Research and Course Guides: Engl 8080: Topics in Renaissance Literature (Rivlin): Databases: secondary sources

Best databases for secondary sources

Literature Online This link opens in a new window
English and American poetry, drama, and prose plus 240+ full-text literature journals, other criticism, and reference resources; contains the Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL)
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
literature, language, linguistics, rhetoric, composition, and folklore; 1926-present
World Shakespeare Bibliography This link opens in a new window
index to articles, books, reviews, production information, dissertations, and more; 1968-present
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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more than 1,300 full-text scholarly journals
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
full-text access to more than 300 scholarly journals
Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
full-text information about world history from 1450-present (excluding the U.S. and Canada); 1954-present
Limit: 6 simultaneous users
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Especially good for determining which sources are being cited by others

Try pasting the title of the article into the search box on the Clemson Libraries homepage.
If the article doesn't come up, go to our journal search page and type in the name of the journal/magazine the article is in.
If we don't have access to the journal, request the article through Interlibrary Loan.
If we have the print journal or book, we can scan and send articles and chapters to you:
- Go to https://clemson.illiad.oclc.org/illiad/logon.html and log in
- Under Request a Scan, select the appropriate button (article or book chapter)
- Fill in the form as requested; the scan will be delivered electronically