Research - Jstor haul

I've had a few concerning visits to the library, only to find that the resources on comic books (that aren't actual comic books) are kinda in the stone age (i.e. published more than a year ago). As I hopefully have evidenced, I've had a solid foundation of research online, but something's rubbing me the wrong way not having some academic resources.

Luckily, during a group crit, a lovely site by the name of Jstor was mentioned. Somewhat of an online library, you put in a search term, and books/ journals relating to your enquiry will appear, how handy. Here are some of the nuggets I came accross, and some of the information I gained from them:

Books-

-A portrait of the visual arts

                                             A book on the general state of the arts, a bit of a long shot, but there was a sectionb on the subject of new media, something that technically is what my project is about, how comics are interacting with new media

- From celluloid to cyberspace

                                            Extending from the previous books, this covers how arts are making the transition to the internet.
                                           

- The digital condition

                                   And then finally, to top it all off, a book that solely concentrates on the internet, offering an overview of the cyberspace, again covering the arts place within it.

and with that, a list of quotes I feel could work with my essay:

I consider myself quite fortunate to have come accross the site, I feel the research gained has been better than I would have ever achieved within an actual library. Having the ability to search terms that don't necessarily relate to my subject, but link in the vaguest sense, allowed me to find these books, and pull some quotes. Theres a real opportunity for some sweet synergy here, getting the views of people looking at new media as a whole rather than just comics, has made me aware of how the direction seems to be further reaching. In a sense that all these new developments kind of occur as flashes in the internets pan. A big thing will happen with an artist or company using a new tool, then there will be a grand exodus of people experimenting with the tools, then it all really quickly dies down until someone else does something mind blowing with the tools. Rinse and repeat.