Research

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:

• William Shakespeare: His World His Work His Influence (3 vols.)    PR 2976 .W5354 1985
• Shakespeare A to Z    PR 2892 .B69 1990
• Shakespeare's World and Work: An Encyclopedia for Students (3 vols.)    PR 2892 .S56 2001
• Shakespeare's Words: A Glossary and Language Companion   PR2892 .C78 2002
• William Shakespeare: A Documentary Volume   PR2893 .W55 2002
• The Penguin Shakespeare Dictionary   PR2892 .P46 1999
• The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare   PR 2892 .O94 2001
• Oxford Reference Books Online: Literature Collection

Editions and Adaptations of Shakespeare

Once you have a well defined topic and a good sense of what your topic is "about", a bibliography will lead you to more books, documents, or journal articles on your topic.  In the Denison library, some bibliographies are housed in the Reference Collection, others are in the Circulating collection.  Use library catalogs (CONSORT and OhioLINK) to find additional bibliographies.

• The Essential Shakespeare   PR 2894 .C53 1986
• Annual Bibliography of English Language & Literature

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. 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.

• MLA International BibliographyZ 7006 .M64
• Academic Search Complete
  
• Shakespeare Collection
• Periodicals Index Online  (Includes materials published over a 300 year time span.)
• Humanities International Complete
• Arts & Humanities Citation Index
• The Times (London) Digital Archives 1785-1985

*Please note: two sources that you will find heavily cited in the above indexing tools are:

• Shakespeare Survey 1948-    PR 2888 .C33
• Shakespeare Studies 1965-    PR 2885 .S64

Both are located in the Main Stacks (Tier 4B), not in the Periodical Stacks.

See also:

Shakespeare Quarterly 1950-    PR2885 .S63
Located in the periodical stacks, this is a definitive periodical in the field of Shakespeare research. Each volume has an index. Note that this journal is indexed in: JSTOR, a full-text resource.

• Literature Criticism Online
• Shakespearean Criticism (78 vols.)    PR 2965 .S43 1984
• Literary Index

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.

• Folger Shakespeare Library
• The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
• Shakespeare on the Internet: Sites Of Interest
• Bardware.com - A page of Shakespeare links

• Use MLA Style to cite your sources.
• The University Writing Center website at the University of Central Florida can help you with writing an annotated bibliography.

Most materials for this class will be found on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th floors of the library. Periodicals (journals) are on 2; Reference books on 3; Shakespeare subject materials on 4. See the Library Location Guide for more detailed information.