MLA International Bibliography

• Authoritative source for English literary and language scholarship
• Contains a wide range of articles, books, peer-reviewed journals, and translations pertaining to Shakespeare
• Requires a university login
• Can specify peer reviewed works
• Flexible options for narrowing searches

JSTOR: Understanding Shakespeare

• Connects specific passages of Shakespeare's texts to JSTOR articles
• Free and open to the public
• Can search for plays by title or genre
• Allows keyword searching or searching by act, scene, and line
• Allows users to see the number of scholarly articles about a given play, act, scene or line

Literary Criticism Online

• Contains essays written by numerous critics of Shakespeare
• Searches can be narrowed into literature criticism, biographies, topic and work overviews, reviews and news
• Follow the navigational directions to guide your results to the most specific and relevant articles for your research
• Bookmark critical works and essays when logged into your university account

Encyclopaedia Britannica: William Shakespeare

• Basic summary of various topics, including Shakespeare's life, work, and reputation
• Provides a useful summary of the state of Shakespearean criticism in each century
• Free, supported by ads
• Not a scholarly resource, but has an editorial staff and standards that make it reliable for introductory information