ENG102.English+Composition.II.Kjellman

=English 102: English Composition II=
 * Professor Mark Kjellman**

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This guide is designed to help you research one of three major works: //Reservation Blues, Death and the King's Horseman//, and //Do the Right Thing//. It includes an index of scholarly sources that can be used. Included in the list are websites that will be helpful in your research. If you have any trouble finding these sources, please ask a librarian for help. Good Luck!
 * [|RCC Library Home Page]: Most materials found in this research guide are available at the library's home page.
 * Autumn Haag: 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 Boston Public Library)]

Good Search Terms to use:

 * //Reservation Blues//
 * Sherman Alexie
 * Native American literature
 * Native American stereotypes
 * Blues music
 * //Death and the King's Horseman//
 * Wole Soyinka
 * Yoruba religion
 * Universal tragedy
 * //Do the Right Thing//
 * Spike Lee
 * Racial discrimination in film
 * LA Riots
 * Basketball
 * Interracial relationships

New Books
//Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life//. By David Treuer. Circulating Stacks E93 .T74 2012

//Death and the King's Horseman: Background and Sources, Criticism//. Edited by Simon Gikandi. Circulating Stacks PR9387.9.S6 D4 2003

//Sherman Alexie//. Edited by Leon Lewis. Reference PS3551.L35774 Z85 2012

Reference Books
//Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present: From the Age of Segregation to the Twenty-First Century//. Editor in Chief Paul Finkleman. E185 .E5453 2009

//Student Encyclopedia of African Literature//. By Douglas Killam and Alicia L. Kerfoot. PR9340 .A52 K65 2008

//Encyclopedia of American Indian History//. Edited by Bruce E. Johansen and Barry M. Pritzker. E77 .E48 2008

//The Cambridge History of African and Caribbean Literature//. Edited by F. Abiola Irele and Simon Gikandi. PN841 .I74 2004

Circulating Books
//The Spike Lee Reader//. Edited by Paula J. Massood. PN1998.3.L44 S65 2009

//Screens Fade to Black: Contemporary African American Cinema//. By David J. Leonard. PN1995.9.N4 L46 2006

//Interracial Intimacies: Sex. Marriage, Identity, and Adoption//. By Randall Kennedy. KF511.K46 2004

//Black City Cinema: African American Urban Experiences in Film//. By Paula J. Massood. PN1995.9.N4 M33 2003

//Why We Make Movies: Black Filmmakers Talk About the Magic of Cinema//. By George Alexander. PN1995.9.N4A43 2003

//Black American Cinema//. Edited by Manthia Diawara. PN1995.9 .N4 B45 1993

//Tales of Yoruba Gods and Heroes//. By Harold Courlander. GR360 .Y6 C68 1973

Electronic Books
[|Ebrary] The library has recently added 20,000 online books from the vendor Ebrary. This is the “community college” collection, of interest to students and faculty at 2-year colleges. All books are simultaneously available to all RCC users.

[|Columbia Guide to American Indian Literatures of the United States since 1945. By Eric Cheyfitz.]

[|American Cinema of the 1990s: Themes and Variations. By Chris Holmlund.]

[|African Drama and Performance. By John Conteh-Morgan and Tejumola Olaniyan.]

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

Academic Search Premier
Provides full text for more than 3,800 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study such as the humanities, social sciences, literature, and the arts.

[|The African American Experience]
A wide-ranging and easy-to-use online collection on African American.

[|BPL Databases]
Offers more than a thousand academic journals and over 1 million images, letters, and other primary sources. You must have your RCC library barcode to access this database.

[|Info Trac OneFile]
A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics including current events, literature and art, politics, social sciences, and sports. It has millions of full-text articles and is updated daily.

[|Literature Resource Center]
Provides 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.

Films
//Do the Right Thing//. Produced, Written and Directed by Spike Lee. Audiovisual PN 1997 .D63 2009

=Citing Sources: Style Guides=

[|Duke Library Guide to Assembling a List of Works Cited]

[|Laguardia Community College Library MLA and APA citation style]

[|The Owl at Purdue: MLA 2009 Formatting and Style Guide]

=Basic Research Help= Please click the Ask a Librarian icon if you have any questions concerning these guides, need help finding material for your research or any general questions you might have.
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 * Looking for articles? Search our [|Databases].
 * Can't find what you are looking for? Use our [|InterLibrary Loan Form].

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Research guide prepared on March 2012 by Autumn Haag: ahaag@rcc.mass.edu