Research Guides: ENGL 657-Shakespeare (UNH Manchester): Databases

Use LION to start your research

Use Literature Online to find sources and information for your assignments. The Shakespeare page is a good starting point and the following tutorial has useful information.

ProQuest Video. (2019, March 22). Literature Online on the ProQuest Platform [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpAUFgbtyf4.

eBooks

Research Tip: Besides the recommended eBook database, do an initial keyword search in our library catalog and then limit it to "ebooks."

Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
An online book collection that spans all academic subject areas. It includes books, reports, and other authoritative content from leading publishers.
eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Search and view the full text of eBooks covering a wide range of topics.
Safari Tech Books Online This link opens in a new window
See O'Reilly.

Primary Documents

Early English Books This link opens in a new window
Early English Books Online (EEBO) contains digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere - from the first book printed in English by William Caxton, through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare and the tumult of the English Civil War.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
A digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources in a wide range of disciplines. Funded in part by the University of New Hampshire Graduate School. Coverage is not designed for current material, thus it does not cover information from the most recent 2 to 5 years.

Article for Annotation Exercise

Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing

Literature Databases

Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Collection of peer-reviewed, full-text journals, magazines, periodicals, reports, books and videos touching on all disciplines.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
A digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources in a wide range of disciplines. Funded in part by the University of New Hampshire Graduate School. Coverage is not designed for current material, thus it does not cover information from the most recent 2 to 5 years.
Literature Criticism Online This link opens in a new window
A range of modern and historical views on authors and their works across regions, eras and genres. Online version of Gale’s Literature Criticism series, including: Contemporary Literary Criticism; Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800; Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism; Twentieth-Century Literature Criticism; Poetry Criticism; Short Story Criticism; and Shakespearean Criticism.
Literature Online (LION) This link opens in a new window
A full-text resource of works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present. Contains more than 350 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources. Provides access to both primary and secondary sources.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Promotes the creation and dissemination of essential humanities and social science resources through collaboration with libraries, publishers, and scholars worldwide.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Contains bibliographic records of scholarly research from journals, books and book chapters, proceedings, and other formats. Covers research in literature, literary theory and criticism, language, dramatic arts, linguistics, and folklore.

Peer Review in 3 Minutes

KULibraries (2016, August 23). Peer review in three minutes [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2t9wKpm0Fo.

Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Evaluation Tools

P.R.O.V.E.N Source Evaluation
The SIFT Test
The SIFT method was created by Mike Caulfield. All SIFT information on this page is adapted from his materials with a CC BY 4.0 license.