Librarian
Heather Perez
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Contact:
Heather Perez
Special Collections Librarian
Richard E. Bjork Library E-055
609-652-4532 (Reading Room)
Special Collections Librarian
Richard E. Bjork Library E-055
609-652-4532 (Reading Room)
609-652-4555 (Office)
What's New in the Library: E-books for American Studies
Conducting Research
Search for Journal Articles
- American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Periodicals Collection This link opens in a new window
- ARTstor This link opens in a new window Description: 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. An ARTstor account is needed to download images and setup personal options. Sign into the Stockton portal to create your account.
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- Black Thought and Culture This link opens in a new window Contains 1,297 sources with 1,098 authors, covering the non-fiction published works of leading African Americans.
- Cambridge Journals This link opens in a new window
- Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window 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.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window JSTOR has opened most of its journals and primary source collections until June 2022.
- Literary Reference Center This link opens in a new window 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 This link opens in a new window 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.
- MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window 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 This link opens in a new window Access to e-journals in the College Collection and open access e-books.
Search Online Reference Books
- Credo General Reference This link opens in a new window Provides full-text online versions of hundreds of top quality reference books in all major subjects. Includes bilingual and biographical dictionaries.
- GALE eBooks This link opens in a new window
- Oxford Reference: Premium This link opens in a new window 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.
American Studies Program at Stockton
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:
Search for Archival Material
- Accessible Archives Complete This link opens in a new window Description: 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.
- American Historic Newspapers, 1789-1925 This link opens in a new window Description: Free access to over 1,680 American historic newspapers from 1789-1925, hosted by the Library of Congress.
- Archive Grid An online catalog for locating archival materials at more than 1,000 repositories.
- New York Times (1980 to the present) This link opens in a new window 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.
- New York Times.com This link opens in a new window 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. Individual Registration Required: * Enter your Stockton email and create a password. More Registration Details
- North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories This link opens in a new window 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.
- North American Women's Letters and Diaries This link opens in a new window 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.
- Oral History Online This link opens in a new window 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.
- Statistical Abstract of the United States This link opens in a new window 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 in print and on the Web.
- Social Networks and Archival Context SNAC is a database that helps users discover biographical and historical information about persons, families, and organizations that created or are documented in historical resources (primary source documents) and their connections to one another. Users can locate archival collections and related resources held at cultural heritage institutions around the world.
- Women and Social Movements, International - 1840 to Present This link opens in a new window 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.