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Gwendolyn Brooks (1917 - 2000)

RESOURCES:

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 Gwendolyn Brooks.

DATABASE	SEARCH TERMS	RESULTS
Academic Search Premier	*gwendolyn brooks* 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.
African American History and Culture	*gwendolyn brooks* Perform the default search.	Provides a brief biography and a photo.
Arts & Sciences Collection	*gwendolyn brooks* JSTOR, the search system for Arts & Sciences Collection, searches within its various journal "collections" (click here for details).	Provides a number of quality items, but most of the material is reviews.
Columbia Granger's World of Poetry Online	*brooks, gwendolyn* Perform the default search.	Provides a large number of poems.
Contemporary Authors	*gwendolyn brooks* Perform the default search.	Provides a profile of the author's life and works. Includes an extensive list (books and periodicals) for further reading about the author.
Encyclopedia Britannica	*gwendolyn brooks* Perform the default search.	Provides a primary encyclopedia article, a few related articles and a small number of Web sites.
Expanded Academic ASAP	*gwendolyn brooks* 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 relevant items.
Literature Resource Center	*gwendolyn brooks* Perform the default (author) search. After you perform your search, select each of the tabs for biography, criticisms, Web links, and journal articles (many are full-text).	Provides a small number of quality documents.
netLibrary	*gwendolyn brooks* Perform the basic search and select the Full Text checkbox.	Provides a number of eBooks containing references to Brooks, with a few that focus on the author.
Research Library Complete	*gwendolyn brooks* 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 number of relevant documents.
Scribner's	Select “Writers A-Z” and click on the *Brooks, Gwendolyn* link.	Provides an essay about the author and her works, along with a bibliography.
SIRS Renaissance	*gwendolyn brooks* Perform the "Quick Search."	Provides a small number of pertinent documents.
Twayne Authors Series - Twayne World, English, and US Authors	Select “Writers A-Z” and click on the *Brooks, Gwendolyn* link.	Provides a small number of quality 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.
Selected poems
PS3503 .R7244 A6 1999
Location: Phenix City

A Capsule course in Black poetry writing
PN1042.C3X 1975
Location: Troy, AL

The tiger who wore white gloves or what you are you are
PZ8.3.B7896 TI 1974
Location: Dothan

The world of Gwendolyn Brooks
PS3503.R7244 A6 1971
Location: Phenix City

Gwendolyn Brooks
PS3503.R7244 Z88 1980
Location: Troy, AL; Phenix City

A Life of Gwendolyn Brooks
PS3503.R7244 Z73 1990
Location: Troy, AL; Dothan

Annie Allen
PS3503R7244A7 1971
Location: Troy, AL

A life distilled: Gwendolyn Brooks, her poetry and fiction
PS3503R7244Z74 1987
Location: Troy, AL; Dothan

Gwendolyn Brooks: poetry & the heroic voice
PS3503R7244Z76 1987
Location: Troy, AL; Dothan

Black American women poets and dramatists
Location: eBook

The Oxford companion to African American literature
Location: eBook

Compulsory figures: essays on recent American poets
Location: eBook

SECTION THREE: Critical and biographical Web sites. <back to page top>

Gwendolyn Brooks Page
http://www.math.buffalo.edu/%7Esww/brooks/brooks.html
Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000)
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/brooks/brooks.htm
Gwendolyn Brooks
http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?45442B7C000C07030F
Gwendolyn Brooks
http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/kennedy2_awl/chapter6/objectives/deluxe-content.html
Gwendolyn Brooks
http://authors.aalbc.com/gwendolyn.htm

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