ENGL 248 African American Literature

A collection of resources for assignments commonly seen in ENGL 248 at Green River College.

Beyond our collection: Interlibrary Loan

Using the Interlibrary Loan Service

InterLibrary Loan: No library has it all! But the InterLibrary Loan (or ILL) is a service offered by Holman Library for borrowing books and articles from other libraries. InterLibrary Loan requests are free to current GRC students, faculty and staff.

For your research, it is important to search many places.

  • First, start with the books and articles available through the Holman Library.

  • Then, If you find books and articles that the Library does NOT have access to, just request them through Interlibrary Loan.

  • Using Interlibrary Loan increases the amount of resources available to you and helps you become a more thorough researcher.

Note:

  • Books and other items that require mailing may take 1-2 weeks.

  • Articles and other digital items may arrive within 2-5 days. Use your email as your contact info and the article will be sent directly to you.

If you need help filling out this form, call the library reference desk at (253) 931-6480.

Other places you can search...

Use the links below to look for books, articles and more beyond our collection:

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Use filters on the left to limit by specific source type, date range, and more.

Tips on Finding Books in the Holman Library

Search Tips

Enter broad search words relating to your topic, such as:

  • Langston Hughes
  • Langston Hughes AND criticism
  • blues music
  • Harlem AND history
  • "Harlem renaissance" OR "New Negro Movement"
  • African American history
  • African American folklore

 

Try searching keywords in the ebook databases directly

Google Books

  1. Searching Google Books may help you find full text or partial text of books online
  2. After you perform a search, look in the left hand column of the search results page to narrow your results
  3. Choose either
    • Free Google eBooks (for older books no longer protected by copyright)
    • Preview Available (you will get a preview of some pages, not the entire text of the book. However, you can often find great information in the preview pages)

Why Use Books?

Why Use Books?

Books can give you the in-depth analysis of your topic

Books...
  • can get you a historical perspective on your topic to see how it has evolved over time
  • are often written by authors who are experts or have taken the time to do research on a particular subject
  • help you understand the complexity your topic

 

When you find a book...
  • you do not have to read the whole book! Instead look at the table of contents in the front to find which chapters will be most helpful to you
  • look in the back of the book.  Often there is a list of sources that the author consulted when he or she wrote the book.  You might want to use these sources for your research, too!

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