Pathfinders
are pages that offer students selected resources in a variety
of media
on a topic they are researching. They provide a head start for
students
as they begin their research project.
Harlem RenaissanceTo find books in the MHS
Media Center, open Spectrum (the electronic card catalog) located on the
student desktop. Try searching for Harlem Renaissance,
or the specific person you are looking for, or a history of jazz, art,
etc.
Some
titles we have are:
700.89
JOR |
Jordan, Denise. Harlem Renaissance Artists.
Chicago: Heinemann Library, 2003. |
700.89
WOR |
Worth, Richard.
The Harlem Renaissance: An Explosion of African-American Culture.
Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow, 2009. |
810.9
HAR |
Harlem Speaks: A
Living History of the Harlem Renaissance. Naperville, IL:
Sourcebooks, 2007. |
810.9
HIL |
Hill, Laban Carrick.
Harlem Stomp! : A Cultural History of the Harlem
Renaissance. New
York: Little, Brown, 2003. |
SELECTED WEB SITES: recommended by Mr. Steinberg
Timeline of African American History
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/aap/timelin3.html
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aointro.html
Harlem Renaissance
www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap9/9intro.html
http://www.iniva.org/harlem/hren.html
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/forum/february98/harlem_2-20.html
The Poetry Foundation
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/search.html
Search for Harlem Renaissance, or for a specific poet, or poem.
Langston Hughes
http://www.redhotjazz.com/hughes.html
biography
Painters
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/harlem-renaissance.html
Music: Jazz and Blues
http://www.redhotjazz.com
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Other Websites to try--
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5657
Search for any poet or poem.
http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/jazzage.html
pt. 1--Harlem Renaissance
pt. 2--Harlem Renaissance Art
pt. 3--Harlem Renaissance Writers
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/harlem/harlem.html
Links to Library of Congress information and outside links.
http://www.42explore2.com/harlem.htm
Biographies of the Harlem Renaissance.
http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson252/websites.html
Links to many Harlem Renaissance Websites.
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Salem Press database--
http://history.salempress.com/
Search Salem Press
reference sets:
Great Lives from History: The Twentieth Century
Musicians and Composers of the Twentieth Century
ONLINE RESOURCES
Infotrac
-- contains databases of magazine articles, a
biography resource, and health
and business references. Try Reference Center Gold, Expanded
Academic ASAP, and Biography Resource Center.
Literature Sources from Gale(part of InfoTrac® PowerSearch databases)
*Combines information from LitFinder and Literature Resource Center--LRC
Research authors and their works, literary movements and genres.
Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text of literary works, literature criticism, journal articles and reviews
from all time periods and from around the world.
Includes: Poetry for Students, Novels for Students, Short Stories for Students, and Drama for Students.
*to search LitFinder or Literature Resource Center separately, just click on its name.
bigchalk eLibrary
-- online reference center
including books, magazines, newspapers, pictures, maps, and TV
transcripts.
Grolier Online
-- 2 electronic encyclopedias-- New Book of
Knowledge and Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. Articles in these
encyclopedias link you to other articles and also to relevant web sites
where you can find more information on your topic.
REMOTE ACCESS
These databases are also
available from home. You can gain access to these resources from
home by going to the Answers...To Go! web page made available from
the Northeast
Massachusetts Regional Library System:
http://www.nmrls.org/answers/dbmvlc.html
and enter your public library
card number (from Methuen or any MVLC member library)
where you are prompted for a patron or user number.
CITING SOURCES
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