Research Guides: ENG 361: African American Literature: Home

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Encyclopedia of American Studies: African American Literature
Overview of African American Literature from The Encyclopedia of American Studies. Credo Reference.

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Literary Reference Center Plus
Includes thousands of plot summaries, synopses, and work overviews; articles of literary criticism; author biographies; full text of over 430 literary journals; book reviews; classic and contemporary poems and short stories; full text of over 7,000 classic novels; author interviews; and images of key literary figures.
MLA International Bibliography
Modern Language Association's bibliographic index to journal articles, books and dissertations in the fields of literature and languages includes over 2.7 million citations from more than 6000 journals & series, 1200 book publishers, with links to full text. Dates: 1926 - Present.
JSTOR
JSTOR contains full-text access of the full backfiles of subscribed journals. (CBU subscribes to Arts & Sciences collections I-IV and VII, and the Sustainability collection.) U.S. articles published before 1923 are freely available regardless of subscription. Current or recent articles typically not available.
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