For recent articles on topics related to Macbeth, try our subscription databases. Two strong choices include:

Ebsco - Full-text magazine, journal articles, and newspapers

Proquest - Full-text access to The New York Times

You can also search the entire database suite from the library webpage.

South Brunswick High School Databases Username - sbrunswick Password - ask Ms. Mathe or see a librarian

To locate short fiction with connected themes, try the following websites.

The Short Story Library - American Literature

This site offers readers hundreds of full-text short stories.

http://www.americanliterature.com/sstitleindex.html

Classic Short Stories (by author)

Full-text short stories from many well-known authors.

http://www.classicshorts.com/author.html

Short Stories @ Classic Reader

Select "Short Stories" and use the "Author index" to sort by author's last name.

http://www.classicreader.com/browse/6/

The following subscription databases offer literary criticism of a wide collection of authors including Shakespeare. Try a boolean search for Shakespeare AND Macbeth as a starting point for your research.

ABC-Clio eBooks

ebooks include:

• Daily Life in Elizabethan England

• Family Life in the Age of Shakespeare

• Voices of Shakespeare's England

• Women in the Age of Shakespeare

Gale Databases and eBooks

Username for all Gale products is sbrunswick. See a librarian for the password.

Gale Twayne's Authors Series

Gale Literature Resource Center

Gale Virtual Reference Library - includes a large collection of ebooks. To search for Macbeth, try a basic search for Shakespeare AND Macbeth. The results can then be sorted by using the search limiters on the right hand navigation bar.

• eBooks include:

  • Twayne's Authors New Critical Introductions to Shakespeare - Macbeth

  • Shakespeare for Students

Infobase eBooks

ebooks include:

• Encyclopedia of Renaissance Literature

• Shakespeare's Language

EbscoHost Databases

Literary Reference Center - Username is sbrunswick. See a librarian for the password.

• To search for articles on specific themes or details, try Shakespeare AND (keyword).

  • For example, Shakespeare AND Globe will yield results on the Globe Theater and performances connected to this famous venue.

• Also contains articles which help establish background knowledge and that may help to craft a successful search strategy.

  • For example, Shakespeare AND bird will yield a dictionary that describes the importance of birds in Shakespeare's plays. While this is not literary criticism, it may help establish a background knowledge for the researcher.

Jstor

Jstor is a college-level database. Search strategies must be carefully considered to achieve a successful result. See the librarians for the access token.

• Always use the advanced search.

• Features like find (control + F) can help you to navigate the articles (once downloaded as pdfs) returned.