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Research Guide for The Bluest Eye - Ms. Berger: Databases

This guide provides research strategies, databases and reliable websites to help you with your research paper on the novel The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison.

Recommended Databases for Scholarly Articles and eBooks

JSTOR

Example of relevant scholarly journal article:

Monk, Ellis P. “The Unceasing Significance of Colorism: Skin Tone Stratification in the United States.” Daedalus, vol. 150, no. 2, 2021, pp. 76–90. JSTOR, https://www.jstor.org/stable/48691404.

ProQuest

Access to numerous magazines, newspapers and scholarly journals articles:

  • Time
  • Newsweek
  • The Week
  • Economist
  • National Review
  • Atlantic
  • New York Times (Use the Online version for the most up-to-date articles).

Example of relevant magazine article: 
Kowalski, Kathiann M. "Body image: How do you see yourself?" Current Health 2, vol. 29, no. 7, Mar., 2003, pp. 6. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/magazines/body-image-how-do-you-see-yourself/docview/211716271/se-2.

Example of relevant newspaper article:

"Colourism and the profit machine." News International, 1 Sept. 2024. Gale OneFile: News, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A806758836/GPS?u=nysl_ca_dmvacces&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=4e3a36cd

Project Musc

Contains scholarly journal articles and Ebooks.

Example of relevant eBook:

Wen, Hua. Buying Beauty: Cosmetic Surgery in China. 1 ed. Hong Kong University Press, HKU, 2013. Project MUSEhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/21102.

SAGE Knowledge

Reference and Academic Books

Academic Search Premier

Example of scholarly journal article:

Keith, Verna M., and Carla R. Monroe. “Histories of Colorism and Implications for Education.” Theory Into Practice, vol. 55, no. 1, Winter 2016, pp. 4–10. EBSCOhosthttps://search-ebscohost-com.i.ezproxy.nypl.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=112339056&site=ehost-live.