Welcome to the class research guide for English 163: The Poetics of Rap and Hip Hop

This guide will help you create:

• Find Audio and Video online
• Produce and Share a creative work
• Make informed and ethical choices on re-using and sharing original content

This guide will help you analyze:

• Find background info on artists and issues in reference sources
• Find magazine and news articles and reviews on music, culture and social issues
• Find videos in library databases and online
• Find books on rap, hip hop, culture, history and more
• Find relevant web sites
• Find and select relevant scholarly works

This guide will help you:

• Cite your sources
• Find help