Research Guides
E-Books
The New Jim Crow: Mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness by Publication Date: 2020
What Is African American Literature? by Publication Date: 2021
Fictions of Land and Flesh by Publication Date: 2019
Spectres from the Past by Publication Date: 2019
Race, Transnationalism, and Nineteenth-Century American Literary Studies by Publication Date: 2018
The Strangers Book by Publication Date: 2015
Why Use Books?
Books are a great resource to use when searching for general information on a topic. They are useful for understanding a topic in its context and provide summaries of existing research as well as offer a historical perspective.
Books are best located using the Search feature in our Library Catalogue. Select Catalogue, rather than Discovery, for best results when looking for books and ebooks.
Library Catalogue
Scholarly books are a great resource - watch this video to learn how to recognize one. (2:29)
This video explains how to enter keywords into the catalogue to find books on a particular topic. (1:13)
This video shows you how to search by book title using the library catalogue. (0:47)
Relevant Call Numbers
Our books are arranged according to the Library of Congress Classification system. When looking for books in English Studies it is a good idea to start with Subclass PN - Literature (General); however, subclasses PR - English Literature, and PS - American Literature will also likely be helpful.
Subclasses that may be of interest to you include:
PN 841 Black Literature (General)
PR 8309-9680 English literature: Provincial, local, etc.
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Civil Rights by Call Number: E 185.61 .E54 2003
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature by Call Number: PS 153 .N5 G73 2005
Surviving the Crossing by Publication Date: 2005
Read until You Understand by Call Number: PS 153 .N5 G74 2021
Bodyminds Reimagined by Publication Date: 2018
