LibGuides: British 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

You will be asked for your Netlogon when you access an electronic book.

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's 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

Credo Reference
Excellent background information on authors and their works from authoritative online encyclopedias and other reference works.
Oxford Companion to British Literature
Good background information on authors, genres, etc.

Finding Magazines and Journals

Gale 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.
Literary Reference Center Plus
Literary Reference Center Plus is the definitive literary database covering all genres and timeframes. It includes thousands of full-text poems, short stories, synopses, critical essays, literary journals, reference books and author biographies.

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.

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Literature- Streaming Video

Library Streaming Media
There are a wide variety of streaming media sources that are available through the JSCC Library