ENG342: African Literature

	Welcome to the Library's resource page for ENG342: African Literature! Here you can identify and access many resources and tools for your research, including databases, web sites, and reference resources.
I. Articles in Databases | II. Books | III. Reference Works

I. Articles in Databases for Scholarly Research

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Request a copy via ILLiad -  Interlibrary Loan at ODU (What is Interlibrary Loan? )

II. Books & Ebooks in Catalogs

A. Specific Books and Ebooks

Here is a selection of books available:

• The Cambridge History of African and Caribbean Literature (Cambridge UP, 2004)  
• The Columbia Guide to Central African Literature in English since 1945 (Columbia UP, 2008)  
• Culture and Customs of Africa (series of 14 volumes) 
• Apartheid and Beyond: South African Writers and the Politics of Place (Oxford UP, 2007)  
• Women Writing Africa (Feminist Press, 2007)  

B. Search for Books and Book Chapters

Search for books and book chapters with research pertaining to your author, literary work, or topic in the following: ODU Library Catalog | OhioLINK Library Catalog 

Search by (1) Author last name, (2) Title of Work (in quotes), or (3) Topic.
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III. Reference Works

Reference works may be intended for a general audience or for a scholarly audience within a specific discipline. It is recommended that you read the preface or introduction to a work to help determine what kind of information, as well as the authority and knowledge of the contributing authors, you can expect to find.

E-Reference Works (full text online)

• Biographical Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa (Gale, 2008)  
• Black Literature Criticism: Classic and Emerging Authors since 1950 (Gale, 2008) - includes literary criticism and bibliographies for further reading 
• A Dictionary of African Mythology (Oxford UP, 2002)  
• OSU University Libraries Literary Map of Africa 
• Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms (Oxford UP, 2008) 
• Oxford Encyclopedia of African Thought (Oxford UP, 2010)  

Reference Collection (in the Library)

• Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory (Blackwell) R 803 C893d, 1998  
• A Multicultural Dictionary of Literary Terms R 803 C273m, 1999 
• Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms R 803 M943b, 2003 

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