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Shakespeare:

A Research Guide for English 324


Contents:
Examples of DELCAT Subject Headings | DELCAT Record | Keyword Searches | Library Databases (Criticism) | Library Databases (Film and Theatre Reviews) | Reference E-Books

Examples of DELCAT Subject Headings

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Sources
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Romeo and Juliet--Sources
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation

DELCAT Record

Corum, Richard.
Understanding Hamlet: a student casebook to issues, sources, and historical documents
The Greenwood Press "Literature in context" series
Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1998.
Book
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet -- Sources.
Literature and history -- England -- History -- 16th century -- Sources.
Denmark -- In literature -- Sources.
Princes in literature -- Sources.
Morris Library | PR 2807 .C67 1998 | Normal Loan

Examples of Keyword Searches

Holinshed AND Shakespeare
Hamlet AND Shakespeare AND Sources
(Sonnet OR Sonnets) AND (Shakespeare OR Shakespearean)

Library Databases (Criticism)

ABELL (Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature)
LOCATION: Library Databases [restricted to UD]
ABELL is part of Literature Online. The database indexes monographs, periodical articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews, collections of essays, and doctoral dissertations published anywhere in the world from 1920 onwards. All aspects and periods of English literature are covered, from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day. British, American and Commonwealth writing are represented.
Academic OneFile About Article Express
LOCATION: Library Databases [restricted to UD]
Academic OneFile is a database of more than 8,000 journals covering the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature, and other subjects. Most of the journal articles are available in full text. Content includes full-text New York Times articles from 1995 to the present.
Expanded Academic ASAP Plus About Article Express
LOCATION: Library Databases [restricted to UD]
Expanded Academic ASAP Plus provides indexing and abstracting for over 3,000 scholarly and general interest periodicals. Many articles are available in full text.
Literature Resource Center
LOCATION: Library Databases [restricted to UD]
Literature Resource Center combines biographical, bibliographical, and contextual information to provide information on authors and their works. Information from reference sets is augmented with full-text, excerpted, and commissioned critical material; work overviews; links to author-related Web sites; scholarly journal articles; and interviews. LRC offers selections from Gale's Shakespearean Criticism series.
MLA International Bibliography About Article Express
LOCATION: Library Databases [restricted to UD]
The MLA International Bibliography consists of bibliographic records pertaining to literature, language, linguistics, and folklore. The database indexes scholarly articles in nearly 4,000 journals as well as relevant monographs, working papers, proceedings, and bibliographies.
Project MUSE
LOCATION: Library Databases [restricted to UD]
Project MUSE provides access to the full text of nearly 250 journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics.

Library Databases (Film and Theatre Reviews)

Academic OneFile About Article Express
LOCATION: Library Databases [restricted to UD]
Academic OneFile is a database of more than 8,000 journals covering the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature, and other subjects. Most of the journal articles are available in full text. Content includes full-text New York Times articles from 1995 to the present.
Expanded Academic ASAP Plus About Article Express
LOCATION: Library Databases [restricted to UD]
Expanded Academic ASAP Plus provides indexing and abstracting for over 3,000 scholarly and general interest periodicals. Many articles are available in full text.
FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals
LOCATION: Library Databases [restricted to UD]
FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals is a bibliographical index offering in-depth coverage of the world's foremost academic and popular film journals.
LexisNexis Academic
LOCATION: Library Databases [restricted to UD]
LexisNexis Academic provides full-text information from newspapers, the legal literature, and other sources on a variety of topics.
New York Times
LOCATION: Library Databases [restricted to UD]
The New York Times database offers full page and article images with searchable full text of the newspaper back to the first issue (years 1851-2003).
Project MUSE
LOCATION: Library Databases [restricted to UD]
Project MUSE provides access to the full text of nearly 250 journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics.
The Times Digital Archive
LOCATION: Library Databases [restricted to UD]
The Times Digital Archive is the complete digital edition of The Times (London) and its predecessor title Universal Daily Register (1785-1788).

Reference E-Books

The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English (3rd edition)
LOCATION: Library Databases [restricted to UD]
The Cambridge Guide to Theatre
LOCATION: Library Databases [restricted to UD]
Dictionary of Shakespeare. Peter Collin Publishing.
LOCATION: Library Databases [restricted to UD]
Other reference books of interest may be available at Credo Reference, a database of Reference E-Books.
LOCATION: Library Databases [restricted to UD]

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Version: 2/07
Last modified: 06/27/07