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New York Moderns: From the Village to Harlem Prof. Churchill Spring 2006 Reference Works Primary Sources Books Periodicals Other Primary Sources Secondary Sources Starting Points Core Resources for English Print Sources Online Sources Other Resources Using RefWorks Tips & Further Help Questions? Please contact Susanna Boylston (704.894.2494). Reference Works General Literary Guides | Biographical Works | Cultural & Historical Background General Literary Guides & Handbooks The Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms. Ross Murfin and Supryia M. Ray. 2nd ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2003. Reference R 801.95 M975b The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English. Ian Ousby. Rev. ed. New York: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1993. Reference R 928 C178 The Columbia Guide to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story. Ed. Blanche H. Gelfant. New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 2000. Reference R 813 C726 The Continuum Encyclopedia of Modern Criticism and Theory. Ed. Julian Wolfreys. New York: Continuum, 2002. Reference R 801.95 C762 Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory. J.A. Cuddon. 4th ed. Oxford: Blackwell, 1998. Reference R 803 C964d4 A Dictionary of Literary and Thematic Terms. Edward Quinn. New York: Facts on File, 1999. Reference R 803 Q7d A Dictionary of Literary Devices. Bernard Dupriez. Trans. Albert W. Halsall. Toronto: Univ. of Toronto Press, 1991. Reference R 803 D943g-T Dictionary of Literary Themes and Motifs. Ed. Jean-Charles Seigneuret et al. 2 vols. New York: Greenwood, 1988. Reference R 803 D5541 A Handbook to Literature. William Harmon. 9th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2003. Reference R 803 H747h9 The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism. Ed. Michael Groden et al. 2nd ed. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 2005. Reference R 801.95 J65 2005 Note: The Library also has the first edition of this work, The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism, edited by Michael Groden and Martin Kreiswirth (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1994), which is shelved in Reference at R 801.95 J65. The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. Ed. Alex Preminger and T.V.F. Brogan. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Press, 1993. Reference R 809.1 P957 1993 The Oxford Companion to American Literature. Ed. James D. Hart. 6th ed. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1995. Reference R 810.3 O98c6 The Poet's Dictionary: A Handbook of Prosody and Poetic Devices. William Packard. New York: Harper & Row, 1989. Reference R 803 P119p Twentieth-Century Literary Movements Dictionary: A Compendium to More than 500 Literary, Critical, and Theatrical Movements. Ed. Helene Anderson and Jay P. Pederson. Detroit, MI: Omnigraphics, 2000. Reference R 809.9 T971 Biographical Works American National Biography. Ed. John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. 24 vols. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999-2002. Reference R 920.073 A512 American Writers. Ed. Leonard Unger. New York: Scribner, 1974- . Reference R 810.9 A512 To locate relevant entries in this set, consult Gale's Literary Index. Biography Reference Bank. H.W. Wilson, 2003- . Contemporary Authors. Gale: 2000- . The E.H. Little Library also has copies of the print volumes from 1967-2003; they are shelved in Reference at call number R 928 C76. Dictionary of Literary Biography. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1978- . Reference R 928.1 D554 To locate relevant entries in this set, consult Gale's Literary Index. Examples include: Afro-American Writers from the Harlem Renaissance to 1940. Ed. Trudier Harris. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1987. (call number R 928.1 D554 v.51) The Harlem Renaissance and Beyond: Literary Biographies of 100 Black Women Writers, 1900-1945. Lorraine Elena Roses and Ruth Elizabeth Randolph. Boston, MA: G.K. Hall, 1990. Reference R 928.1 R816h Cultural & Historical Background An Annotated Critical Bibliography of Modernism. Alistair Davies. Totowa, NJ: Barnes & Noble, 1982. Reference R 016.8 D261a The Black New Yorkers: The Schomburg Illustrated Chronology. Howard Dodson et al. New York: Wiley, 2000. Reference R 974.7 D647b Dictionary of American History. Ed. Stanley I. Kutler. 10 vols. New York: Scribner's, 2003. Reference R 973 D554 2003 Dictionary of Art. Ed Jane. Turner 34 vols. New York: Grove’s Dictionaries, 1996. Reference R 703 D554 Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History. Ed. Colin Palmer. 6 vols. Detroit, MI: Macmillan Reference, 2006. Encyclopedia of American Cultural and Intellectual History. Ed. Ed. Mary Kupiec Cayton and Peter Williams. 