ENG 463: Urban African American Literature

Resources on New York

Encyclopedia of New York State. Ref F 119 .E53 2005

New York Times. 1851-
Lacking recent several years.  For recent years, search the NYT website or the Lexis-Nexis database.

Earlham Libraries Online Catalog
In searching for books about New York, try "Browse" searching on these phrases:
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
New York (N.Y.) History

African American Studies resources

Oxford African American Studies Center
Includes biographical and topical articles from a range of Oxford reference publications, plus primary documents and images.

Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History. Ref E 185 .E54 2005 5 vols.

Encyclopedia of the Great Black Migration . Ref E 185.6 .E54 2006 3 vols.

Earlham Libraries Online Catalog

JSTOR

Academic Search Premier

 

Literature resources

Literature Resource Center.
Biographical articles and journal and magazine articles.

Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature. Ref PS 153 .N5 G73 2005 5 vols.

Writing African American Women: an Encyclopedia of Literature by and about Women of Color. Ref PS 153 .N5 W756 2006 2 vols.

MLA International Bibliography
Our most comprehensive database indexing journals and books on literature and literary criticism.

JSTOR

Earlham Libraries Online Catalog