Librarian
Heather Perez
she/her
Contact:
Heather Perez
Special Collections Librarian
C-012
Special Collections Librarian
C-012
609-652-4532 (Reading Room)
609-652-4555 (Office)
609-652-4555 (Office)
What's New in the Library: E-books for American Studies
Conducting Research
Evaluating Journals
- Cabell’s Journalytics Academic This link opens in a new window Journalytics Academic is your complete source for journal info, evaluation metrics, and submission details - for universities of any size.
Search for Journal Articles
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
- American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Periodicals Collection This link opens in a new window
- ARTstor This link opens in a new window 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.
- 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 is a digital library of academic content in many formats and disciplines. The collections include top peer-reviewed scholarly journals as well as respected literary journals, academic monographs, research reports from trusted institutes, and diverse primary sources.
- Literary Reference Source 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.
- 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.
- 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 Richard E. Bjork Library Special Collections contain archives and collections of interest to American Studies scholars. Collections include materials related to South Jersey people, places, businesses, and events. Please follow the link above to learn more about the collections.
Special Collections also hosts students each semester for internship experiences. Please contact us for more information.
Search for Archival Material
- History Commons This link opens in a new window 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 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 Individual Registration Required: * Enter your Stockton email and create a password. Registration DetailsAccess 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.
- 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.