African American Vernacular English (Ebonics)  Tags: ebonics ugl_subject_guide ugl  

Articles are a valuable resource in any research paper or project. Articles (as opposed to books) generally possess the following characteristics:

• Shorter length
• Currency of information
• Focus on a specific aspect of a topic 

African Americans --Languages
Black Culture
Black English
Black English Dialect
Ebonics English Language -- Study & Teaching -- African American Students
Urban Dialects

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Check the subject headings/descriptors for individual articles in your searches and repeat your search using these terms. Please note, subject headings are not consistent across databases.

General Interest Databases (cover a variety of subjects/topics)

• Academic Search Premier (EBSCO Host) - Includes both scholarly and popular sources, updated daily.
• Academic OneFile (InfoTrac) - Includes both scholarly and popular sources, updated weekly.

Discipline Specific Databases (focus on a specific discipline or collection of related disciplines)

• Black Studies on Disc (Via Citrix) - Includes relevant cultural, historical and linguistic information.
• Education Full Text (Wilson Web) - Identifies articles and books on all education topics. Note: Check the Education Full Text box at the top of the page before searching.
• Modern Language Association International Bibliography (MLA) - First stop for literary criticism and analysis of novels, short stories, poems, etc.