ENG102.EngCompII08.Malone

toc =ENG 102: English Comp. II=
 * Professor Tia Juana Malone**



=Topic: Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison=

This guide is designed to help you research Ralph Ellison. It includes an index of scholarly sources that should be used. Included in the list are websites and search engines that will be helpful in your research. If you have any trouble finding these sources, please ask a librarian for help. Good Luck! Any comments or suggestions are welcome!
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 * William Hoag: Please contact me if you have any questions concerning this guide or research.

=Books=

Books
The on-line catalog provides access to the Library's collection of approximately 40,000 books, periodicals and audio-visual titles. These resources may be used to find information for assignments or general interest. [|Tutorial for searching catalog and ordering books from Metro Boston Library Network (includes BPL)]

Good Search Terms to use: words or phrase

 * "Invisible Man"
 * "Ralph Ellison"
 * "Invisible Man" and “Literary Criticism”

Books
__Invisible Man__: PS3555.L625 I5 2002

__Ralph Ellison and the Raft of Hope: a political companion to Invisible Man__: PS3555.L625 I5356 2004

__Cultural Context for Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man__: PS3555.L625 I5328 1995

Biographies
__African American Writers__, New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 2001. Ref. PS153.N5 A344 2001 __American Ethnic Writers__, Hackensack, New Jersey : Salem Press, Inc, 2000. Ref. PS153.M56 A414 2000 __American Writers: a collection of literary biographies__, New York : Charles Scribner's Son's, 1981-. Ref. PS129 .A55 __Contemporary Authors: A Bio-biographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Nonfiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama__, Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1962-. Ref. Z1224 .C58

Literary Criticism
__African American Literary Criticism, 1773 to 2000__, by Hazel Arnet Ervin, New York : Twayne Publishers, 1999. Ref. PS153.N5 A33 1999 __Black Literature Criticism, Detroit__ : Gale Tresearch Co., 1992-. Ref. PS153.N5 B556 1992 __Contemporary Literary Criticism__, Detroit : Gale Research Co., 1973-. Ref. PN771 .C59

=Periodicals= Browse these paper journals and magazines in the library's first floor periodicals section for articles about Ralph Ellison.
 * __Contemporary Literature__

=Articles= Access to millions of journal, magazine, newspaper and reference source articles through our research databases.

[|Literary Reference Center]
Literary Reference Center™ is a comprehensive database that provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. Over 124 Literary criticism articles for "invisible man" and 38 biographical reference sources for Ralph Ellison. [|Tutorial]

[|Literature Resource Center]
Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world. The optional MLA International Bibliography module adds citations for hundreds of thousands of books, articles and dissertations from 1926 to the present, linked to full text where available.

[|Contemporary Literary Criticism]
CLC is a extensive collection of critical essays on contemporary authors. Has over 25 articles about "invisible man"

[|Academic Search Premier]
Provides full text for more than 3,800 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including over 230 articles mentioning "invisible man". [|Tutorial]

=Web sites= There are many good Ralph Ellison web sites on the internet. These web sites have been evaluated by library staff. Remember to always evaluate internet resources. To find out more about evaluating web sites, [|Lesley University]has a very good guide.

Search Engines

 * [|Altavista]
 * [|Google]

Web sites

 * [|American Masters- Ralph ellison]
 * [|Bohemian Ink- Ralph Ellison]
 * [|IPL Online Literary Criticism Collection]
 * [|Ralph Ellison's Invisble Man (UPenn.)]
 * [|Ralph Ellison's Webiography]

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Research guide prepared on 10/02/09 by Wiliam Hoag: whoag@rcc.mass.edu