Shakespeare

A research guide: books, articles, web sites, & videos

Finding Books

· How to Find Books in the ODU Library: Search in the ODU Library Catalog.

· How to Find Books in Other OhioLINK Libraries:
Search in the OhioLINK Library Catalog, or start your search in the ODU Library Catalog and then click on the OhioLINK button at the top of the results screen to search statewide.

· To Help You Search in the Catalogs:
Guides and video tutorials are available online from the library’s Research Help page or in print by the library Reference Desk on the top floor of Spangler.

Reference Books—A Selection

Reference books provide a good starting point for your research. Reference items are located in the Library’s Reference collection, behind the Reference Desk on the top floor of Spangler.

See also these related research guides Epic & Classical Literature, English Literature and Literary Analysis, Poetry, and Mythology/Folklore/Legend.

Bibliographies

· A Classified Shakespeare Bibliography, 1936-1958. R 016.82233 S648

· The Major Shakespeare Tragedies: A Critical Bibliography. R 016.82233 Q7, 1973

· Shakespeare: A Bibliographical Guide. R 016.8223 W456s, 1990

· Shakespeare and the Classical Tradition: A Critical Guide to Commentary, 1660-1960.

R 016.8223 S527V   

Concordances

· A Concordance to Shakespeare's Poems. R 822.335 F988c, 1902

· The Harvard Concordance to Shakespeare. R 822.335 H339h, 1973

· The Home Book of Shakespeare Quotations. R 822.33 S947

· An Index to the Works of Shakespeare. R 822.33 A606

· Oxford Shakespeare Concordances

o Julius Caesar: A Concordance to the Text of the First Folio. R 822.335 O98Ju

o King Lear: A Concordance to the Text of the First Folio. R 822.335 O98Ki

o Macbeth: A Concordance to the Text of the First Folio. R 833.335 O98Ma

o Othello: A Concordance to the Text of the First Folio. R 833.335 O98Ot

o Timon of Athens: A Concordance to the Text of the First Folio. R 833.335 O98Ti

Dictionaries

· The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms. R 803 B177c

· A Dictionary of the Characters & Proper Names in the Works of Shakespeare.

R 822.33 S874di, 1970    

· Larousse Dictionary of Literary Characters. R 809.927 L332g

· Narrative and Dramatic Sources of Shakespeare. R 822.33 B938  vols.1-5 

· A Pronouncing Dictionary of Shakespearean Proper Names. R 822.33 A6I

· The Quotable Shakespeare: A Topical Dictionary. R 822.33 D527q, 1988

Encyclopedias

· All Things Shakespeare: An Encyclopedia of Shakespeare’s World. R 822.33 O82a 2 vols.

· The Bedford Companion to Shakespeare: An Introduction with Documents. R 822.33 M1458b

· The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare. R 822.33 O98c

· Pronouncing Shakespeare’s Words: A Guide from A to Zounds. R 822.33 C8398p

· The Reader’s Encyclopedia of Shakespeare. R 822.33 R2273

· The Renaissance. Volume 2. R 820.9 B346li

· The Riverside Shakespeare. R 822.33 S156r

· Shakespeare: A to Z. R 822.33 B789sh, 1990

· A Shakespeare Companion, 1550 – 1950. R 822.33 H188

· Shakespeare’s Playhouse Practice: A Handbook. R 822.33 S663s, 1975   

· Who’s Who in Shakespeare. R 822.33 W34w

Note: Many readings on Shakespeare’s plays are also available. These can be found in the Main Stacks

Reference Resources Online

Literary Reference Center

Provides full-text access to many reference resources online, including:

• Merriam Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature;
• Beacham's six-volume Research Guide to Biography and Criticism;
• Continuum’s encyclopedia’s of American, British, and children’s literature;
• The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics and The Columbia Companion to the 20th Century American Short Story;
• The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature; The Literary Encyclopedia;
• Masterplots and Masterplots II;Cyclopedia of World Authors, Cyclopedia of Literary Characters, and Magill's Literary Annual;
• The Harold Bloom series of over 500 books; and additional resources of information on notable authors of long and short fiction, poetry, drama, and philosophy.

Oxford English Dictionary
Offers access to the online, historical dictionary of the English language. Updated quarterly.

Oxford Reference Online

Full-text dictionaries and other reference books in one searchable database. Includes A Dictionary of Shakespeare and The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare.

To access: From the library homepage, click on Books, and select Oxford Reference Online.

