• ENGL 3163 - Women Writers: Databases & Specific Resources

    Books used in this course

    Quicksand

    Call Number: PS 3523 .A7225 Q8 2011

    ISBN: 9781891396991

    Publication Date: 2011

    The Norton Anthology of African American Literature

    Quicksand: chapters 12-16 (pg 1066-1087); Plum Bun: chapters 1-2 (pg 952-961); Their Eyes Were Watching God: chapters 1-2 (1041-1050); The Street: chapter 1 (pg 1484-1497); Maud Martha: A section of the novel (pg 1602-1650)

    Call Number: PS 508 .N3 N67 1996

    ISBN: 9780393040012

    Publication Date: 1996

    Harlem Renaissance: Five Novels of The 1920s (LOA #217)

    Quicksand: full novel (pg 297-431); Plum bun: full novel (pg 433-685);

    Call Number: PS 508 .N3 H367 2011

    ISBN: 9781598530995

    Publication Date: 2011

    Ann Petry: the Street, the Narrows (LOA #314)

    Read the first book in this anthology, The Street.

    Call Number: PS 3531 .E933 A5 2019

    ISBN: 9781598536010

    Publication Date: 2019

    Their Eyes Were Watching God: illustrated by Jerry Pinkney ; foreword by Ruby Dee ; introduction by Sherley Anne Williams

    Call Number: PS 3515 .U789 T639 1991 c.1

    ISBN: 9780252017780

    Publication Date: 1991

    Their Eyes Were Watching God: with a foreword by Mary Helen Washington and an afterword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

    Call Number: PS 3515 .U789 T5 1999

    ISBN: 9780060931414

    Publication Date: 1998

    Novels and stories : Jonah's gourd vine ; Their eyes were watching God ; Moses, man of the mountain ; Seraph on the Suwanee ; Selected stories

    Their Eyes Were Watching God.

    Call Number: PS 3515 .U789 A64 1995

    ISBN: 9780940450837

    Publication Date: 1995

    Recommended Databases

    Google Books

    Google Books is useful as another online library catalog and eBook resource. Sometimes you can read parts of a book OR the whole book, depending on the content available and its copyrights privileges. Use Google Books to help you find specific research that may be unavailable in our collections.

    If you find something you like in Google Books, check to see if you can access the entire document. Sometimes, you can access a document for free!  If you hit a pay wall, DO NOT PURCHASE THE DOCUMENT. Try to find it in one of these databases first: EBSCOJSTORProQuest, even the Library Catalog. If you can't access the document in one of those databases, copy the citation for it and email it to InterLibrary Loan (ILL).

    Please email the library with additional questions.

    Google Book Search

    Google Scholar

    Google Scholar is useful when you are struggling to find the specific research you need in the databases Lindsey Wilson subscribes to OR if you want to find a copy of a specific article that Lindsey Wilson doesn't have. Google Scholar can help expand your research! 

    If you find something you like in Google Scholar, check to see if you can access the entire document. Sometimes, you can access a document for free!  If you hit a pay wall, DO NOT PURCHASE THE DOCUMENT. Try to find it in one of our general databases first: EBSCOJSTOR, or ProQuest. If you can't access the document in one of those databases, copy the citation into an email to InterLibrary Loan (ILL)..

    Email the library with additional questions.

    Google Scholar Search

    Library Catalog (Books, eBooks)

    Check out the materials we have in the library already! They come in both physical books on the shelves and eBooks online. 

    You can also search for DVDs, music CDs, and other library materials.