William Shakespeare, 1564-1616

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About this Resource

Your search for information on William Shakespeare can include books, periodical articles, online databases, and credible Internet resources. The following sources are recommended for student research.

Reference librarians are available to assist you with your research.

Students can come to the reference desk, phone, e-mail, text or make an appointment for a thirty minute consultation.

Reference Sources - Print

These resources are available in the Luria Library Reference section.

  • Critical Survey of Drama R 809.2 M194c vol. 6
  • Drama for Students R 809.2 G153d vol. 20, vol. 21
  • Shakespeare Said it. R 822.33 S527QxD
  • The Standard Book of Shakespeare Quotations. R 822.33 S527QxS
  • Shakespeare’s Hundred Best One-liners. R 822.33 S527QxT
  • The Norton Facsimile: the First Folio of Shakespeare - R 822.33 S527WoH
  • Mr. William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories & Tragedies. R 822.33 S527Wok
  • Critical Companion to William Shakespeare. R 822.33 S527xB
  • Shakespeare’s World and Work. R 822.33 xA567s
  • Asimov’s Guide to Shakespeare. R 822.33 xA832a
  • A complete Concordance … to the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare. R 822.33 xB280
  • Shakespeare A to Z R 822.33 xB789s
  • The Reader’s Encyclopedia of Shakespeare. R 822.33 xC189r
  • Pronouncing Shakespeare’s Words. R 822.33 xC881p
  • Oxford Companion to Shakespeare. R 822.33 xD635o
  • Shakespeare’s Characters for Students. R 822.33 xD671s
  • Columbia Dictionary of Quotations from Shakespeare. R 822.33 XF649c
  • A Shakespeare Companion. R 822.33 xH188sc 1964
  • Shakespeare’s Names: a Pronouncing Dictionary. R 822.33 xK79s
  • Concise Encyclopedic Guide to Shakespeare. R 822.33 xM382c
  • All Things Shakespeare. R 822.33 xO52a
  • A Shakespeare Glossary. R 822.33 xO98s
  • Who’s Who in Shakespeare’s England. R 822.33 xP173w
  • Who’s Who in Shakespeare. R 822.33 xQ3
  • All the World’s a Stage: Pronouncing Dictionary of William Shakespeare. R 822.33 xS315a
  • Shakespeare Lexicon. R 822.33 xS349
  • Shakespeare for Students. R 822.33 xS428s 2007
  • Shakespeare for Students R 822.33 xS428s
  • Shakespeare’s Language. R822.33 xS554s
  • Harvard Concordance to Shakespeare. R 822.33 x752h
  • A Dictionary of Shakespeare. R 822.33 xW456d

Reference Sources - Electronic

These resources are available online and may require your Pipeline account information.

Finding Books

You can find books about William Shakespeare using the library catalog. A good way to begin is by using a subject keyword search. Depending on the nature of your search, you may want to use terms such as criticism, literature or interpretation.

Examples:

• Subject keyword: william shakespeare criticism

• Subject keyword: william shakespeare hamlet

• Subject keyword: william shakespeare characters

A more precise search can be made using a Library of Congress Subject Heading as shown in the following examples. Ask a reference librarian for assistance.

• Subject Heading: shakespeare william,1564-1616 -- biography

• Subject Heading: shakespeare william,1564-161--themes,motives

Search the library catalog for works by William Shakespeare using an author keyword search. Using an author browse search allows you to scroll through a list of works by Shakespeare and then select one of interest.

Examples:

• Author keyword: william shakespeare

• Author browse: shakespeare William

Finding books about life in Elizabethan England.

Examples:

• england -- social life and customs -- 16th century

• great britain -- history -- elizabeth, 1558-1603

Finding Articles

Print Sources:

A great source of articles can be found in the 28 volume set of Shakespeare Survey in the library collection (lower level) 822.33 xS527

Shakespeare Survey is a yearbook of Shakespeare studies and production. Since 1948 Survey has published the best international scholarship in English and many of its essays have become classics of Shakespeare criticism. Each volume is devoted to a theme, or play, or group of plays; each also contains a section of reviews of the previous year’s textual and critical studies and of major British performances. The books are illustrated with a variety of Shakespearean images and production photographs.

Another source for articles is the periodical Shakespeare Studies which can be found in the library collection (lower level) 822.33 xB277


Databases:

Use an online periodical database to find articles in magazines or scholarly journals. Journal and magazine articles usually provide the most current information on a topic. Journal articles are more scholarly while magazine articles tend to be shorter and more general.

To find articles on your topic, use one of the online databases listed below. These databases usually provide full-text articles. Search in these databases by using subject headings and keywords similar to those you used to locate books.

To access databases from off campus you will need to log-in with your pipeline account number and password.

Project Muse

Academic Search Premier

Interlibrary Loan

Interlibrary loan is a free service for students. Interlibrary loan service makes it possible for students to request copies of articles or borrow books from another library. Students are advised to request loans early in the research process as loans can take three to ten days.

Interlibrary Loan

Internet

The Internet can be a useful source for supplementing the information you have gathered from books and periodicals. Since the quality of information found on the Internet varies tremendously it is important that you evaluate the information you find to determine if it is reliable and credible for academic research.

SHAKESPEARE: SELECTED WEB SITES

The Works of Shakespeare:

Shakespeare Subject Directories:

Selected Shakespeare Sites

Authorship Debate:

E-Journals:

Globe Theatre:

Life in Elizabethan England:

Evaluating Information Found on the Internet:

Ask for Help

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