4. Find Biographical Sources

For the biographical information about your author use one of these databases.

Gale in Context: Biography
Look up information on specific people. Find biographical essays, magazine/newspaper/journal articles, images and websites for people.
African-American History
Covering more than 500 years of the African-American experience, explore the full spectrum of African-American history and culture, with videos and slideshows, images, biographies of key people, event and topic entries, primary sources, maps and graphs, and timelines. Proxy Bypass
Black Life in America (Newsbank)
Comprehensive coverage of the African American experience from the early 18th century to the present day from more than 19,000 American and global news sources, including over 400 current and historical Black publications.

Recommended Books

This is only a few of the books and eBooks that we have on African American short stories and authors. Try searching the library catalog and the eBook databases below for more sources. The eBook databases can search within its sources to find specific keywords such as the authors name or the title of the short story.

African-American Writers
Call Number: DTC & TRB REF PS153 .N5 A344 2001 (2 Volumes)

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African-American Writers: A Dictionary
Call Number: Giles REF PS153 .N5 A3444 2000

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The Oxford Companion to African American Literature by William L. Andrews (Editor); Frances Smith (Editor); Trudier Harris (Editor); Henry Louis Gates (Foreword by)
Call Number: DTC REF PS153 .N5 O96 1997

ISBN: 0195065107

Publication Date: 1997-03-27

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Encyclopedia of African American Writing by Laura Mars-Proietti (Editor); Sherry L. Hatcher (Editor)
Call Number: DTC REF PS153 .N5 A3444 2009

ISBN: 9781592372911

Publication Date: 2009-10-09
Major Modern Black American Writers
Call Number: Giles REF PS153 .N5 M245 1995

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Use the search box below to search the SCC Library Catalog for physical books (in one of our library locations) and eBooks. You can also open the Library Catalog or use the Advanced Search for more search options.