Shakespeare

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Study Guides

Literature Online from GALE
The REFERENCE portion of this database contains Knowledge Notes which provide overviews for each play, including scene-by-scene summaries, themes, and motifs. From the menu on the far left, select Reference and enter the name of the play in the subject box. Use the CRITICISM portion of the database to search for journal articles about a play. Many are provided in full text.

NetLibrary
Provides access to electronic books (e-Books). Included are Bloom's Notes, which are detailed (60-70 page) guides to the major works of literature written by Harold Bloom. NetLibrary also contains CliffsNotes.

Literature Databases

Humanities Fulltext from WilsonWeb
Covers core journals in the humanities. Provides abstracts for most articles and full text for many articles back to 1995.

MLA Bibliography from EBSCOhost
MLA covers books, chapters in books, journal articles, and dissertations. You can limit your search to journal articles. Abstracts are not provided, but there are links to some full text articles.

World Shakespeare Bibliography Online
Provides annotations for books, articles, book reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions, reviews of productions, and other scholarly and popular materials related to Shakespeare and published or produced between 1969 and mid-2002. The scope is international, with coverage extending to more than 92 languages.

Literature Online from GALE
Use the CRITICISM portion of the database to search for journal articles about a play. Many are provided in full text.

Locating Criticism in Books

GIL Lane Library's Online Catalog
Exact Search lets you view the subject headings for Shakespeare:

• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Characters Ghosts
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Criticism and Interpretation
• Shakespeare, Willliam, 1564-1616. Hamlet

GIL Express
Searches for books throughout the University System of Georgia libraries

Journals

Journal subscriptions in paper and online formats are listed below. Both are subject to change. For complete, current journal holdings and online access information, search the Journal Locator.

Selected Books in Lane library

DICTIONARIES & HANDBOOKS
All Things Shakespeare: An Encyclopedia of Shakespeare's World	REF PR2892 .O56 2002
Columbia Dictionary of Quotations from Shakespeare	REF PR2892 .F48 1998
Plays of Shakespeare: A Thematic Guide	REF PR2987 .C28 2001
Shakespeare A to Z : The Essential Reference To His Plays, His Poems...	REF PR2892 .B69 1990
Shakespeare's Words: A Glossary and Language Companion	REF PR2892 .C78 2002
EXCERPTS OF SIGNIFICANT LITERARY CRITICISM
Shakespearean Criticism (published annually, 1984-present)	PR2965 .S43
CRITICISM
Shakespeare index : an annotated bibliography of critical articles on the plays, 1959-1983	REF PR2894 .S24 1992 2 volumes
Shakespeare: An Anthology of Criticism and Theory	PR2970 .S495 2004
GENERAL
Shakespeare the Thinker	PR3000 .N88 2007
Collaborations with the Past: Reshaping Shakespeare Across Time and Media	PR2880.A1 H46 2006
Reduced Shakespeare: The Complete Reader's Guide for the Attention-Impaired	PR2895 .M375 2006
Shakespeare and Women	PR2991 .R33 2005
SOURCES FOR POETRY
Introduction to Shakespeare's Poems	PR2984 .H95 2003
Sonnets	PR2848 .A1 2006
Shakespeare's Sonnets	PR2848 .E35 2004