Primary Literature Full-text Online

Editions and Adaptations of Shakespeare
Full-text. Includes 11 major editions of Shakespeare's works, and related works.
To access: Library homepage > Articles in Databases > English Language and Literature—Drama

English Poetry
Full-text. Assembles over 160,000 poems by 1,350 poets written in English from 600 to 1900.

To access: Library homepage > Articles in Databases > English Language and Literature—Drama

English Prose Drama
Full-text. Includes over 1,800 plays written in prose for the stage from the Renaissance to the end of the
19th century.

To access: Library homepage > Articles in Databases > English Language and Literature—Drama

English Verse Drama
Full-text. Contains more than 2,200 works of poetry intended for the stage from 1400 to 1900.

To access: Library homepage > Articles in Databases > English Language and Literature—Drama

Library Quick Reference
Links to several online resources for primary literature, including The Complete Works of Shakespeare.

To access: Library homepage > Quick Reference > Etexts—Literature

Finding Articles

· Use an online research database to find articles in scholarly journals, general magazines, and newspapers.

· To access the databases below, from the Library’s Articles in Databases page, select the English Language & Literature category, or choose from the A-Z index near the top of the page.

· To Help You Search in the Databases:
Guides and video tutorials are available online from the library’s Research Help page or in print
by the library Reference Desk on the top floor of Spangler. If you need additional assistance,
ask a librarian.

Recommended Databases

Academic Search Complete

Contains peer-reviewed journal coverage from more than 3,400 scholarly publications. Covers many academic areas of study, including arts and literature. Updated daily.

Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature

Citations only. Indexes books, articles, reviews, essays, and critical editions of literary works in English studies. British, American, and Commonwealth writing are all represented.

Film & Television Literature Index

Covers the literature about television and film writing, and provides indexing and abstracts for more than 300 publications and selected coverage of 300 more. Subject coverage includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews.

International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance

IBTD is a multicultural and interdisciplinary research tool for theater students, educators and professionals in a fully indexed, cross-referenced and annotated databank of journal articles, books, and dissertation abstracts on all aspects of drama, theatre, film and performance in 126 countries.

Literary Reference Center
Offers information on authors and their works from reference works, books, and literary journals. Includes plot summaries, synopses and work overviews; articles of literary criticism; author biographies; full text of literary journals, book reviews, classic and contemporary poems, classic and contemporary short stories, classic novels; and author interviews.

MLA International Bibliography

Citations only. Catalogs books and articles on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. Information about the libraries that own the library resources is also included. Updated 10 times per year.

Finding Periodicals in this Library

How Do You Find Out if a Periodical Exists in this Library?

· Use the ODU Library Catalog to search for the title of the journal or newspaper you’re trying to find.
Choose a TITLE search and type in the title of the journal or newspaper you desire.

· The library's journals and magazines are located:

(1) In print in the Periodicals section on the top floor, arranged alphabetically by title
(2) Back issues in print (usually prior to 1960) in the Back Issues Room on the bottom floor
(3) In microfilm in cabinets behind the Periodicals section

A microfilm reader/printer (with free printing!) is also available on the top floor.
For more information, see the ODU Library Microfilm/Reader page at:

http://www.ohiodominican.edu/library/tour/microfilm/default.asp.

· If you are looking for a specific article in a periodical, be sure to match issue number and YEAR/MONTH of the article to the information listed in our library catalog to make sure we have the specific issue of the journal/magazine you need.

Finding Web Sites

A portal to Internet search engines and directories is available on the ODU Library’s Internet Search page.

In addition, listed below are web sites that may be of particular use to you in your information search.

Minimum recommended criteria for evaluating websites:

· Accuracy of the information

· Authority of the person or group responsible for the information

· When the information was created and last updated

For more information, view Evaluating Internet Sources & Search Tools on the Internet Search page.

Web Sites—A Selection

See also these related research guides: Epic & Classical Literature, English Literature and Literary Analysis, Poetry, and Mythology/Folklore/Legend.

Shakespeare Web Sites

· British and Irish Authors on the Web: William Shakespeare [texts, concordance, glossaries] http://www.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/Shakespeare.html

· The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: Volume 5: The Drama to 1642. http://www.bartleby.com/215/index.html#8

· Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet (chronology, notes to works) http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/default.htm

· The Perseus Project: English Renaissance http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/perscoll?collection=Renaissance

· Phrases from Shakespeare http:/www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/phrases-sayings-shakespeare.html

· Project Guttenberg [electronic texts] http://promo.net/pg

· Royal Shakespeare Company http://www.rsc.org.uk/home/default.aspx

· The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Website http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/homepage

· Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre http://www.shakespeares-globe.org

· Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/sel

Finding Videos

· How to find Videos in the ODU Library:

From the library homepage, click on Audiovisuals & Media, select ODU Library Catalog, and
search the catalog:

· By KEYWORD and limit your search to MATERIAL TYPE: Audiovisuals

· By AUTHOR or TITLE if you are looking for a specific actor, director, or title.

