LibGuides: Shakespeare Studies: Electronic Library Resources

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Recommended Databases

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
General database of academic journals in the sciences and humanities. Includes full text scholarly / peer-reviewed articles. This database is a great starting point for general research.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text online access to back issues of selected scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences.
Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window
This database includes full text articles, critical essays, biographies, reviews and other works from scholarly journals and literary magazines concerning authors, their works, and literary movements.
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Titles from university presses around the world covering a broad range of topics, including technology, science, literature, and humanities.
ProQuest eBooks This link opens in a new window
Electronic books covering a wide variety of academic and professional subject areas.
Proquest Databases and Newspapers This link opens in a new window
A list of ProQuest databases subscribed to by CCC.
Theatre in Video This link opens in a new window
Provides curated video and audio dramatic performances across a diverse range of theater offerings.

Using Subscription Databases

Our database subscriptions allow for access to copyrighted content including academic journals, eBooks, magazines, newspapers, etc. Not every database can be used to answer every research question.

On campus we are logged in automatically. Off-campus, you should log in with your CCC credentials.
Use keywords (e.g. Shakespeare AND criticism; Macbeth AND guilt; Hamlet AND Ophelia AND madness) in combination to get the most relevant results. Generally, the databases will look in the title, abstract, and subject terms (these are tags that describe the topics discussed) to provide results. Avoid words like what, in, the, how, etc.
Many databases provide full-text access as well as abstract-only access. Always click full-text if given the option!
Change the date range to get more recent results.