The guide serves as a companion to the library research seminar taught by Agatha Barc and Colin Deinhardt (Reader Services and Instruction Librarians, Victoria University Library). To review the recommended strategies and tools for your final assignment, you may download the slide deck from the session.
The materials in this guide are intended to help you conduct research for your first research assignment, the “How Did They Make This?” essay. This assignment requires you to learn about the life of a particular Harlem Renaissance artist, choose one of their creative works, and then analyze how and why it was created.
This guide includes reference sources and digital collections, offering primary and secondary sources on the literary, poetic, and artistic concerns of the Harlem Renaissance. It also provides links to recommended research tools in literature, music, and visual arts.
The materials in this guide are highly selective, chosen specifically to assist you with your course assignments based on their content, subject matter, and alignment with the course description.