Or from the library homepage, click on Audiovisuals & Media, select List of DVDs and Videos, and browse through the listing.

· How to find Online Videos:

From the library homepage, click on Audiovisuals & Media, select Digital Media Center Databases, select DMC Databases, then scroll down until you see Digital Video Collection and click on OhioLINK Access only. Search by keyword or browse by subject.

Videos—A Selection
All videos are located in the Library’s Audiovisual (A/V) Materials collection on the top floor of Spangler.

See also these related research guides: Epic & Classical Literature, English Literature and Literary Analysis, Poetry, and Mythology/Folklore/Legend.

Analysis of Shakespeare Literature

· The Comic Spirit. 822.332 C733, 1991

· Great Themes of Literature: Man and Woman. 822.331 M266, 1973

· Great Themes of Literature: Power and Corruption. 822.331 P887, 1973

· Hamlet: The Age of Elizabeth. 822.33 H223a, 1959

· Hamlet: The Poisoned Kingdom. 822.33 H223p, 1959

· Images of Man in Shakespeare’s Tragedies. 822.33 I32 pts. 1-4, 199?

· Rehearsing the Text. 822.33 R3456t, 1988

· The Roman Tragedies. 822.332 R758, 1991

· Shakespeare’s Hamlet. 822.33 H223v pts. 1-2, 1997

· The Tortured Mind. 822.332 T712, 1991

· Understanding Shakespeare: The Tragedy series. 822.33 U554, 1993 4 video cassettes

Shakespeare the Author

· Shakespeare. 822.3 S527, 1980

· Shakespeare: A Mirror to Man. 822.33 S527, 1971

· Shakespeare and his Theater: The Globe/Thames. 822.33 S5272h 1993

· Shakespeare and the Globe. 822.33 S527, 1985

· Shakespeare in Conversation. 822.334 S527, 1989

· Shakespeare in Perspective series. 822.33 S527, 1988 8 video cassettes

· The Shakespeare Mystery. 822.33 S527, 1989

· William Shakespeare: Background for his Works. 822.33 W719, 1987

Shakespeare’s Plays

· Antony & Cleopatra. 822.33 A6358c pts. 1-2, 1983

· Coriolanus. 822.331 T765, 1983 3 parts

· Hamlet. 822.33 H223h, 2001
822.331 H223, 1990

· Henry V. 822.331 W3, 1991

· Julius Caesar. 822.33 J94s 
822.33 J94, 1978 pts. 1-2, 1978

· King Henry IV Part I. 822.331 W1 tapes 1-2, 1990

· King Lear. 822.33 S527k, 1984
822.33 S527k pts. 1-2, 1998

· Macbeth. 822.331 M118, 1987

· Measure for Measure. 822.33 M484, 1987

· The Merchant of Venice. 822.33 M5546v

· A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
822.33 M629a, 1988 pts. 1-2.
822.33 M6297n, 1999 
822.33 M629, 1987
822.33 M6297n, 1993 
822.33 M6297, 1982 

· Much Ado About Nothing.
822.331 M941ad

822.331 M9419 

· Othello. 822.33 O87o
822.331 O87 pts. 1-2, 1988
822.331 O87pts. 1-2, 1982

· Ran. 895.635 R185r, 1998

· Richard III. 822.331 R511, 1982 (2 parts)

822.331 R511, 1996
822.331 R511, 1955

· Romeo and Juliet. 822.33 R763, 1987
822.33 S527r, 2000
822.33 S527r, 2002

822.331 R763j 

· The Shakespeare Mystery. 822.33 S5277, 1989

· The Taming of the Shrew. 822.331 T158, 1987
822.33 T158s

822.331 T152s

· The Tempest. 822.33 T282, 1987
822.331 T282, 1980
822.331 T282, 1983

· The Tragedy of Coriolanus. 822.331 T765, 1983

· Twelfth Night, or What You Will. 822.33 T9712n , 1997

· William Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor. 822.33 M573w pts. 1-2, 1982

· William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet 822.33 S527r, 2002
822.33 S527r, 1997

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