3 vols. New York: Scribner's, 2001. Reference R 973.04 E564 Encyclopedia of American Social History. Ed. Mary Kupiec Cayton et al. 3 vols. New York: Scribner's, 1993. Reference R 301.097 E56 Encyclopedia of American Social Movements. Ed. Immanuel Ness. 3 vols. New York: Sharpe Reference, 2004. Reference R 303.484 E56 Encyclopedia of New York City. Ed. Kenneth T. Jackson. New Haven, CT: Yale Univ. Press, 1995. Reference R 974.71 E56 Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance. Aberjhani West and Sandra L. West. New York: Facts on File, 2003. Reference R 810.9 A145e Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance. Ed. Cary D. Wintz and Paul Finkelman. 2 vols. New York: Routledge, 2004. Reference R 700.89 E56 Encyclopedia of the United States in the Twentieth Century. Ed. Stanley I. Kutler. 4 vols. New York: Scribner's, 1996. Reference R 973.03 E562 The Harlem Renaissance: An Annotated Bibliography and Commentary. Margaret Perry. New York: Garland, 1982. Reference R 016.81 P464h The Harlem Renaissance: A Historical Dictionary for the Era. Ed. Bruce Kellner. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1984. Reference R 700.89 H284 Historical Dictionary from the Great War to the Great Depression. Neil A. Wynn. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2003. Reference R 973.91 W989h Primary Sources Books | Periodicals | Other Primary Sources Books Library Catalogue Includes information about books, government documents, and journals, magazines, and newspapers in the Library. Note: To locate appropriate Library of Congress Subject Headings, start with a keyword search and then browse records. To locate works about a person, do a subject search for the person's name (last name first). To locate bibliographies on a person or topic, do a keyword search and add the following: su bibliography. Search Syntax Truncation: use a dollar sign $. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ". Wildcard: use a question mark ?. WorldCat Indexes books, periodicals, and other materials held by libraries around the world. Search WorldCat to identify additional books on your topic and then order the books on interlibrary loan. Note: It can be helpful to identify relevant Library of Congress Subject Headings in the Library Catalogue first; you can then do a subject search in WorldCat to find additional items with these subject headings. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: insert a "w" between the words in a phrase (for example, "cold w war"). Wildcard: use a question mark ?. Periodicals Little Magazines | Newspapers | Other Periodicals Little Magazines Guides & Indexes | Little Magazines in Little Library Guides & Indexes American Literary Magazines: The Twentieth Century. Ed. Edward E. Chielens. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1992. Reference R 016.81 A5121 Comprehensive Index to English-Language Little Magazines, 1890-1970, Series One. Ed. Marion Sader. 8 vols. Millwood, NY: Kraus-Thomson, 1976. Reference Index Area R 050 C737 The Dial: An Author Index. Barbara Zingman. Troy, NY: Whitston Publishing, 1975. R 051 D5312 Index to American Little Magazines, 1900-1919. Comp. Stephen H. Goode. 3 vols. Troy, NY: Whitston Publishing, 1974. Reference R 050 I381 Index to American Little Magazines, 1920-1939. Comp. Stephen H. Goode. Troy, NY: Whitston Publishing, 1969. Reference R 050 I381 The Little Magazine: A History and a Bibliography. Frederick J. Hoffman, Charles Allan, and Carolyn F. Ulrich. 2nd ed. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press, 1947. Reference R 052 H69L Little Magazines in the E.H. Little Library Alcestis (New York) [microfilm] In Little Magazines, American, 1930-1939, reel 1, microfilm cabinet C-18 American Spectator (New York) [microfilm] In Little Magazines, American, 1930-1939, reel 1, microfilm cabinet C-18 Artists' & Writers' Chapbook (New York) [microfilm] In Little Magazines, American, 1930-1939, reel 1, microfilm cabinet C-18 Blast (New York) [microfilm] In Little Magazines, American, 1930-1939, reel 2, microfilm cabinet C-18 Broom (Rome, Berlin, New York) [microfilm] In Little Magazines, American, 1920-1929, reel 2, microfilm cabinet C-18 Bruno Chap Books (New York) [microfilm] In Little Magazines, American, 1910-1919, reel 1, microfilm cabinet C-18 Bruno's Weekly (New York) [microfilm] In Little Magazines, American, 1910-1919, reel 1, microfilm cabinet C-18 Contact (New York) Little Library Bound Periodicals The Dial (New York) Little Library Bound Periodicals Guide: The Dial: An Author Index by Barbara Zingman (Troy, NY: Whitson Publishing, 1975); shelved in Reference at call number R 051 D5312. Fire! Devoted to Younger Negro Artists (New York) Little Library Current Periodicals Glebe (Ridgefield, NJ) [microfilm] In Little Magazines, American, 1910-1919, reel 1, microfilm cabinet C-18 Greenwich Village (New York) [microfilm] In Little Magazines, American, 1930-1939, reel 2, microfilm cabinet C-18 Liberator (New York) [microfilm] Microfilm cabinet C-17 Literary Workshop (New York) [microfilm] In Little