This is a selective guide to information resources related to Composition and Literature-based Research available in the Gerald B. James Library at Rockingham Community College, or accessible to library users through Internet connections. For further assistance in identifying, locating, or borrowing materials, please consult a librarian.
Search for James Library materials with WebCat, the library's online catalog, accessible from the Gerald B. James Library web page. Look for call numbers, and pay attention to subject headings.
TIP: Select "Keyword
Search," type in your search term(s), and click on "Search Everything" as
starting point. Try search words and stems such as:
Poetry Criticism
Literary Theory
Literary Movements
Literature
Research
You may also browse the collection by selecting the "Call No. Browse" tab on the right side of the screen, and using the following Dewey Call Numbers:
You may expand your search to another NC Community College library by using the CCLINC shared catalog (CCLINC includes the library catalogs of 44 community college libraries across North Carolina). Select the down arrow by "library" on the right side of the screen (Rockingham is the default), and select another library catalog. Select "All" to search all CCLINC member catalogs. When you find a title of interest, use the Interlibrary Loan function built into WebCat to select items for delivery to James Library. Select "Place Hold" on the left side of the screen, enter your library barcode in the user ID field, ignore the other fields, and select "Place Hold". This service is free for RCC students, faculty, and staff.
If you already have citations for materials not available in the James Library or CCLINC collections, you may use the stand-alone InterLibrary Loan form to request those items. Materials usually arrive at the James Library within one week by U.S. Mail, courier, or FAX. Although an effort is made to locate materials at no charge, if the loaning library charges a fee, it will be passed on to the patron.
You may expand your WebCat search to another NC Community College library, or a large consortium of NC Community College libraries (CCLINC), by clicking the down arrow by "library" on the right side of the screen, and selecting another library. Select "All" to search all NC Community College libraries. When you find a title of interest, use the Interlibrary Loan function built into WebCat to have the items delivered to the James Library. Select "Request" at the top of the screen, then "Place Hold", enter your library barcode # in the user ID field, ignore the second field, and type the last four digits of your SS# in the PIN field. Don’t forget to click on “Place Hold.” This service is free for RCC students, faculty, and staff.
If you already have citations for materials not available in the James Library or CCLINC collections, you may use the stand-alone InterLibrary Loan form to request those items. Materials usually arrive at the James Library within one week by U.S. Mail, courier, or FAX. Although an effort is made to locate materials at no charge, if the loaning library charges a fee, it will be passed on to the patron.
The library subscribes to several periodicals dealing with Literature: look under that category in the subject listing of periodicals page for specific titles and holdings information. Print magazines, research journals, and newspapers are for library use only.
Masterplots
Bloom's Major Poets Series
Bloom's Major Short Story Writers
Series
Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations Series
Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism
Contemporary Literary Criticism
Greenwood Press "Literature In Context" Series
Twentieth Century Literary Criticism
Masterplots II: American Fiction Series
American Writer Series
British Writers
Contemporary Authors
Masterplots II: Poetry Series
Poetry Criticism
Critical Survey of Poetry
Masterplots II: Short Story Series
Short Story Criticism
Critical Survey of Short Fiction
Short Stories for Students
and in the circulating collection ...
Webster's New World Student Writing Handbook, Dewey Call No. 808.042 Sor - An excellent resource for research and writing; advice and direction for just about any writing assignment you will encounter in college classes.
CoreFiche: Literary Criticism - Author, Title, and Subject access to approximately 1.200 critical essays on microfiche.
Note - All databases require a password for use off-campus. A password list is emailed to RCC student email accounts at the beginning of each term; you may also pick up a paper copy of the password sheet in the library. In NCLive, select the Browse tab at the top of the screen, then Vendor to find the following databases:
NetLibrary - Provides easy access to the full text of more than 22,000 reference, scholarly, and professional books. For use off-campus, you will need to create a separate user name and password (click on "Create a Free Account" in the top right corner once you open the NetLibrary link).
Library Use Only Databases:
Discovering Authors - This CD-ROM database includes full-text biographies and critical essays on 300 of the most-studied novelists, poets, dramatists and short-story writers. Entries include biographical and background information on the author, excerpts from critical writings, and bibliographies of works. Available through library computers only.
New York Times (January 1995 - June 2005), search the full-text of the New York Times; available on all library PCs.
Go to Recommended Links at the library's web page for web pages grouped under the Language and Literature "tags" on the right side of the screen.
Librarian's Index To The Internet - "A searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 14,000 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness." Web pages are reviewed for currency on a regular basis.
Time Management - The University of Minnesota's Assignment Calculator will help you set up a schedule for completing research assignments on time. Try it!
Plagiarism - Go to the bottom of this page for some basic information on plagiarism and some self-paced exercises.
Be sure of the credibility of web-based sources by using the library's online evaluation form.
You'll need to properly cite your sources - print and online sources. Check the James Library Citation Styles page for citation examples using MLA and APA style. Multiple copies of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers and the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association are also available on reserve in the library.
Call (336-342-4261, ext. 2271) or email the Public Services Librarian.
Gerald B. James Library, RCC, P.O.
Box 38, Wentworth, NC
Phone 336-342-4261 ext. 2247 • FAX 336-342-1203