browse a subject-specific encyclopedia or dictionary for topic ideas

Get background information In most subject areas, available online and

searchable

GETTING STARTED

African American Studies Center

GETTING STARTED: ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND

DICTIONARIES Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance / Cary D. Wintz,

Paul Finkelman, editors. New York: Routledge, 2004. Ref. NX512.3 .A35 E53 2004

Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance / Aberjhani and Sandra L. West; foreword by Clement Alexander Price. New York: Facts on File, 2003. Ref. PS153 .N5 H245 2003

The Harlem Renaissance: a Gale critical companion / foreword by Trudier Harris-Lopez. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Ref PS153 .N4 H37 1984

The Harlem Renaissance: a historical dictionary for the era / edited by Bruce Kellner. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1984. (3rd floor) NX511 .N4 H37 1984

The Encyclopedia of the Harlem Literary Renaissance / Lois Brown. New York: Facts on File, 2006. Ref. PS153 .N5 B675 2006

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For this session, take a look at the

Dictionary of Literary Biography Online

Full text of literary works:

Literature Online

FINDING BOOKS: THE SEARCH TAB

Books are an important resource for research in most subject areas Scholarly research is often published in books

Tip: You don’t always have to read the entire book Check the Table of Contents and Index for

sections/pages applicable to your project Books can give you a broader view of a topic

Articles are very specific

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Keywords:

Harlem Renaissance

Author’s Name

Author search for works by that author

Author’s Name + criticism

Title of work + criticism

LITERARY REVIEWS AND CONTEXT

Literary works can be reviewed in newspapers, magazines, and academic journals

Reviews can range from brief critiques to lengthy analyses

Historical New York Times – context and reviews Readers’ Guide Retrospective – covers the era Literature Resource Center – includes critical

analysis Literature Online – includes criticism and

reference works Books and Movies Reviews Guide – for more

resources

HISTORICAL NEW YORK TIMES

READERS’ GUIDE RETROSPECTIVE

FINDING ARTICLES

Scholarly or peer-reviewed articles are research articles that have been reviewed by other experts in the field

Databases are searchable indexes Fields RECORDS Usually cannot be searched using same techniques

as with Google Humanities Full Text Literature Online MLA International Bibliography Ethnic Newswatch – scholarly and non-

scholarly Library catalog

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The Articles & More tabs searches the library’s entire full text online holdings – that’s a lot of material!

This search is very broad and is best used when you are just familiarizing yourself with or exploring a topic.

To learn how to use the FindIt button to access full text, watch this video.

THANK YOU!

Judy OlsenEnglish and Theatre [email protected]

Kristyna Carroll

Social Sciences Librarian

[email protected]

610-519-5391

Your questions are always welcome!