ENGL 215: Shakespeare

Fall 2009

Lisa McDonnell

Humanities Liaison Librarian - Joshua Finnell

Play covers

Covers of various plays from the CONSORT catalog.


Reference Books

These sources are a good place to start your research and to gain background information.  In addition, they may contain excellent bibliographies.  However, you should not rely on them as major sources for your bibliography. Some examples are:

Databases

Databases lead you to primarily journal articles on a particular topic although you may find references to books, book chapters, dissertations, and other types of information here. For additional books try CONSORT or OhioLINK. These sources give you a citation to an article and often an abstract (summary) of the contents of the article.
Once you have found a citation for an article you are interested in the next step is to determine whether or not the Denison Library subscribes to that journal.  Many online databases have links to the CONSORT catalog.  Others have access to the full-text of some articles.
If you need a copy of an article not available in Denison's periodical collection or online at Denison, use the Interlibrary Loan Form to request a copy.

Web sites

Several web sites are listed below but there are many other good ones to choose from.
When using any "web" information, consider: accuracy, validity, comprehensiveness, author credibility, the publishing body, bias, etc.