4. Find Sources

Once you've narrowed your topic and thought about keywords, try searching the databases below for literary criticism.

Basic Search: a good first search is Hamlet, followed by the word AND and the subtopic. Examples:

The following databases are the best place to start.

Gale Literature
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Gale Literature allows you to search all of Gale’s literary databases and literature eBook titles in one database.
Gale eBooks: Literature Collection
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Gale eBooks included literature criticism series: Short Stories for Students, Drama For Students, Poetry For Students, Novels for Students, Epics for Students and Shakespeare for Students.
Bloom's Literature
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Writings of Harold Bloom as well as other critics. Features author biographies, overviews, synopses, analyses and literary criticism of thousands of works from novels to poetry to plays, video segments, in-depth full-text entries on literary topics and themes and a literary timeline. Proxy Bypass
EBSCO Literature Databases
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Search 2 EBSCO literary databases at once: Literary Reference Center and Academic Search Premier. Proxy Bypass
National Theatre Collection (from Drama Online)
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30 full-length streaming videos of live theatre performances from the National Theatre (London, England), including Antigone, Hamlet, Frankenstein, and a Streetcar Named Desire.

Gender Identity in Shakespeare's Works
This topic overview from Gale Literature will provide an overview and other reference and literary criticism articles about the theme of Gender Identity in different Shakespeare's plays.
Violence in Shakespeare's Works
This topic overview from Gale Literature will provide an overview and other reference and literary criticism articles of Violence in Shakespeare's plays.

Shakespeare’s Globe on Screen Collection (from Drama Online)
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21 Shakespeare's plays recorded live on the Globe stage, performed in the unique historic conditions of two beautiful iconic theaters.
National Theatre Collection (from Drama Online)
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30 full-length streaming videos of live theatre performances from the National Theatre (London, England), including Antigone, Hamlet, Frankenstein, and a Streetcar Named Desire.

Hamlet: Character Studies by Michael Davies
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780826495914
Publication Date: 2008-06-24
Understanding Hamlet by Richard Corum
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780313298776
Publication Date: 1998-10-28
Style in Hamlet by Maurice Charney
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780691061481
Publication Date: 1969-08-21
Shakespeare by Paul A. Cantor
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780521840033
Publication Date: 2004-05-13
Hamlet's Problematic Revenge by William F. Zak
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781498513104
Publication Date: 2015-05-20
Hamlet and the Vision of Darkness by Rhodri Lewis
Call Number: Central Stacks PR2807 .L47 2017
ISBN: 9780691166841
Publication Date: 2017-10-24
Shakespeare's Characters for Students by Catherine C. Dominic (Contribution by)
Call Number: Central REF PR2989 .S53 1997
ISBN: 9780787613006
Publication Date: 1997-04-01
Shakespearean Criticism
Call Number: Giles REF PR 2965 .S43 v. 169 & eBook
William Shakespeare by John F. Andrews (Editor)
Call Number: Central Reference PR2976 .W5354 1985
ISBN: 0684178516
Publication Date: 1905-06-01

Use the search box below to search for books at the SCC Library.

For ebooks, use the databases below.

eBook Collection (EBSCO)
A collection of over 260,000 eBooks including a variety of subjects including history, business, social science, political science, literature, science, medical, technical subjects, etc.. Proxy Bypass
EBook Central
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A collection of over 250,000 eBooks including a variety of subjects including social science, history, literature, business/management, religion, science, medicine, fine arts, education, etc.
Gale eBooks
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Contains Reference books covering many subjects, but primarily in areas of literature and social science (including history), and also some in health and science.