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Finding Books in the JSCC Library

JSCC Library Online Catalog
The Library Online Catalog enables you to locate books (print and electronic) and DVDS in the JSCC Library.

Try this approach to more effectively seach Google. You can limit your
search by domain name (org, edu, gov, etc.)

Your topic site:gov (or org, edu, etc.)

For example: ebola victims quarantine site:gov

Academic OneFile
Academic OneFile is a source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. Contains full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily.

JSTOR
"JSTOR offers researchers the ability to retrieve high- resolution, scanned images of older 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."
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.

Issues and Controversies
Provides up-to-date, in-depth and objective information on over 250 prominent and hotly debated issues of the day. It combines objective analysis, clear explanations of opposing points of view and special features, so you can quickly grasp the essentials of even the most complex topics.

Opposing Viewpoints
Provides information about controversial issues from a variety of sources. Often there are pro and con articles about these issues. Excellent place to start for a persuasive paper or speech.

Ask the Librarian
You can send requests for assistance to the Ask the Librarian link on the JSCC Library home page

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