A Sampling of Reference Sources
- Encyclopedia of Rural AmericaCall Number: Print: Mann Library E169.12 .E5 2008Publication Date: 2008Explores both the history of rural America, its current issues and perspectives, and visions for its future. Online version available via HathiTrust ETAS service.
- The New Encyclopedia of Southern CultureCall Number: Print: Olin Reference F209 .N47 2006; some volumes onlinePublication Date: 2006v. 1. Religion -- v. 2. Geography -- v. 3. History -- v. 4. Myth, manners, and memory -- v. 5 Language -- v. 6 Ethnicity -- v. 7. Foodways . -- v. 8. Environment -- v. 9. Literature -- v. 10. Law & politics -- v. 11. Agriculture & industry -- v. 12. Music -- v. 13. Gender -- v. 14. Folklife. -- v. 15. Urbanization -- v. 16. Sports & recreation -- v. 17. Education -- v. 18. Media -- v. 19. Violence -- v. 20. Social class -- v. 21. Art & architecture -- v. 22. Science & medicine -- v. 23. Folk art / Carol Crown & Cheryl Rivers, vol. eds. -- v. 24. Race. Some volumes available online.
- Oxford Bibliographies: Cinema and Media StudiesProvides peer-reviewed annotated bibliographies on film history, television studies, media studies, critical theory, visual arts, cultural studies, digital culture, game studies, popular culture, and the study of the moving image. Bibliographies are browseable by subject area and keyword searchable.
- Encyclopedia of the BluesPublication Date: 2006Covers not only the performers, but also musical styles, regions, record labels and cultural aspects of the blues, including race and gender issues. Special attention is paid to discographies and bibliographies.
- Oxford Encyclopedia of American LiteratureCall Number: Print: Olin Reference PS21 E537 2004 +Publication Date: Oxford UP, 20044 vols. Contains essays on US poets, playwrights, essayists, and novelists. Figures such as Whitman, Melville, and Morrison are discussed in detail and examined in the context of their times, with an assessment of the writer's current reputation, a bibliography of major works, and a list of major critical and biographical works about the writer.
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