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Topics in American Literature: August Wilson
Gretchen Moon, Professor
1. Library Catalogs
| Willamette
University Libraries Catalog
Orbis Cascade Alliance Summit catalog of academic libraries in Oregon and Washington |
2. Online Reference Databases
Oxford Reference Online: 100 well-known and trusted dictionaries and reference books combined into a single cross-searchable web database. (Full-text) Literature Resource Center: Provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. (Full-text) |
3. Secondary Sources Databases
Academic Search Premier: Provides full text for more than 3,600 academic, social sciences, humanities, general science, education and multi-cultural journals. (Mixed) America History and Life: Provides access to scholarly literature on the history and culture of the U.S. and Canada from prehistoric times to the present. JSTOR: Provides access to the complete back files of more than 624 cross-disciplinary academic journals in digital format, some of which date from the 1800s. (Full-text) MLA International Bibliography. Indexes critical material on the modern languages, literature, linguistics, and folklore. (Mixed) Project Muse: Provides online access to the full text of over 300 journals in the disciplines of literary studies, classics, history, philosophy, and more. (Full-text) |
4. Primary Sources Databases
ArtStor: Provides a broad and deep general collection of images of world art and architecture. New York Times Historical: Provides full page & article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. LexisNexis Academic: Provides access to full-text information from newspapers, journals, magazines and reference sources with strengths in the areas of current news, business, law, and politics. (Full-text) [1990s-present] Readers Guide Retrospective. 1890 - 1982. Contains comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States. |
5. Government Census Resources
| U.S. Census through the Decades | |||
1900 |
Overview | Tables | Bulletin 8 - Negroes in the United States |
1910 |
Overview | Tables | |
1920 |
Overview | Tables | |
1930 |
Overview | Tables | |
1940 |
Overview | Tables | Characteristics of the nonwhite population by race |
1950 |
Overview | Tables | |
1960 |
Overview | Tables | |
1970 |
Overview | Tables | |
1980 |
Overview | Tables | |
1990
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Overview | Tables | Characteristics of the Black Population |
2000 |
Overview | Tables | |
| Historical Census Statistics on Population totals by Race, 1790 to 1990, and by Hispanic Origin, 1790 to 1990, for the United States, Regions, Divisions, and States. Working Paper No. 56 | |||
| Historical
Census Statistics on Population Totals by Race, 1790 to 1990, and by
Hispanic Origin, 1970 to 1990, for Large Cities and
Other Urban Places in the United States. Working Paper No. 76 |
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| Federal Depository Libraries | |||
6. Other Internet Resources
| Historic Pittsburgh | |
| August Wilson Center for African American Culture | |
| BlackPast.org | |
| African American History webliography from the University of Washington | |
| Guide to African American Documentary Resources on the WWW | |
| African American History from American Memory Project | |
| African American Cultural Collections and Museums | |
| Image
of Negro bucket man at the Tennessee Valley Authority Douglas
Dam on the French Broad River Courtesy of Franklin D. Roosevelt Library |
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