Catherine Harrison
English 102 - Toni Morrison - Sula
Books & Media:
Use the CCBC Dundalk
Library Catalog to find books about an author and criticisms of an
author's work. (Hint: Use the author's last name in the subject search
or do a keyword search type in the author's last name and criticism.)
Resources at CCBC Dundalk Library: Use the Literature Reference books in the
library. They are in the REF P section. Some specific titles that might
help with your research are the following:
Reference Books and
research material with information on Toni Morrison and her works:
African American Writers Ref PS 153 .N5 A344
American Women Writers
Ref PS 147 .A4 (multi volume set )
American Writers Ref PS 129.A55
(multi volume set )
Black Literature Criticism Ref PS 153 .N5
B556 (multi volume set )
Contemporary Literary Criticism Ref
PN 771 .C59 (multi volume set )
Contemporary Literary Criticism:
Annual Cumulative - Title Index Ref PN 771 .C59 index
Dictionary of Literary Biography Ref. 221 .D5 (multi volume set )
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Multiethnic American Literature Ref. PS 153
.M56 G74 (multi volume set )
Modern American Women Writers Ref
PS 151 .M54
World Literature Criticism Ref PN 523 ,W67 (multi
volume set )
Other books about the authors and her works:
Fiction and
folklore : the novels of Toni Morrison PS3563 .O8749 Z67 1991
Folk roots and mythic wings in Sarah Orne Jewett and Toni Morrison : the
cultural function of narrative PS374.W6M63 1991
In black and
white [videorecording] : conversations with African American writers
PS153 .N5 I492 1994 .V.3 & V. 5
Toni Morrison
[videorecording] PS3563 .O874 Z469
Critical essays on Toni Morrison
PS3563.08749Z63 1988 (Catonsville)
Toni Morrison : critical
perspectives past and present PS3563.O8749Z9 1993 (Catonsville)
Toni
Morrison PS3563.O8749Z89 1990 (Essex)
(Many more books available on
Toni Morrison at all three campuses.)
Finding information in magazines/journals/newspapers:
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Use the Periodical Databases which include articles from
magazines, journals and newspapers to find focused articles on your
topic.
To access these databases go to
Magazines, Journals & Newspaper page . Follow the instructions
for off-campus
access.
Use the
Literature Databases page to find the best databases for finding
articles on literature.
Below are a few of these databases:
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Literature Resource Center by Gale is a good literary database
with overview of works, criticism and information on individual
authors.
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LION - Literature Online is a literary database
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Humanities International Complete Some Full text. Scholarly
articles on literature, and more.
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Proquest Direct has some literary articles. It includes a
Humanities module and General Research module.
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Academic Search Elite has some literary articles and
information on the author.
Search tips: Literature Resource Center
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Author search - last name of author, first name of author - go to
Literary criticism tab
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Keyword search - author's last name and title in quotes ("" "")
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Keyword search - author's last name, title of story in quotes and
topic of research
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Additional resources - might include web pages and other resources
Search tips: LION
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Author search - author's last name, and author's first name
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Keyword search - Title of story in quotes and if needed author's last
name
Research Tips :Top
How to Do Research - helpful link on research
How to Write a Research Paper - From OCLC Hot Topics - June 5, 2002
Citing Sources -Make sure you use the correct citation for your research
material.
MLA guide in pdf
MLA Style from University of British Columbia Library
Plagiarism - Make sure you do not plagiarize
Web Resources::
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Use Evaluative Web Guides, such as
Librarian's Internet Index to find web sites on a general topic.
The
Resource Discovery Network , an evaluative web guide, is from England. It
has a free, "teach yourself" tutorial. There is one on
English Literature. Use the tour to see the different web sites that might
help you.
Use Search Engines , such as
Google to focus your search for web sites.
To get better results
connect your terms with the Boolean term "and" (ex:criticism and
Morrison) or put quotes around a phrase (ex:" ".)
Performing Precise Searches on web searching
Evaluate:
Evaluate your material for its relevance and authenticity. See
evaluation criteria for web sites.
Some Web sites:
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Toni Morrison -
As an editor, Morrison played an important role in bringing African
American literature into the mainstream from Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Morrison
Sula - information on this book including plot , character, and the theme.
Notes on Sula
Information on the book Sula in Contemporary World Literature by
Dr. Richard Nordquist. http://www.nt.armstrong.edu/WLsulanotes.htm
Toni Morrison Biographical information on Toni Morrison from the Nobel
Prize organization.
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1993/morrison-bio.html
About Toni Morrison Information on Toni Morrison - her life and
work....Links for biographies, interviews, her writings, and articles.
http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbio_morrison_toni.htm
VG: Artist Biography: Morrison, Toni From Voices from the Gaps is a
web-based trans-national academic community.
http://voices.cla.umn.edu/vg/Bios/entries/morrison_toni.html
SwissEduc: Morrison, Toni: *1931 Information on Toni Morrison and
her books suitable for class reading, teaching information, teachers\'
and students\' comments...
http://www.swisseduc.ch/english/readinglist/morrison_toni/
Information by the author - lectures, interviews ... and
Sula - information on this novel.
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