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Questions? Contact Susanna Boylston (704-894-2494).
Reference Works
Reference Universe | Biographical Sources | Cultural, Historical, & Social Background | Literary Background
- Reference Universe
Don't know where to begin? Try Reference Universe, an index of the indexes in many of the library's reference books and e-books. Reference Universe will tell you which titles contain information on your topic.
- Biographical Sources
- 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
- Biography Reference Bank. H.W. Wilson, 2003- .
- Literature Resource Center
Contains full-text biographies, critical essays, journal articles, and excerpts of criticism and reviews about over 130,000 literary authors and their works; covers dramatists, essayists, novelists, poets, and other writers from all time periods.
Includes:
- Dictionary of Literary Biography
- Scribner's American Writers
- Scribner's British Writers
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Ed. H.C.G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2004.
Reference R 920 N2111
- W.E.B. Du Bois: An Encyclopedia. Ed. Gerald Horne and Mary Young. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2001.
Reference R 928.1 D816yh
- Cultural, Historical, & Social Background
- The Black New Yorkers: The Schomburg Illustrated Chronology. Howard Dodson et al. New York: Wiley, 2000.
Reference R 974.7 D647b
- Credo Reference
A collection of electronic reference books; useful for quick answers to questions. For more detailed information, be sure to consult the Gale Virtual Reference Library too.
- 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
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
A collection of over 120 full-text reference e-books. Includes:
- The Harlem Renaissance: A Historical Dictionary for the Era. Ed. Bruce Kellner. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1984.
Reference R 700.89 H284
- Oxford Art Online
Contains the full text of:
- Dictionary of Art. Ed Jane. Turner 34 vols. New York: Grove’s Dictionaries, 1996.
Reference R 703 D554
Note: Oxford Art Online also contains updated entries and bibliographies for the Grove Dictionary.
- The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. Michael Clarke and Deborah Clarke. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2003- .
- The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics. Ed. Michael Kelly. 4 vols. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1998.
Reference R 111.85 E56
- The Oxford Companion to Western Art. Ed. Hugh Brigstocke. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2001.
Reference R 703 O982
- ... and over 5,000 images.
- Literary Background
- Credo Reference
A collection of online reference books, including a selection of literature resources, such as The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English (3rd ed.), The Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature, and the The Continuum Encyclopedia of British Literature.
- 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
- Literature Resource Center
Contains full-text biographies, critical essays, journal articles, and excerpts of criticism and reviews about over 130,000 literary authors and their works; covers dramatists, essayists, novelists, poets, and other writers from all time periods.
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature. Ed. Jay Parini. 4 vols. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2004.
Reference R 810.3 O983
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature. Ed. David Scott Kastan. 5 vols. New York: Oxford, 2006.
Reference R 820.3 O982
- Reference Guide to World Literature. Ed. Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast. 3rd ed. 2 vols. Detroit, MI: St. James Press, 2003.
Reference R 809 R332
- 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
Primary Sources
Advertisements — Art & Photography — Book Reviews
Contemporary Books, Pamphlets, & Other Publications — Diaries & Letters
Government Documents — Magazines & Newspapers
- Advertisements
- Ad*Access, from the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University
An online archive of advertisements published between 1911 and 1955. - ARTstor
A collection of over 900,000 images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and the social sciences; covers a wide range of cultures and time periods. Also includes tools to manipulate and analyze the images.
- Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850-1920, from the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University
An online archive of early advertising publications. - New York Times and The New York Times Magazine
Library has: 1896 to present (microfilm); 1896-2001 (online)
Location: microfilm cabinets C21-C26; Historical Newspapers: The New York Times
To find advertisements:
- Microfilm
The Magazine is filmed as part of the Sunday New York Times and usually appears after the main sequence of the paper.
- Online
On the "advanced search" page, type "section(magazine)" and then limit by date. Finally, click on the "more search options" tab at the bottom of the advanced search screen and from the "Document Type" drop-down menu, choose "Display ad."
- Art & Photography
- ARTstor
A collection of over 900,000 images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and the social sciences; covers a wide range of cultures and time periods. Also includes tools to manipulate and analyze the images.
- Oxford Art Online
Contains the full text of:
- Dictionary of Art. Ed Jane. Turner 34 vols. New York: Grove’s Dictionaries, 1996.
Reference R 703 D554
Note: Oxford Art Online also contains updated entries and bibliographies for the Grove Dictionary.
- Over 5,000 images.
