Research Guides: Shakespeare Studies: Find Articles

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- in Geisel Library's collection,
- or if you can request a copy via Interlibrary Loan.
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New Oxford Shakespeare [OXFORD]
Edited from the base-texts themselves, and drawing on the latest textual and theatrical scholarship, The New Oxford Shakespeare brings the content of all three New Oxford Shakespeare print volumes (Modern Critical Edition, Critical Reference Edition, and Authorship Companion) onto one platform.
The project's scope, depth, and vision provide the perfect platform for the future of Shakespeare studies, at all levels from undergraduate to advanced research.

Academic Search Premier [EBSCO]
This multi-disciplinary database is an excellent starting point for finding scholarly journal articles and popular magazine articles on a wide range of topics.
JSTOR [ITHAKA]
Core interdisciplinary research database. Full text access is limited to backfiles (generally on a 5 year rolling wall basis).
Use Interlibrary Loan to request access to current content.
Archive Journal Collections
- Arts & Sciences I-XV
- Business IV
- Hebrew Journals
- Ireland
- Life Sciences
- Lives of Literature
- Public Health Journals
- Security Studies
- Sustainability
Primary Source Collections
- 19th Century British Pamphlets
- World Heritage Sites: Africa
- Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa
- Global Plants
Literature Resource Center [GALE]
Contains full-text journal articles, biographical information on authors, plot summaries of literary works, and literature criticism.
MLA International Bibliography [EBSCO]
Core database for literary research, includes citations to articles and books related to literature, language, and folklore.
ProQuest Central [PROQUEST]
Core interdisciplinary database, contains full-text journal articles, newspaper articles, dissertations, and business and industry profiles.

America: History and Life [EBSCO]
Locate abstracts to journal articles and books focusing on United States and Canadian history and culture.
Communication & Mass Media Complete [EBSCO]
Core citation and index database for the fields of communication and media studies.
Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages & Renaissance [UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO]
Comprehensive bibliographical information pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
The library subscribes to two databases:

Iter Bibliography comprises secondary source material pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700). Citations for books and journal material (articles, reviews, review articles, bibliographies, catalogues, abstracts and discographies) are included, as are citations for dissertation abstracts and essays in books (including entries in conference proceedings, festschriften, encyclopedias and exhibition catalogues).

Iter Italicum is the online edition of Paul Oskar Kristeller's six-volume set, the most comprehensive finding list available of previously uncatalogued or incompletely catalogued Renaissance humanistic manuscripts found in libraries and collections all over the world.