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Shakespeare Sources at FLITE |
Finding Books
To find books in the circulating collection (Main Stacks), use the Online Catalog. Type Shakespeare as a Subject search. Look at the book titles listed under the main heading, under the Criticism and Interpretation subheading, and under the subheading for the individual work (if listed).
Finding Articles
Use the subscription databases available from the library's Web site to locate critical articles on American Literature.
American Periodicals Series: 1740-1900
This database offers digitized pages from over 1,100 periodical titles, including literary journals, published in the United States. A work-in-progress, American Periodical Series currently includes material through the early twentieth century.
JSTOR
JSTOR is a multidisciplinary database which contains the full-text of articles from core journals in over two dozen academic disciplines. Coverage is from each journal's first issue and continues through 2-5 years from the most recently published issues. Over eighty Languages and Literature journals are included in JSTOR.
*Click here to learn about using JSTOR.
Literature Resource Center
This wide-ranging product from Gale Group includes much of the content found in Gale's various print reference series. Also included are full-text articles from over 250 literary journals as well as the ability to search the MLA Bibliography. Remember to use "Exact Title" when conducting title searches.
MLA (Modern Language Association) International Bibliography is the most comprehensive source for citations relating to literature, linguistics, and folklore.
MLA includes over 1.3 million citations to articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, and bibliographies extending back to 1963.
*Click here to learn about using Literature Resource Center.
Project MUSE
A partnership of several non-profit publishers, Project Muse offers full-text articles from over 250 journals. Full-text coverage for each journal varies but usually starts in the mid- to late- 1990s. Journals in Muse encompass the social sciences, humanities, and the arts; specific fields covered by Muse include literature and education.
*Click here to learn about using Project Muse.
For information on accessing databases from off-campus, click here.
If FLITE does not own the article in any format, use InterLibrary Loan.
Citing Sources
Citation Style Guide: MLA (PDF)
An online version of FLITE's MLA Quick Reference handout, requires Adoboe Acrobat Reader.
MLA Format
More examples of how cite different types of sources using the MLA format.
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Last update: March 18, 2008