ENG102.English.Composition.II.Halperin

toc =Course: Eng 102 English Composition II= This guide is designed to help you research English Composition II topics. 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!
 * Professor Helena Halperin**
 * [|RCC Library Home Page]: Most materials found in this research guide are available at the library's home page.
 * tintarabumrung@rcc.mass.edu : Please contact Ted Intarabumrung if you have any questions concerning this guide or research.

Our goals of today are to search for information needs under the topics below. Topic Strands:
 * 1) Langston Hughes and Harlem Renaissance
 * 2) Media Stereotypes of Black people
 * 3) Comparison: domestic violence in lesbian and heterosexual relationships

=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)]

New Books
__Encyclopedia of the Harlem Literary Renaissance__ by Lois Brown. REF PS153 .N5 B675 2006

Reference Books

 * __African American Literary Criticism__, 1773 to 2000 edited by Hazel A. Ervin. REF PS153 .N53 A33 1999
 * __African American Writers__ edited by Valerie Smith. REF PS153 .N5 A344 2001

=Periodicals= Browse these paper journals and magazines in the library's first floor periodicals section for articles about [insert topic]
 * Black History
 * Contemporary Literature
 * Criminal Justice Studies: A Critical Journal of Crime, Law and Society
 * Criminal Justice Review
 * Criminal Justice and Behavior
 * Journal of African American History
 * Newsweek
 * U.S. News & World Report

=Articles= Access to millions of journal, magazine, newspaper and reference source articles through our research databases.
 * [|Academic Search Premier 1984-]
 * [|African American Experiences], providing around 3,575 items related to Langston Hughes.
 * [|Biography Resource Center], providing the secondary sources of biographical information.
 * [|Credo Reference], found 79 results by search terms, "Langston Hughes" and Harlem Renaissance".
 * [|Contemporary Literary Criticism], found 132 results under textword search, "Langston Hughes".
 * [|Facts On File 1941], providing 8 results under search terms, "domestic violence" and homosexuals.
 * [|Campus Research]

=Web sites= There are many good [insert topic] 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

 * [|Scholar Google]

Web sites

 * [|Poetry Archives for Langston Hughes], providing some sound recordings.

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 * Looking for articles? Search our [|Databases].
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Research guide prepared on 11.16.07 by Ted Intarabung: tintarabumrung@rcc.mass.edu