Click the link below for Open Educational Resources on The Harlem Renaissance:
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The Reference Collection includes a variety of different sources, such as: subject-focused encyclopedias, handbooks, almanacs, maps/atlases, statistical compendiums, dictionaries, and more. Look here to find introductory articles on subject-related topics. The broad perspective offered by such articles often proves helpful for narrowing research topics before pursuing more in-depth information.
This guide provides some recommendations for encyclopedias and other reference resources that might provide helpful information relating to your topic.
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The following encyclopedias and dictionaries are recommended for research relating to the Harlem Renaissance. Books with a Call Number beginning with the letters "Ref" are shelved in alphanumeric order by call number in the Reference Collection on the first floor or in the Reference Collection Annex on the second floor of the Kean University Library. Books with the designation "Electronic Resource" are e-books, which are accessible by clicking the hyperlinked title.
African-American Art
African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond
African American Encyclopedia
African American Roots of Modernism: From Reconstruction to the Harlem Renaissance
African Americans: Voices of Triumph, Creative FireAfrican Americans: Voices of Triumph, Leadership
African Americans: Voices of Triumph, Perseverance
Biographical History of African-American Artists, A-Z
Early Black American Playwrights and Dramatic Writers
Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History
Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present
Encyclopedia of African American SocietyEncyclopedia of African American Society
Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature
Harlem Renaissance: A Historical Dictionary for the EraHarlem Renaissance and Beyond: Literary Biographies of 100 Black Women Writers, 1900-1945
Historical and Cultural Atlas of African Americans
International Dictionary of Black Composers
Social History of the United States
Zora Neale Hurston
Listed below are options available for you to contact a reference librarian and ask for help with your research.
