Searches across all these Gale resources at the same time: Gale Ebooks, Literature Resource Center, Scribner Writer Series and Twayne’s Author Series.
Archive of journal articles, books and images in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. Journal articles published within the last 3-5 years are not included. You can filter your searches to primary source content. (Full text)
Provides access to both scholarly journals and books covering literature, history and the social sciences. Database currently includes over 700 journals from 125 publishers and 70,000 books from more than 140 presses. (Full-text)
Comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database containing journal, magazine and newspaper articles. (Full text)
Access popular fiction and nonfiction audiobooks on a desktop computer or mobile device by downloading the Libby app. Use your My Reynolds login to borrow an audiobook. When using the Libby app on your mobile device, add & select the Virginia Community College System as your library to search for audiobooks.
Choose Advanced Search.
Next to Search for, type in the author's full name. Use the drop-down box next to it (in) to select Person-By or About. (The default is set to Keyword.)
Scroll down through More Options and select by content type. Use the drop-down menu to select Biographies.
Continue scrolling to the bottom of the page and click Search.
TIP: You may also want to limit your search by language to English (useful if you are researching an author who wrote in a language other than English, like the French author Colette).
TIP: You can scroll down to limit your search to Full Text. You can also limit your search by Publication Type (e.g., "Biography"), Document Type (i.e., "Obituary"), and Language (i.e., "English").
Try an Advanced Search.
Type the author's full name in the 1st search window. Leave the full-text menu on the right as is.
You may also want to narrow your search by discipline. Scroll down to Journal Filter. Then, under Narrow by discipline and/or journal section, checkmark the box next to Language & Literature.
Continue scrolling to the bottom and click on Submit Advanced Search.
TIP: You can also narrow your search by Language (especially helpful when you are researching an author whose works appeared in a language other than English, i.e., Colette).
For more help, check out the JSTOR Support page (top right).
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If you cannot login from off campus, email library@reynolds.edu or call 804.523.5211 - or - 523-5220. ProQuest Central eBooks Note: If you are accessing a ProQuest Central eBook from ON or OFF campus, you will be prompted with a Virginia's Community Colleges login screen. If you are accessing a ProQuest Central eBook from the library catalog, you will also be prompted to select your institution, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College. |