The CS(A(1)II-X(1) Sigma(+)) emission spectra produced by electron impact on CS2 and OCS have been measured from threshold up to 120 eV. Emission cross sections of this band from CS2 and OCS are 10 +/- 2 and (0.75 +/- 0.15) x 10(-18) cm(2), respectively, at 100 eV. At low impact energies (below 20 eV), the vibrational state distributions of CS(A(1)II, nu’ = 0-8) measured from CS2 and OCS can be represented by temperatures of 12 500 +/- 2000 and 26 000 +/- 4000 K, respectively, while the rotational temperature of the nu’ = 0 level is estimated to be 3850 +/- 400 K from both parents. Vibrational distribution data are approximately represented by distributions predicted from the impulsive half-collision model.