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ENGL 105: Shakespeare, Poems & Earlier Plays (Fumerton, Winter 2022): Literature Online (LION)

LION Database

Literature Online (LION) is one of the best resources for literary research in English and American literature. It includes scholarly, peer-reviewed articles, full-text primary sources, media, book reviews, and more.

  • LION has a strong emphasis in literature and literary criticism from the U.K.. 
  • There is a lot of overlap with MLA, but LION has unique content that MLA does not include
  • Because LION also includes primary sources (e.g.the full text of Shakespeare's plays) and reference works (e.g. Encyclopedia of Shakespeare) you will retrieve a vast number of search results. Use the filters in the left margin to limit to scholarly articles.
  • Click "Criticism" and "Peer reviewed"
  • Once you have your results, scroll down to the Document Type dropdown menu in the left margin and choose "Article."

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