Researching the Harlem Renaissance

1. Researching the Harlem Renaissance African American Literature with Dr. Ellen Bonds Info Session by Judy Olsen (Based on K. Carrol’s original PowerPoint and Web course guide)

2. Librarians: Here to Help! • Subject librarians work with every academic department • Available by phone, email, instant messaging, appointment or just stop by • We answer all kinds of questions • How to I pick a topic? • Where do I find scholarly articles? • Why can’t I access this article from home? • How do I write a bibliography?

3. Web pages created by subject librarians to guide you to the BEST resources for a particular subject, course, or research project. • Good starting point • Research is difficult – we don’t expect you to know where to go every time you get a new project. • Helpful tips & pointers There is a guide to this course. Easily return to this Power Point slide Review all the resources we cover today Get in touch with Judy Library Website: The Guides Tab

4. Researching the Harlem Renaissance: Workshop Overview • Getting Started: Encyclopedias and Dictionaries • African American Studies Center • Dictionary of Literary Biography Online • Finding Books: The Search Tab • Authors and Their Works & Context • Historical New York Times Database • Finding Articles • Databases • The Search Tab

5. Getting Started: Encyclopedias and Dictionaries • Explanations of terms, people, events or ideas related to a specific subject • Browse a subject-specific encyclopedia or dictionary for topic ideas • Get background information • In most subject areas, available online and searchable

6. Getting Started • African American Studies Center

7. Getting Started: Encyclopedias and Dictionaries • Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance / Cary D. Wintz, Paul Finkelman, editors. New York: Routledge, 2004. • Ref. NX512.3 .A35 E53 2004 • Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance / Aberjhani and Sandra L. West; foreword by Clement Alexander Price. New York: Facts on File, 2003. • Ref. PS153 .N5 H245 2003 • The Harlem Renaissance: a Gale critical companion / foreword by Trudier Harris-Lopez. Detroit: Gale, 2003. • Ref PS153 .N4 H37 1984 • The Harlem Renaissance: a historical dictionary for the era / edited by Bruce Kellner. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1984. • (3rd floor) NX511 .N4 H37 1984 • The Encyclopedia of the Harlem Literary Renaissance / Lois Brown. New York: Facts on File, 2006. • Ref. PS153 .N5 B675 2006

8. For this session, take a look at the Dictionary of Literary Biography Online Full text of literary works: Literature Online E-Reference: Online Resources

9. Finding Books: The Search Tab • Books are an important resource for research in most subject areas • Scholarly research is often published in books • Tip: You don’t always have to read the entire book • Check the Table of Contents and Index for sections/pages applicable to your project • Books can give you a broader view of a topic • Articles are very specific

10. Keywords: Harlem Renaissance Author’s Name Author search for works by that author Author’s Name + criticism Title of work + criticism Finding Books: The Search Tab

11. Literary Reviews and context • Literary works can be reviewed in newspapers, magazines, and academic journals • Reviews can range from brief critiques to lengthy analyses • Historical New York Times – context and reviews • Readers’ Guide Retrospective – covers the era • Literature Resource Center – includes critical analysis • Literature Online – includes criticism and reference works • Books and Movies Reviews Guide – for more resources

12. Historical New York times

13. Readers’ Guide Retrospective

14. Finding Articles • Scholarly or peer-reviewed articles are research articles that have been reviewed by other experts in the field • Databases are searchable indexes • Fields  RECORDS • Usually cannot be searched using same techniques as with Google • Humanities Full Text • Literature Online • MLA International Bibliography • Ethnic Newswatch – scholarly and non-scholarly • Library catalog

15. The Articles & More tabs searches the library’s entire full text online holdings – that’s a lot of material! This search is very broad and is best used when you are just familiarizing yourself with or exploring a topic. To learn how to use the FindIt button to access full text, watch this video. Finding Articles: The Search Tab

16. Thank you! Judy Olsen English and Theatre Librarian judith.olsen@villanova.edu 610-519-5183 Kristyna Carroll Social Sciences Librarian kristyna.carroll@villanova.edu 610-519-5391 Your questions are always welcome!