LibGuides: Shakespeare: Databases

There are many online resources that provide information on Shakespeare. Below are some databases available in the Library's collection.

Books In Print This link opens in a new window
Books In Print contains unbiased bibliographic information for over 7.5 million in-print, out-of-print and forthcoming books, e-books, audio and video titles. Also available are 1.2 million title reviews, 887,000 table of contents, and 3.1 million annotations.
Access Books in Print from off-campus. (St. John's faculty, students, and staff can input their SJC username and password to gain access to this resource.)
The Folger Shakespeare This link opens in a new window
This resource provides free, high-quality digital texts of Shakespeare's plays. The plays in The Folger Shakespeare are taken from the Folger Shakespeare Library editions, completed in 2010 by editors Barbara Mowat and Paul Werstine and published by Simon & Schuster.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR provides access to high-resolution full-text e-books and articles from hundreds of scholarly journals. Resources are available from books and journals in several subject areas including philosophy, political science, language and literature, general science, history, and mathematics.

In 2021 JSTOR launched a project to bring Artstor to JSTOR, creating a platform for discovering and working with both text and images. As of May 2022, 95% of the images in Artstor collections have been added to JSTOR. JSTOR platform features and functionality are also evolving to support work with multiple formats of research materials. Click here to read more about the change.

Users can search JSTOR by keyword, author, title, and date range, and browse by subject, title, publisher, collection, and images. For help with searching JSTOR, please refer to How to Use JSTOR. Articles can be printed or downloaded to one's desktop for later viewing.

Access JSTOR from off-campus. (St. John's faculty, students, and staff can input their SJC username and password to gain access to this resource.)

Until June 30, 2023, JSTOR is providing expanded access to content, including additional journals and primary source collections beyond the ones the library already subscribes to.
Naxos Spoken Word Library This link opens in a new window
Naxos Spoken Word Library contains over 4,000 audio recordings of works of literature, poetry, history, philosophy (and more). Many program works are available including works read in French and German.
Access Naxos Spoken Word Library from off-campus. (St. John's faculty, students, and staff can input their SJC username and password to gain access to this resource.)
*Mobile Access
Mobile access is available on iPhone and iPad via the NSWL app on iTunes. Please contact Catherine Dixon or Johnathan Longo for login information.