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Welcome to the guide for ENGL:6610 Studies in African American Literature, SIx Degrees of Phillis Wheatley. This guide is designed to provide background information on some of the topics and time periods you have discussed in class. 

• Generate a list of your search terms and any synonyms.
• Search for each term in databases or InfoHawk+.
• If searching for a phrase, insert quotation marks around the phrase.
• Limit your search by a date range if you want results from certain years.
• Try your search terms in multiple databases.
• Look at the footnotes and bibliography of scholarly articles - they can lead you to related sources!
• The first sources that you find may not be the best. Keep looking!