- 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 Langston Hughes.
| DATABASE |
SEARCH
TERMS |
RESULTS |
| Academic Search Premier | langston hughes 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 | langston hughes Perform the basic search. |
Provides several biographies and articles about the author. |
| Arts & Sciences Collection | langston hughes JSTOR, the search system for Arts & Sciences Collection, searches within its various journal "collections" (click here for details). |
Provides a large number of relevant documents. |
| Columbia Granger's World of Poetry Online | hughes, langston Perform the default search. |
Provides a short biography, full-text of some poems, and citations to anthologies which contain poems written by the author. |
| Contemporary Authors | langston hughes Perform the default search. |
Provides a profile of the author's life and works. Includes an extensive list for further reading about the author. |
| Encyclopedia Britannica | langston hughes Perform the default search. |
Provides a primary encyclopedia article, several related articles and a number of Web sites. |
| Expanded Academic ASAP | langston hughes 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 number of worthy items. |
| Literature Resource Center | langston hughes 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 number of quality documents and links to additional Web sites. |
| MagillOnLiterature | langston hughes Perform the default search. |
Provides a number of relevant documents. |
| Research Library Complete | langston hughes 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 large number of quality items. |
| Scribner's |
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Provides an essay about the author and her works, along with a bibliography. |
| SIRS Renaissance | langston hughes Perform the "Quick Search." |
Provides a number of quality items. |
| Story Finder | langston hughes Perform the "Basic Search" and click on the "By Full Text" link to view more results. |
Provides a small number of full-text items by the author. |
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.
To find works written by Langston Hughes, do a catalog search for langston hughes and select the Author option. To find works written about the author, select the Search everything option. The following are selected titles from among the Troy libraries’ holdings. Search the library catalog for more results.
From Harlem to Paris : Black American writers in France, 1840-1980
PS153.N5 F34 1991
Location: Troy, AL; DothanAutobiography : I wonder as I wander
Location: eBookThe plays to 1942 : Mulatto to The Sun Do Move
Location: eBookThe early Simple stories
Location: eBookThe later Simple stories
Location: eBookEssays on art, race, politics, and world affairs
Location: eBookThe short stories
Location: eBookThe novels : Not without laughter, and, Tambourines to glory
Location: eBookFight for freedom and other writings on civil rights
Location: eBookWorks for children and young adults : biographies
Location: eBookThe political plays of Langston Hughes
Location: eBookLangston Hughes : comprehensive research and study guide
Location: eBookFight for freedom and other writings on civil rights
Location: eBookLangston Hughes : the man, his art, and his continuing influence
PS3515 .U274 Z6733 1995
Location: Montgomery, Phenix CityLangston Hughes in the Hispanic world and Haiti
PS3515.U274 A6 1977
Location: DothanLangston Hughes
PS3515 .U274 Z668 1989
Location: Dothan, Montgomery, Phenix CityLangston Hughes : critical perspectives past and present
PS3515.U274 Z672 1993
Location: Troy, AL; MontgomeryLangston Hughes
PS3515.U274 Z615
Location: Troy, AL; DothanArna Bontemps-Langston Hughes letters, 1925-1967
PS3503.O474 Z486 1980
Location: DothanLangston Hughes & the blues
PS3515.U274 Z8 1988
Location: Troy, ALAfrican American literature : an anthology of nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and drama
PS508.N3 A33 1993
Location: DothanNot so simple : the "Simple" stories by Langston Hughes
PS3515 .U274 Z645 1995
Location: Dothan, MontgomeryRemember me to Harlem : the letters of Langston Hughes and Carl Van Vechten, 1925-1964
PS3515 .U274 Z598 2001
Location: Troy, AL; DothanFight for freedom and other writings on civil rights
E185.5 .N276 H8 2001
Location: Troy, ALThe big sea : an autobiography
PS3515 .U274 Z5 1963
Location: Troy, AL; Phenix CityLangston Hughes
PS3515.U274 Z64
Location: Troy, ALLangston Hughes; a biography
PS3315.U274 Z68
Location: Troy, ALI wonder as I wander ; an autobiographical journey
PS3515.U274 Z54 1974
Location: Troy, ALLangston Hughes
PS3515 .U274 Z615 1977
Location: Phenix CityLangston Hughes and Gwendolyn Brooks : a reference guide
Z8423.3 .M54 1978
Location: Phenix CityCritical essays on Langston Hughes
PS3515.U274 Z618 1986
Location: Troy, ALThe life of Langston Hughes: Vol.2; 1941-1967, I Dream a World
PS3515.U274 Z698 1986
Location: Troy, AL; DothanThe life of Langston Hughes: Vol.1; I, Too, Sing America
PS3515.U274 Z698 1988
Location: DothanThe art and imagination of Langston Hughes
PS3515.U274 Z684 1989
Location: Troy, AL; DothanThe collected poems of Langston Hughes
PS3515 .U274 A17 1994
Location: Phenix City, MontgomeryShimmy shimmy shimmy like my sister Kate : looking at the Harlem Renaissance through poems
PS591 .N4 S55 1996
Location: Troy, ALThe collected works of Langston Hughes
PS3515 .U274 2001
Location: Troy, AL; Phenix CityVisiting Langston
PS3566 .E691216 V5 2002
Location: DothanThe poetry of the Negro, 1746-1949
PN6109.7.H8
Location: Troy, ALFamous American Negroes
E185.96.H8 1954
Location: Troy, AL; DothanSimply heavenly; a comedy with music
PS3515.U274 S5 1959
Location: Troy, ALBlack poets of the United States; from Paul Laurence Dunbar to Langston Hughes
PS153.N5 W313
Location: Troy, AL; DothanThe best of Simple
PS3515.U274 B4 1988
Location: Troy, ALLiberating voices : oral tradition in African American literature
PS153.N5 J66 1991
Location: Troy, ALShort stories
PS3515 .U274 A6 1996B
Location: Troy, ALPoems
PS3515 .U274 A6 1999
Location: Phenix CitySee also the bibliography for African-American Literature.
The reference books are held by the Eglin Base Library, and OWC Library (Niceville) and contain collections of criticism on the author’s works. Ask your library personnel how to use them.
SECTION THREE: Critical and biographical Web sites. <back to page top>
- Langston Hughes:
A Centennial Tribute
http://www.founders.howard.edu/Reference/Webliographies/Langston_Hughes2_files/Langston_Hughes2.htm
- Langston Hughes
http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?45442B7C000C0E01
- James Mercer Langston
Hughes (1902-1967)
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/lhughes.htm
- Langston Hughes
http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/kennedy2_awl/chapter12
- Hughes Teacher
Resource File
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/hughes.htm
- Modern American
Poetry: Langston Hughes
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/hughes/hughes.htm
