Research Guides: William Shakespeare: Articles

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Journals from the Library's Collection

Electronic Journal Center This link opens in a new window
A full text searchable database of electronic journal articles from more than 11,000 academic journals from top scholarly publishers, academic societies and university presses. The EJC covers a wide range of disciplines and contains just published scientific research as well as historical journal articles. New articles are added daily.

Core Research Databases for English Language and Literature

MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
A subject index for books and articles published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. Compiled by the Modern Language Association (MLA).
JSTOR (1838-) This link opens in a new window
A collection of academic journals in various disciplines. Unlike many databases, JSTOR does not include the most recent publications, but is made up of exclusively full text articles.
International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text (1984-) This link opens in a new window
Full text of journal articles on all aspects of theater and performance, plus indexing for books, book articles and dissertation abstracts.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Books and journals from leading university presses and scholarly societies; fully integrated for search and discovery.

JSTOR Understanding Shakespeare
Pick a play. Click a line. Instantly see articles on JSTOR that reference the line.

Additonal Reasearch Databases for English Langauge and Literature

Broaden your search using relevant databases from this list. You may also wish to view the entire listing of Research Databases.

Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive bibliographic and full text database; subject coverage includes film & television theory, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews.
Gender Studies Database (1972-) This link opens in a new window
Feminist and gender writings Covers the full spectrum of gender-engaged scholarship inside and outside academia.
Humanities International Complete This link opens in a new window
Full text for nearly 1,240 journals pertaining to all aspects of the humanities.
Gale Literary Index This link opens in a new window
Master index to the major literature products published by Gale. It combines and cross-references over 165,000 author names, including pseudonyms and variant names, and listings for over 215,000 titles into one source
MLA Directory of Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Periodical listing for MLA International Bibliogrphy List of periodicals in literature, language, linguistics, and folklore that are covered regularly in the MLA International Bibliography.
Play Index This link opens in a new window
Index to more than 30,000 plays from antiquity to the present, published from 1949 to the present. Includes mysteries, pageants, plays in verse, puppet performances, radio and television plays, & classic drama.
Women's Studies International This link opens in a new window
Journals, newspapers, newsletters, bulletins, books, book chapters, proceedings, reports, theses, dissertations, NGO studies, Web sites & Web documents, and grey literature on the subject of women's studies.