ENGL 2310 - World Literature: Find Articles

MLA International Bibliography is an excellent source of scholarly, peer-reviewed articles on authors and literature.  "Hamlet" as a key word retrieves more than 4,000 articles.  For better results, use the drop-down list to the right of the first search box and select SK Primary Subject Work.

Books in the UIW library are considered scholarly sources.

Journals are considered scholarly sources.  They usually have the following characteristics:

• Written for a highly educated audience

• Articles are written by subject matter experts and may be peer-reviewed*

• Illustrative matter tends to be charts, graphs, tables

• Articles include bibliographies (also known as references, sources, works cited)

• Few or no advertisements

* Article manuscripts are read and reviewed by members of an editorial board who determine whether or not the article is suitable for publication. 

Magazines and newspapers are considered "popular" resources. They are usually considered reliable, but are not peer-reviewed.

Popular resources usually have the following characteristics:

•   Written for a general audience

•   Written by a staff of writers

•   Lots of color illustrations

•   Contain advertisements