Marilyn Scoville     SAINT MICHAEL'S COLLEGE

“Literature and the Blues” 

Locating Materials in the Library Collection

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     search WorldCat to find books not owned by SMC but available through Interlibrary Loan.
 

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Blues Music in Literature Blues Music History and Criticism Blues Music to 1931 Blues Music 1931-1940 Harlem Renaissance Women Blues Musicians Blues Music Texts Ellison Ralph Holiday, Billie	literature and blues "Langston Hughes" and blues "Etta James" and blues "Count Basey" and "Ella Fitzgerald" and Blues and poetry "Zora Neal Hurston" "Ralph Ellison "Billie Holiday"

                            

Use Encyclopedias and Other Reference Sources to locate background articles on historical periods, literary genres, authors, and musicians.   Encyclopedias are located in Reference:        call numbers: Music = M and Literature = PS                 African American writers.  2 vols.  NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2001.                     Reference PS 153.N5 A344 2001                 Black Literature Criticism.  vols. Detroit: Draper, 1992                     Reference PS 153.N5 B556                Blues Who's Who. New Rochelle: Harris, 1979                     Reference ML 102.B6 H3                Columbia Guide to Contemporary African American Fiction. NY: Columbia University, 2005.                     Reference PS374.N4 D533                Companion to Southern Literature. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 2002.                     Reference PS261.C55 2002                Contemporary Musicians.  60 vols. Detroit: LaBlanc, 1989.                     Reference ML 197.C761                Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance. New York: Aberjhani, 2003                     Reference PS 153 .N5 A24                The Encyclopedia of Popular Music.  6 vols. New York: Larkin, 2006                     Reference ML 102.P66 G84                From the Dark Tower.  Washington, D.C.: Davis, 1974                     Reference PS 153.N5 D33                Harlem Renaissance.   3 vols. Detroit: Witalec, 2003                     Reference PS 153.N5 H245                Harlem: Renaissance and Beyond.  Boston: Roses, 1990                     Reference PS 153.N5 R65                Masterpieces of African-American Literature.  New York: Magill, 1992                     Reference PS 153.N5 M264                The New Grove Dictionary of American Music.  4 vols. London: Hitchcock, 1986                     Reference ML 101.U6 N48                The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.  3 vols. New York: Kernfeld, 2002                     Reference ML 102.J3 N48                The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.  29 vols. Sadie, 2002                     Reference ML 100.N48

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• Look for recommended websites on the library research pages for Music, English, or History.ebsties)
• Use the CRAAP test to evaluate web resources:  http://www.csuchico.edu/lins/handouts/eval_websites.pdf
                      * commercial (.com)
                      * education (.edu)
                      * government (.gov)
                      * organization (.org)
                      * military (.mil)