Introduction to Literature: Beloved by Toni Morrison Research Guide

Finding Books

Reference Books

Audio/Visual

Periodical Search

Databases & Electronic Journals 

Webliography

 


Prepared by: Alice Abbott-Moore, John Watts, Chet Watson

Library Liaison: Cara Marco
(502) 456-6773

libsul@sullivan.edu

Updated April 2007

 

 

Finding Books:

 

Search the library catalog using a specific topic, such as Morrison, Toni or American Literature, or browse the following subject areas below.

 

To retrieve a listing of items within the Sullivan University library online catalog, click on the appropriate Library of Congress Subject Heading with the corresponding Dewey Decimal number(s), in the box below, then click GO!


 


 

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Reference Books:

African American lives. Sullivan-Louisville Reference Non-Circ: R 920 A258

The Cambridge guide to literature in English. Sullivan-Louisville Reference Non-Circ: R 820.9 C178lr  

 

Encyclopedia of African American women writers / edited by Yolanda Williams Page. Sullivan-Louisville Reference Non-Circ R 810.9 E56 v. 1-2

 

Encyclopedia of American literature. Sullivan-Louisville Reference Non-Circ: R 810.3 E56a

 

HarperCollins reader's encyclopedia of American literature. Sullivan-Louisville Reference Non-Circ: R 810.9003 H293

 

Literary history of the United States. Sullivan-Louisville Reference Non-Circ:  R 810 L775

 

Major Twentieth-Century Writers: A Selection of Sketches From Contemporary Authors. Sullivan-Louisville Reference Non-Circ : R809 M234 v.1-4

 

The Oxford companion to African American literature.  Sullivan-Louisville Reference Non-Circ: R 810.8 O98

 

The Oxford companion to American literature. Sullivan-Louisville Reference Non-Circ: R 810 H325

 

Audio/Visual:

 

Periodical Search:

Use the periodical search function on the Catalog home page to find periodical titles indexed in our databases.  For example, if you have a citation to an article and want to see if it is available full-text in our databases, search for the journal title, and the system will lead you to the correct database.

Use the periodical search function on the Catalog home page to find relevant "Country Monitor" and "Economic Studies" reports for a country.  In the "title begins with" search box, type your country name, e.g. "France."  The results list will show all titles beginning with that word.  In this case, "France Country Monitor" and "France Economic Studies" are listed.   Click the link to the Business Source Premier database, click the most recent publication listed, and the table of contents of the issue will appear.

Periodicals: the following paper-format periodicals in the Sullivan University Library may be searched for articles in this subject area:

American Literary History

 

 

Databases & Electronic Journals:

 

If you are accessing these databases from off campus, please go to the Remote Access Page tab under the Databases menu. NOTE:  You MUST enter your Sullivan username and password to access the remote database passwords. Click here for more help logging in, or check with library staff for more information.

Academic Search Premier: An EBSCOhost® database indexing 4,450 general and specific scholarly /peer-reviewed journals back to 1975 and providing the corresponding full-text/full-image for articles in all academic disciplines. Updated daily.

Relevant journals in this database:

African American Review

College Literature

Faulkner Journal

Narrative

Studies in Reading & Culture

Novelist: An electronic readers' advisory resource which assists fiction readers to find new authors or titles they wish to read.  Searchable by title, author, plot description, or subject and keyword, Novelist contains reviews and descriptions for 90,000+ best-seller, professional and trade books published since 1994, as well as all adult fiction reviewed in Library Journal, Publisher's Weekly, Booklist, and Kirkus since 1996. It also provides links to author home pages and other fiction-related web sites.

MasterFILE Premier: An EBSCOhost® database primarily designed as a general reference tool for public libraries, this database provides full-text articles from reference sources including magazines, books, biographies, primary documents, photos, maps and flags.  Updated daily.

Relevant journals in this database:

American Literature

MELUS,

Midwest Quarterly

Mississippi Quarterly

Twentieth Century Literature

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection: This database provides nearly 575 full text publications, including 550 peer-reviewed titles. Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Nearly every full text title included in this database is indexed in PsycINFO. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.

Relevant journals in this database:

Essence

Feminist Studies

Journal of Women in Culture & Society

Sociological Collection: An EBSCOhost® database indexing full-text articles from 500+ scholarly/peer-reviewed journals back to 1975 in all areas of sociology including social behavior, relationships and social structure.  Updated daily.

Relevant journals in this database:

Changing English: Studies in Reading & Culture

Critique

Journal of Gender Studies

NWSA Journal

Papers on Language & Literature

Review of Social Economy

  

 

Webliography (Internet Resources):

 

About Toni Morrison

Literature 1993 : Site devoted to information about the Nobel Prize in Literature won by Toni Morrison in 1993.  Contains links to her biography, Nobel lecture and other resources.

Salon Interview – Toni Morrison : Transcript of an interview conducted in 2000.

Toni Morrison : Presents extensive biographical information in addition to summaries of her work.

Toni Morrison: Beloved : Contains links to many book reviews and critical essays about the novel.

General

How to Write a Book Report : Presents information on various aspects of analyzing and writing about fictional works.

Internet Public Library – Literary Criticism Contains critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period.

LitLinks Provides links to biographical and critical information about various literary works.  Organized by author, genre, and period.

The Owl At Purdue Purdue University's Online Writing Lab, which offers many academic writing resources.

PAL Appendix G – Elements of Fiction – A Brief Introduction An outline of concepts involved in analyzing fictional writing.  Includes study questions to illustrate the meanings of these concepts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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