- Journal articles from academic databases (click here for section one).
- Books. Print and electronic (eBooks) books (click here for section two).
- Critical and biographical Web sites (click here for section three).
SECTION ONE: Journal articles from academic databases. <back to page top>
Literary topics are among the more difficult to research in online databases. To assist you in this, the following are specific recommendations regarding African American Literature.
| DATABASE |
SEARCH
TERMS |
RESULTS |
| Academic Search Premier | african american literature Perform the basic search. Use the checkboxes to search limit your search to "Full Text," and "Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) journals." |
Provides a number of relevant items. |
| Arts & Sciences Collection | african american literature JSTOR, the search system for Arts & Sciences Collection, searches within its various journal "collections" (click here for details). |
Provides a great number of excellent items. |
| Contemporary Authors | african american literature Perform the subject guide search. |
Provides information on 45 African American authors. |
| Encyclopedia Britannica | african american literature Perform the default search. |
Provides a primary encyclopedia article, several related articles and a number of Web sites. |
| Expanded Academic ASAP | african american literature Perform the Keyword search, NOT the Subject search. Use the checkboxes to search limit your search "to articles with text" and "to refereed publication." |
Provides a large number of worthy items. |
| Literature Resource Center | Select authors by type and then select African American. After you perform your search, select each of the tabs for biography, criticisms, Web links, and journal articles (many are full-text). |
Provides information of 295 authors. |
| netLibrary | african american literature Perform the basic search and select the Full Text checkbox. |
Provides a large number of eBooks that refer to the subject and many about specific authors. |
| Research Library Complete | african american literature Perform the basic search. Set the "Database" drop-down menu to "Interdisciplinary -Research Library." Use the checkboxes to search limit your search to "Full text articles only" and "Scholarly journals." |
Provides a significant number of excellent items. |
| Scribner's |
|
Provides an essay on the subject and a number of authors. |
| SIRS Renaissance | african american literature Perform the "Quick Search" and then click on American literature, African American authors. |
Provides a number of excellent items. |
SECTION TWO: Troy Library book holdings. <back to page top>
- The following bibliography
is for selected holdings. For complete holdings consult the Online Catalog.
- Circulating books not available at your local library may be requested by interlibrary loan.
- eBooks are electronic
books that Troy makes available (immediately) to its users worldwide
via the Internet.
The artistry of anger: Black and White women's literature in America, 1820-1860
Location: eBookScarring the Black body: race and representation in African American literature
Location: eBookRemembering generations: race and family in contemporary African American fiction
Location: eBookAfrican American authors, 1745-1945: bio-bibliographical critical sourcebook
Location: eBookUp from bondage: the literatures of Russian and African American soul
Location: eBookCrossing borders through folklore: African American Women's fiction and art
Location: eBookVictims and heroes: racial violence in the African American novel
Location: eBook
SECTION THREE: Critical and biographical Web sites. <back to page top>
- African American
Literature
http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/ethnicstudies/africanamerican/black_lit_main.html
- African American
Literature Online
http://www.geocities.com/afam_literature/index.html
- A Brief Chronology
of African American Literature
http://www.accd.edu/sac/english/bailey/aframlit.htm
- Literature and
Life
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/litandlife/toc.html
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