Magazines, American, 1930-1939, reel 3, microfilm cabinet C-18 The Little Review (Chicago, New York, Paris) Little Library Bound Periodicals The Library also has a copy of the winter 1926 issue in Little Library Permanent Reserve; please ask at the Circulation Desk. The Masses (New York) [microfilm] Microfilm cabinet C-19 Measure (New York) [microfilm] In Little Magazines, American, 1920-1929, reel 1, microfilm cabinet C-18 Others (Grantwood, NJ) [microfilm] In Little Magazines, American, 1910-1919, reel 2, microfilm cabinet C-18 Seven Arts (New York) [microfilm] In Little Magazines, American, 1910-1919, reel 2, microfilm cabinet C-18 Soil (New York) [microfilm] In Little Magazines, American, 1910-1919, reel 2, microfilm cabinet C-18 Newspapers Negro World (New York) Library has: 1921-1933 [microfilm] Microfilm cabinet C-19 New York Age (New York) Library has: 1886-1953 [microfilm] Microfilm cabinet C-19 New York Amsterdam News (New York) Library has: 1922-1926 [microfilm] Microfilm cabinet C-19 New York Times Available online (1851-2001): Historical Newspapers: The New York Times Available on microfilm (1851 to present) Index (1851 to present): Reference Index Area R 071 N53 Personal Name Index: Reference Index Area 071 N53p Other Periodicals African-American Newspapers and Periodicals: A National Bibliography. Ed. James P. Danky. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ. Press, 1998. Reference R 015.73 A258 Black Index: Afro-Americana in Selected Periodicals, 1907-1949. Richard Newman. New York: Garland, 1981. Reference R 016.97 N554b Black Journals of the United States. Walter C. Daniel. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1982. Reference R 051 D184b Index to Poetry in Periodicals: American Poetic Renaissance, 1915-1919, an Index of Poets and Poems Published in American Magazines and Newspapers. Great Neck, NY: Granger, 1981. Reference R 016.8 I38 Index to Poetry in Periodicals, 1920-1924: An Index of Poets and Poems Published in American Magazines and Newspapers. Great Neck, NY: Granger, 1983. Reference R 016.8 I38 v.2 Index to Poetry in Periodicals, 1925-1929: An Index of Poets and Poems Published in American Magazines and Newspapers. Great Neck, NY: Granger, 1984. Reference R 016.8 I38 v.3 Periodicals Index Online (c. 1770-1995 [publication date of articles indexed]) Indexes journal and magazine articles as well as book reviews in a broad array of humanities, social sciences, and science subjects. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: automatic. Readers' Guide Abstracts (1890 to present) Indexes articles in popular periodicals; also includes citations to book and film reviews. Search Syntax Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "". Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?. Other Primary Sources American Memory, from the Library of Congress Contains a wealth of primary sources, including: The Zora Neale Hurston Plays The Life of a City: Early Films of New York, 1898-1906 ARTstor A collection of over 300,000 images covering art, architecture, and archaeology from a wide range of cultures and time periods as well as tools to manipulate and analyze those images. For technical requirements, see the Quick Start Guide. Index to Poetry in Periodicals: American Poetic Renaissance, 1915-1919, an Index of Poets and Poems Published in American Magazines and Newspapers. Great Neck, NY: Granger, 1981. Reference R 016.8 I38 Index to Poetry in Periodicals, 1920-1924: An Index of Poets and Poems Published in American Magazines and Newspapers. Great Neck, NY: Granger, 1983. Reference R 016.8 I38 v.2 Index to Poetry in Periodicals, 1925-1929: An Index of Poets and Poems Published in American Magazines and Newspapers. Great Neck, NY: Granger, 1984. Reference R 016.8 I38 v.3 Langston Hughes: Material from the Vertical Files of the Schomburg Collection, 1926-1967 [microfilm] Microfilm cabinet C-33 A collection of manuscripts, galley proofs, notes, and biographical material on Hughes. Guide: Reference R 016.81 G9461 Secondary Sources Starting Points | Core Resources for English | Other Resources Starting Points Books | Articles Books Library Catalogue Includes information about books, government documents, and journals, magazines, and newspapers in the Library. Note: To locate appropriate Library of Congress Subject Headings, start with a keyword search and then browse records. To locate works about a person, do a subject search for the person's name (last name first). To locate bibliographies on a person or topic, do a keyword search and add the following: su bibliography. Search Syntax Truncation: use a dollar sign $. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ". Wildcard: use a question mark ?. WorldCat Indexes books, periodicals, and other materials held by libraries around the world. Search WorldCat to identify additional books on your topic and then order the books on interlibrary loan. Note: It can be helpful to identify relevant Library of Congress Subject Headings in the Library Catalogue first; you can then do a subject search in WorldCat to find additional items with these subject headings. