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English 1202 Research Guide

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Databases for finding background information

Databases: these search academic journal articles, newspaper articles, and more.

For General Research

For Literary Research

Humanities Research (History, Art, Culture, etc.)

Visit the Shakespeare Research Guide for additional research suggestions for Shakespeare research papers!
If these databases don't work for your selected research topic, you can:
  • Look through our Research Guides. These are created by our subject librarians to help you conduct research in every academic discipline taught at SHU.
  • Visit our Databases A-Z page and filter by Subject (top, left-hand dropdown menu).
  • Ask a Librarian for help! 

Databases for finding historical newspaper articles

You can use these databases to search for film or theatre reviews in addition to other topics. We have many more newspaper databases and if you're ever looking for a specific journal, newspaper, magazine, or periodical, you can use the journal search to search the title of the publication, for example, The New Yorker, to see if we have that publication in our print or electronic holdings.

Historical New York Times Front Page about the Titanic

Databases for finding film reviews