LLCC LibGuides: Shakespeare Resources Subject Guide: Primary Source Material

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Journal Article Databases

The LLCC library has a number of online journal databases for students to use when searching for articles and literary criticism about William Shakespeare. Try these specific databases for articles related to Shakespeare, his plays and poems, Elizabethan theatre, and similar subjects.

Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCOhost) Developed to meet the increasing demands of scholarly research, Academic Search Ultimate offers students an unprecedented collection of peer-reviewed, full-text journals, including many journals indexed in leading citation indexes. Academic Search Ultimate covers nearly all academic disciplines, and includes 1,393 journals with searchable cited references. Academic Search Ultimate includes more than 75,000 videos from the Associated Press. Updated monthly, this collection of videos from the world’s leading news agency includes footage from 1930 to the present and helps round out student research.
Humanities International Complete (EBSCOHost) Provides full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world; including all data from Humanities International Index (more than 2,300 journals and more than 2.9 million records) plus unique full text content, much of which is not found in other databases.
MLA International Bibliography (EBSCOHost)
From the Modern Language Association (MLA) and EBSCO, this resource combines an extensive collection of full-text journals with the definitive index for the study and teaching of language, literature, linguistics, rhetoric, writing studies, folklore, film, theater, and other dramatic arts.
JSTOR Archive Journal & Primary Source Collection.
The JSTOR Archival Journals & Primary Source Collection the following archival journals and primary sources collections listed below.

Archive Journal Collections: Arts & Sciences I-XV, Business IV, Hebrew Journals, Ireland, Life Sciences, Public Health Journals

Thematic Collections: Lives of Literature , Security Studies, Sustainability

Primary Source Collections: 19th Century British Pamphlets, World Heritage Sites: Africa, Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa, Global Plants

Reference Sources

Credo Reference Credo's Academic Core with Backfile features online access to 757 reference titles.
Salem Press
Scholarly, electronic content in literature, science, and health.