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: insert a "w" between the words in a phrase (for example, "cold w war"). Wildcard: use a question mark ?. Articles Academic Search Premier (1975 to present) Indexes popular and scholarly articles in a broad range of subject areas; also includes citations to book reviews and citations to articles in several national newspapers. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ". Wildcard: use a question mark ?. OmniFile Full Text Mega (1982 to present) Indexes articles from over 3,000 scholarly and popular periodicals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences; also includes the full text of selected articles from over 1,650 of these periodicals. Search Syntax Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "". Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?. Core Resources for English Print Sources | Online Sources Print Sources Annual Bibliography of English Language & Literature (ABELL). Cambridge: Bowes & Bowes, 1924 - . Reference R 016.82 M689a Indexes journal articles and books published from 1920 to present; also includes citations to book reviews. ABELL is particularly good source of information about books published in the U.K. Many of these works do not appear in the MLAIB. Gale Literary Criticism Titles Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1978- . Reference R 809.04 T971 To locate relevant entries in this set, consult Gale's Literary Index. Contemporary Literary Criticism. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1973- . Reference R 809.04 C761 To locate relevant entries in this set, consult Gale's Literary Index. Short Story Criticism. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1988- . Reference R 809 S559 To locate relevant entries in this set, consult Gale's Literary Index. Harlem in Review: Critical Reactions to Black American Writers, 1917-1939. John E. Bassett. Cranbury, NJ: Associated Univ. Presses, 1992. Reference R 810.9 B319h Online Sources MLA International Bibliography (1963 to present). Indexes journal articles, books, and doctoral dissertations in the fields of English, American, European, Asian, African, and Latin American linguistics, modern languages and literatures, film studies, and folklore. For more information, see the MLAIB Search Planner. Note: To locate articles from earlier time periods, consult the MLA International Bibliography, 1925-1962 (Reference R 016.4 M16m). Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "". Wildcard: use a question mark ?. Other Resources Essay & General Literature Index Indexes essays published in books and edited collections. Covers the fields of art, economics, education, history, law, linguistics, literature, music, philosophy, political science, and religion, among others. Particularly strong in the humanities and social sciences. Search Syntax Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "". Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?. Humanities Abstracts (1907 to present). Indexes articles in over 500 English-language journals in the fields of archaeology, art, classics, communication, film, folklore, history, languages and literatures, music, philosophy, religion, and theatre. Also includes citations for book, theatre, and film reviews as well as interviews, obituaries, and some original creative works. Includes the full text of selected articles from 1995 to the present. Search Syntax Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "". Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?. JSTOR Includes pdf copies of scholarly articles from a core collection of journals; also includes book reviews. Note: JSTOR does not contain articles from the most recent 3-5 years. Search Syntax Truncation: use a plus sign +. Phrase searching: automatic. Periodicals Index Online (c. 1770-1995 [publication date of articles indexed]) Indexes journal and magazine articles as well as book reviews in a broad array of humanities, social sciences, and science subjects. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: automatic. Project Muse Includes pdf and HTML copies of journal articles published by university and scholarly presses. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ". Using RefWorks Need help managing your references? Try RefWorks! You can use it to organize your citations, keep track of your notes on books and articles, and generate bibliographies. Find out more; consult our guide on Using RefWorks. Connect to RefWorks Tips & Further Help How to Find Book Reviews How to Find Theatre Reviews How to Search the Web: Tools & Tips How to Evaluate Web Resources MLA International Bibliography Search Planner (pdf document) Research Planner (pdf document) Research Log (pdf document)

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