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American Literature in The 1920s: Finding books and background information

Researching authors and issues of the time

Print Reference resources

Literature resources:

  • American Writers : A Collection of Literary Biographies R810.9 / UNG
  • Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance  R810.98 / WES

History and Social Sciences resources:

  • Chronicle of America  R973 / LEG
  • American Decades : 1920 - 1929   R 973 / BAU
  • American Decades : Primary Sources 1920-1929  R973.91 / ROS v.3
  • Conflicts in American History : The Roaring Twenties, Great Depression and World War II  R 973.003 / CONFLICTS v. 6
  • Defining Documents in American History : The 1920s  R973.91 / DEFINING 1920
  • Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History (6vols.)  R973.04 / PAL
  • Encyclopedia of the United States in the Twentieth Century (4vols.) R973.003 ENC
  • Women's Rights in the United States: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Issue, Events and People  R 305.42 / WOMENS v.2
  • Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender (4vols.)  R306.703 / DOU
  • Encyclopedia of Race and Racism (3vols.)  R305.80 / HAR
  • Encyclopedia of American Social History (3 vols.)  R301.0973 CAY

See also print resources for the New York Times :

  • Great Events (NYT) indexes
  • New York Times Front Pages: 1951 - 2013  R909.8 / NYT

Biographical and Historical information

Finding articles