LibGuides: Scottish Studies: Journals & Databases

Looking for articles on your Scottish topic? Try these databases...

Use keyword searches to find articles on your research topic with these great databases!

The article may be available in PDF or HTML. If the full-text of an article is not included, click on the Article Link button to check availability.

ABELL: Annual Bibliography of English Language & Literature
Lists books, journal articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews, collections of essays and doctoral dissertations.
Literature Online
Criticism and reference material, including articles, essays, biographies and also some literary works. Database Guide.
Literature Resource Centre
Access biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors from every age and discipline.
MLA International Bibliography
Find scholarly books and articles on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. Includes MLA's Directory of Periodicals. Database Guide.
Proquest Literature & Language
Combined search across several Proquest databases relevant to Language and Literature, including dissertations and theses.

Academic Search Complete (via EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Full-text of articles from more than 6,000 peer reviewed journals. Also indexes more than 12,000 publications.
Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Web of Science Core Collection) This link opens in a new window
Indexes over 1,000 leading arts and humanities journal.
Humanities International Complete (via EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Indexes more than 2,100 humanities journals, plus contains full-text for more than 890 journals.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text to back issues of selected scholarly journals in a range of subjects. NOTE: There is a delay in coverage, generally 3-5 years.
Historical Abstracts (via EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Indexes and abstracting for 2,000+ international historical journals. A useful feature is the ability to limit your search to articles covering a particular historical period.
Historical coverage of the world from 1450+ (excluding US & Canada). HA is the leading bibliography for historical study in the world with 2,000+ international journals. Researchers in history, multicultural studies, sociology, psychology, gender studies, religion, interdisciplinary studies, anthropology, political science, economics, business, education, music, art and law will find HA indispensable.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Full-text access to over 400 high quality, peer-reviewed humanities and social sciences journals from over 100 scholarly publishers.
History Collection (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Combined search across all Proquest databases relevant to history, including dissertations and theses, historical newspapers and publications on history for researchers of all levels.
Bibliography of British and Irish History This link opens in a new window
Lists historical writing (essays in books and journal articles) dealing with the British Isles, and with the British Empire and Commonwealth, from 55BC to the present.
International Medieval Bibliography (IMB) This link opens in a new window
Over 300,000 articles on medieval subjects in thirty different languages from journals, Festschriften, conference proceedings, and collected essays.
Covers all aspects of medieval studies within the period 450 to 1500 for Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Citations classified by date, subject and location.

These databases cover journals from several disciplines, including English Literature.

The article may be available in PDF or HTML. If the full-text of an article is not included, click on the Article Link button to check availability.

Academic OneFile
Peer-reviewed, full-text articles from journals and reference sources. Covers a range of subjects, including English literature.
JSTOR
Digitized journals, with coverage ranging from as early as 1665. You can limit by date range (e.g. 1837-1901 for the Victorian Era).
Periodicals Index Online: PIO
Multidisciplinary index to over 6,000 journals (with 850 literature journals). An excellent resource for finding primary sources, with complete runs of titles indexed (up to 1995). Database Guide.
Project MUSE
Complete, full-text access to over 400 high quality, peer-reviewed humanities and social sciences journals, from over 120 publishers, including many university presses and scholarly societies.

Google Scholar (off-campus access only) This link opens in a new window
JURN This link opens in a new window
A curated academic search-engine. Search millions of free academic articles, chapters, and theses.

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e.g. Danner, B. "Speaking Daggers." Shakespeare Quarterly 54.1 (2003): 29-62.

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Google Scholar Tips & Tricks [pdf]

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