American Studies Program at Stockton
Search for Journal Articles
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Academic Search Complete Offers a multidisciplinary collection of full-text journals, providing users access to critical information from many sources unique to this database. This database is a leading source of peer-reviewed, full-text articles.
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ARTstor ARTstor is a non-profit initiative, founded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. ARTstor consists of a repository of hundreds of thousands of digital images and related data and tools to actively use those images. Includes over 7500 images from Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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Black Thought and Culture Contains 1,297 sources with 1,098 authors, covering the non-fiction published works of leading African Americans.
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Communication & Mass Media Complete Communication & Mass Media Complete offers full text and cover-to-cover indexing for journals covering communication, mass media, linguistics, rhetoric, language, logic, and other closely related fields.
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JSTOR JSTOR has opened most of its journal collections and primary source collections through June 2021.
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Literary Reference Center LRC combines information from reference works, books, literary journals and original content from EBSCO Publishing. It contains full text for plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, articles/essays of literary criticisms, author biographies, literary journals, book reviews, classic and contemporary poems, classic and contemporary short stories, author interviews, classic texts and much more.
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Literature Resource Center / GALE Literature Resource Center offers up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism, and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods, and from around the world.
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MLA International Bibliography MLA International Bibliography offers a detailed bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association, the bibliography contains citations from journals and book publishers. Coverage is international and includes titles from JSTOR’s Language and Literature Collection as well as links to full text.
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Project MUSE Project Muse is offering free access to most journal and book content for a temporary time.
Search Online Reference Books
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Credo General Reference Provides full-text online versions of hundreds of top quality reference books in all major subjects. Includes bilingual and biographical dictionaries.
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Oxford Reference Online: Premium Oxford Reference offers full text access to numerous dictionaries and encyclopedias by Oxford University Press as well as selected titles from the Oxford Companion series.
Search for Archival Material
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Accessible Archives Complete Provides vast quantities of archived historical information, previously furnished only in microformat, hard copy form or as images only. Primary source material has been selected to reflect a broad view of the times.
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American Historic Newspapers, 1789-1925 Free access to over 1,680 American historic newspapers from 1789-1925, hosted by the Library of Congress.
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New York Times (1980 to the present) This is considered the official U.S. newspaper because it publishes the complete text of important documents, speeches and presidential press conferences. The paper's reporters have won scores of Pulitzer Prizes throughout the publication's 150-year history.
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New York Times.com Access current news as well as historical news from 1851 to today. Read breaking news, watch videos, listen to podcasts and more. View content on a cell phone, tablet, or computer.
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North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories This database documents the personal experience of immigrants to Canada and the United States over more than two centuries. In addition to letters, diaries and oral histories, there are a limited number of other sources, including immigration guides and cartoons. Indexing that allows users to search by place of birth, place of entry, occupation and gender.
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North American Women's Letters and Diaries Provides full-text access to the personal writings of American women from all classes and walks of life from colonial times to 1950. The collection includes published letters and diaries, journal articles, pamphlets, newsletters, monographs and conference proceedings. It also contains biographical information on authors when available.
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Oral History Online Oral History Online is an index to free oral history information on the Web. Working with archives, repositories and individuals, it indexes oral histories held by organizations around the world.
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Statistical Abstract of the United States Provides more than 1,400 individually indexed tables (with attached spreadsheets) on the social, political and economic organization of the United States. Use the Abstract for statistical reference and as a guide to sources of more information both in print and on the Web.
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Women and Social Movements, International - 1840 to Present Through the writings of women activists, their personal letters and diaries and the proceedings of conferences at which pivotal decisions were made, this collection shows how women’s social movements shaped much of the events and attitudes that have defined modern life.
What's New in the Library: E-books for American Studies
Conducting Research
Special Collections in Richard E. Bjork Library
The Stockton University Library Special Collections contain archives and collections of interest to American Studies scholars. These include:
Subject Librarian
Heather Perez
Contact:
Heather Perez
Special Collections Librarian & University Archivist
Richard E. Bjork Library E-055
609-652-4532 (Reading Room)
Special Collections Librarian & University Archivist
Richard E. Bjork Library E-055
609-652-4532 (Reading Room)
609-652-4555 (Office)
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