- ... and more
- Book Reviews
- Contemporary Books, Pamphlets, & Other Publications (including Novels & Poems)
- Library Catalog
Includes information about books, government documents, and journals, magazines, and newspapers in the Library. - To locate works published in a particular time period, limit by publication date.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use a dollar sign $
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- American Memory
A collection of over 9 million primary source documents and archival materials related to American history and culture. Includes a wide variety of materials, including manuscripts, government documents, pamphlets, books, and other publications as well as photographs, prints, maps, sheet music, video clips, and sound files. There are over 100 thematic collections in American Memory; you can search across all collections or browse or search individual collections. From the Library of Congress.
- Essay & General Literature Index
(1900 to present) Indexes chapters and essays in edited collections.
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 ?
- Literature Online
A collection of full-text databases containing the works of American and British poets. The databases do contain some textual errors; you'll need to verify the texts by consulting authoritative editions of these authors' works.
- Diaries & Letters
- American Diaries: An Annotated Bibliography of Published American Diaries and Journals. 2 vols. Laura Arksey et al. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1983-1985.
Reference R 016.92 A721a
Vol. 2: Diaries Written from 1845 to 1980
- And So to Bed: A Bibliography of Diaries Published in English. Patricia Pate Havlice. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1987.
Reference R 016.92 H388a
- North American Women's Letters & Diaries
This collection provides the full text of letters, diaries, and excerpts of diaries from the colonial era to the mid twentieth century. The texts were written contemporaneously; memoirs are not included.
- The Published Diaries and Letters of American Women: An Annotated Bibliography. Joyce Goodfriend. Boston, MA: G.K. Hall, 1987.
Reference R 016.92 G651p
- Government Documents
- U.S. Congressional Serial Set
(1817-1980, but see note below) Contains the fully-searchable text of the Serial Set, a rich collection of primary source materials on all aspects of U.S. political, military, cultural, economic, ethnic, and social history. Includes U.S. Senate and House of Representatives reports, documents, and journals.
This collection is part of the Archive of Americana.
Note: this digital collection is not yet complete, but all volumes through the mid twentieth century have been digitized.
- Magazine & Newspaper Articles
Magazines | Newspapers
- Magazines
- Readers' Guide Abstracts
(1890 to present) Indexes articles in popular periodicals, many of which our library has; 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 ?
For additional information about magazines from this time period, see the library's guide to Magazines.
- Humanities & Social Sciences Index
(1907 to present) For the period 1907-1984, this database indexes journal articles in both the humanities and social sciences; it also includes the International Index to Periodicals (1907-1965). From 1985 to the present, the focus is on the humanities.
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 ?
- Newspapers
For additional information about newspapers from this time period, see the library's guide to Twentieth-Century Newspapers.
Secondary Sources
- Books
- Library Catalog
Includes information about books, government documents, and journals, magazines, and newspapers in the Library. - 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.
- To locate appropriate Library of Congress Subject Headings, start with a keyword search and then browse records.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use a dollar sign $
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- ebrary
A collection of over 38,000 e-books published by over 220 academic, trade, and professional publishers; covers all subject areas. Also includes tools that allow you to create your own virtual bookshelf, bookmark pages, and add and save notes and highlights.
Note: To read ebrary books, you need the ebrary Reader. This plugin is on all library and ITS computers, but if you are using your own computer, you can download it from the ebrary home page.
- 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 Catalog 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
Starting Points | Literary Criticism | Other Databases
- Starting Points
- 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 ?
- Literary Criticism
- Annual Bibliography of English Language & Literature (ABELL)
Indexes journal articles and books published from 1920 to present; also includes citations to book reviews. Covers all literatures in English as well as the English language, bibliography, textual studies, and the history of publishing.
ABELL is a particularly good source of information about books published in the U.K. Many of these works do not appear in the MLAIB.
- Literature Resource Center
Contains full-text biographies, critical essays, journal articles, and excerpts of criticism and reviews about over 130,000 literary authors and their works; covers dramatists, essayists, novelists, poets, and other writers from all time periods.
Includes:
- Contemporary Literary Criticism
- Short Story Criticism
- Twentieth-Century Literature Criticism
- MLA International Bibliography
(1926 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.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks ""
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- Other Databases
- Essay & General Literature Index
(1900 to present) Indexes chapters and essays in edited collections.
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 ?
- Historical Abstracts & America: History & Life
(Time period covered: 1450 to present [world history]; prehistory to present [U.S. and Canadian history]. Publication coverage: 1954 to present). Indexes journal articles, book chapters, doctoral dissertations, and book reviews. (Each database can also be searched separately.)
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Wildcard: 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. 1665-1995) 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
Contains full-text articles from journals published by university and scholarly presses.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Web of Knowledge
(c. 1900 to present) A multidisciplinary resource that provides citations to articles in thousands of journals in the social sciences, humanities, and sciences.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotations marks " "
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
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