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Resources for English Classes
Welcome to the English subject area of the library's website. Here you will find resources for all English courses taught at JSCC. Search the catalog for both print and electronic books or use the databases to locate articles of literary criticism.
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Locate ARTICLES and LITERARY CRITICISM
Use these databases to locate articles on literary criticism, plot summaries, author biographies, and more!
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Brought to you by the Alabama Virtual Library: Full-text journal articles, literary criticism, reviews, biographical information, and overviews on over 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
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Brought to you by JSCC: LRC is a comprehensive database that combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals, and unique sources not available anywhere else.
Electronic resources from your JSCC Libraries
The following are links to the databases provided by the Jeff State Libraries; these are not available on the Alabama Virtual Library and are for the JSCC community only.
Resources from the Alabama Virtual Library
AVL
The Alabama Virtual Library provides the citizens of the State of Alabama with online access to essential library and information resources. For a detailed description of each, select Database Descriptions from the menu. Otherwise, select a database and go!
Antislavery Literature Project
The Antislavery Literature Project was established in 2003 as a collaborative electronic publishing venture in a major but under-studied area of American literature. The Project is based in the Arizona State University’s English department and works in cooperation with the EServer, located at Iowa State University. The Project provides public access to the literature and history of the antislavery movement in the United States.
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The Walt Whitman Archive
The Walt Whitman Archive is an electronic research and teaching tool that sets out to make Whitman's vast work, for the first time, easily and conveniently accessible to scholars, students, and general readers.
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Opposing Viewpoints
Today's increasingly complex issues are presented in a pro-and-con format in Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. With its rich content drawn from the acclaimed social issues series from Greenhaven Press as well as content from other Gale sources, this database develops and enhances critical thinking skills and provides an ideal reference source for everything from social studies projects to debate preparation.
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Evaluating Internet Resources
Select from the drop down menu below to navigate to respected sites offering excellent information on evaluating resources found on the internet.