LibGuides: American Literature Resources in the JSCC Library: Home

Finding a book

You have access to over 54, ,000 printed books and 190,,000 electronic books. These books can give you an in-depth look at literary topics

To find books in the JSCC Library, use the Online Catalog

Electronic Books

Scribner's Writers Series
"Multiple perspectives on the most studied literary names." Contains over 1400 articles about authors from throughout the world and from all time periods.
Twayne Authors Series
Serves as an introduction to many American authors and their works.

Accessing the JSCC Library from Home

When you access the JSCC Library electronic databases or electronic books, you will be prompted for a username and password. This is your Netlogon that you received when you registered.

Reference works in the JSCC Library

Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature
"This award-winning work surveys the vibrant terrain of American literature in 350 essays from leading scholars, encompassing the range and depth of American literary history from the 1600s to the present day.
Credo Reference
Excellent background information on authors and their works from authoritative online encylopedias and other reference works.

Finding Magazines and Journals

Academic Onefile
This database provides access to full-text articles in magazines and journals from throughout the English speaking world.

JSTOR
JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that creates and maintains an archive of important scholarly journals. "JSTOR offers researchers the ability to retrieve high-resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated. The journals archived in JSTOR span many disciplines, including ecology, economics, history, language, literature, mathematics and sociology."

Gale Literary Sources
Provides biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline, combining Gale's most used literary databases to cover more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers.
Magill on Literature Plus
MagillOnLiterature Plus provides critical analyses and descriptions of major works of literature, as well as information on individual authors.

Masterfile Premier
Contains full-text articles in over 1700 magazines and journals. Indexing and abstracts for over 2700 titles. Subjects covered include general interest, business, health, social sciences, education, humanities, news and current events. Useful for almost any topic.

Literature- Streaming Video

Literature-Streaming Media
There are a wide variety of literary streaming media selections from Chaucer to Alice Walker, available through the JSCC Library

Click on the one that you would like to watch.
You will be asked for your Netlogon (username and password)

Using the JSCC Library

You can use the Online Catalog to find books about authors and works of literature. You can come to the library to check out books or you can view many of the books online.

If you come to the campus library, a librarian will be on duty to assist you find information.

Please call Scott Cohen at 425-2615 or email him at scohen@jscc.edu if you are having difficulty in locating information for you paper.