Non-Western Literature 

To get to library databases from home or any off-campus computer with Internet access:

• Make sure you have your STCC library bar code.
  
• Have access to a Web connected computer with a current browser, such as Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer.
  
• On the library homepage, find the databases link on the left side.
  
• Click on that link.
• Select "Off Campus"
• Input your library bar code and last name in the boxes provided.
  
• You should get a list of databases from which to choose.
  
• Please note: If you haven't updated your bar code, you won't be able to get to the databases.
  

The following databases may be useful to you for your research about non-western literature (remember to use alternative search terms!). If you aren't certain which resource to use, contact a member of the reference staff. :

Contemporay Literary Criticism Select (InfoTrac). This is a collection of more than 11,000 critical essays on contemporary authors. Each entry contains a biographical/critical introduction, a list of principal works, critical essays, and sources for further study. 

On Campus Link | Off Campus Link

Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost).This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,500 journals, including full text for more than 3,700 peer-reviewed titles.

On Campus Link | Off Campus Link

Credo Reference. Access to more than 350 reference titles, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, and atlases. Literature titles include The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English and the Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English.

On Campus Link | Off Campus Link

Biography Resource Center (InfoTrac). The database includes reference resources, brief biographies, and magazine and journal articles about the life and accomplishments of famous figures worldwide. You can browse by category of person and search based on occupation, nationality, and birth year.

On Campus Link | Off Campus Link

Expanded Academic ASAP (InfoTrac). Expanded Academic ASAP contains magazine and journal articles from a variety of disciplines.

On Campus Link | Off Campus Link

A database in general is a collection of information organized to be searched by computer. On the STCC Library Web site, our electronic databases are collections of articles or in-depth reports that you can retrieve through your Internet connection. The library has subscriptions to both general databases (example: EbscoHost Academic Search Premier) or subject specific databases (example, Facts on File African American History Online). These databases usually provide full-text access to journal articles. If you want to be sure to retrieve only full-text articles, meaning you will have access to the article right there on your computer rather than getting back only a citation, be sure to click on the "full-text" option on your search screen.

Typically, for research projects, students will search for what are referred to as "scholarly articles." The distinction stressed is between an article that is researched, supported by objective evidence, and sometimes "peer reviewed" (i.e, schorlarly) as opposed to an opinion piece, or a piece of light journalism (i.e., an article from People Magazine). Peer reviewed means that in order to get published in that particular journal, the article was reviewed by scholars in that field.

Our databases are purchased for the exclusive use of those on-site, or those holding current STCC library bar codes.

The databases listed to your left should be helpful for your research about law enforcement and criminal justice.