- Journal articles from academic databases (click here for section one).
- Books. Print and electronic (eBooks) books (click here for section two).
- Critical and biographical Web sites (click here for section three).
SECTION ONE: Journal articles from academic databases. <back to page top>
Literary topics are among the more difficult to research in online databases. To assist you in this, the following are specific recommendations regarding Shirley Jackson.
| DATABASE |
SEARCH
TERMS |
RESULTS |
| Academic Search Premier | shirley jackson Perform the basic search. Use the checkboxes to search limit your search to "Full Text," and "Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) journals." |
Provides a number of relevant items. |
| Contemporary Authors | shirley jackson Perform the default search. |
Provides a profile of the author's life and works. Includes an extensive list for further reading about the author. |
| Encyclopedia Britannica | shirley jackson Perform the default search. |
Provides a primary encyclopedia article, several related articles and a number of Web sites. |
| Expanded
Academic ASAP |
shirley jackson Perform the Keyword search, NOT the Subject search. Use the checkboxes to search limit your search "to articles with text" and "to refereed publication." |
Provides a small number of worthy items. |
| Literature Resource Center | shirley
jackson After you perform your search, select each of the tabs for biography, criticisms, Web links, and journal articles (many are full-text). |
Provides a small number of quality documents. |
| netLibrary | shirley jackson Perform the basic search and select the Full Text checkbox. |
Provides a large number of eBooks that refer to the author, along with one that focus on his life and works. |
| Research Library Complete | shirley jackson Perform the basic search. Set the "Database" drop-down menu to "Interdisciplinary -Research Library." Use the checkboxes to search limit your search to "Full text articles only" and "Scholarly journals." |
Provides a small number of items. |
| Scribner's | Select “Writers A-Z” and click on the Jackson, Shirley link.
|
Provides an essay about the author and her works, along with a bibliography. |
SECTION TWO: Troy Library book holdings. <back to page top>
- The following bibliography
is for selected holdings. For complete holdings consult the Online Catalog.
- Circulating books
not available at your local library may be requested by interlibrary
loan.
- eBooks are electronic
books that Troy makes available (immediately) to its users worldwide
via the Internet.
Shirley Jackson's American gothic
Location: eBook
SECTION THREE: Critical and biographical Web sites. <back to page top>
- The Works of Shirley
Jackson
http://www.courses.vcu.edu/ENG-jkh
- About Shirley Jackson
http://www.underthesun.cc/Classics/Jackson
- The Shirley Jackson
Page
http://www.accd.edu/sac/english/bailey/jacksons.htm
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