This guide provides some useful starting places and strategies for doing research for this course. We're happy to help! Reach out to us about any aspect of your research, from developing a research question to finding, evaluating, and citing sources.
Karen Storz, Research & Instruction Librarian for American Studies
Carol Lubkowski, Music Librarian
Specialized encyclopedias, handbooks, companions, and other reference works can be good starting places for getting an overview of a topic, definitions of key terms, vocabulary for searching, and suggestions for further reading. The following databases allow you to search across multiple reference works at once.
St. James Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Culture (e-book)
Critical Minded: New Approaches to Hip Hop Studies by 
The Hip Hop Generation: Young Blacks and the Crisis in African American Culture by 
Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World by 
