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A research guide: books, articles, web sites, & videos
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How to Find Books in the ODU Library: Search in the ODU Library Catalog.
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How to Find Books in Other OhioLINK Libraries:
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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.
Bibliographies
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A
Classified Shakespeare Bibliography, 1936-1958. R 016.82233 S648
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The Major Shakespeare Tragedies: A
Critical Bibliography. R 016.82233 Q7, 1973
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Shakespeare: A Bibliographical
Guide. R 016.8223 W456s, 1990
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Shakespeare and the Classical
Tradition: A Critical Guide to Commentary, 1660-1960.
R 016.8223 S527V
Concordances
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A Concordance to Shakespeare's Poems.
R 822.335 F988c, 1902
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The Harvard Concordance to
Shakespeare. R 822.335 H339h, 1973
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The Home Book of Shakespeare
Quotations. R 822.33 S947
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An Index to the Works of
Shakespeare. R 822.33 A606
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Julius Caesar: A Concordance to the
Text of the First Folio. R 822.335 O98Ju
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King Lear: A Concordance to the Text
of the First Folio. R 822.335 O98Ki
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Macbeth: A Concordance to the Text
of the First Folio. R 833.335 O98Ma
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Othello: A Concordance to the Text
of the First Folio. R 833.335 O98Ot
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Timon of
Dictionaries
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The Concise
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A Dictionary of the Characters &
Proper Names in the Works of Shakespeare.
R 822.33 S874di, 1970
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Larousse Dictionary of Literary
Characters. R 809.927 L332g
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Narrative and Dramatic Sources of
Shakespeare. R 822.33
B938 vols.1-5
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A Pronouncing Dictionary of
Shakespearean Proper Names. R 822.33
A6I
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The Quotable Shakespeare: A Topical Dictionary.
R 822.33 D527q, 1988
Encyclopedias
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All Things Shakespeare: An Encyclopedia of
Shakespeare’s World. R 822.33 O82a 2 vols.
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The
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The
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Pronouncing
Shakespeare’s Words: A Guide from A to Zounds. R 822.33 C8398p
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The
Reader’s Encyclopedia of Shakespeare. R 822.33 R2273
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The
Renaissance. Volume 2. R 820.9 B346li
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The
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Shakespeare:
A to Z. R 822.33 B789sh,
1990
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A
Shakespeare Companion, 1550 – 1950. R 822.33 H188
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Shakespeare’s
Playhouse Practice: A Handbook. R 822.33
S663s, 1975
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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
Provides
full-text access to many reference resources online, including:
Oxford
English Dictionary
Offers access to the online, historical dictionary of the English language.
Updated quarterly.
Full-text dictionaries
and other reference books in one searchable database. Includes A Dictionary of Shakespeare and The
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
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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: |
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
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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.
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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.
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Web Sites—A Selection
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Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
(chronology, notes to works) http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/default.htm
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Phrases from
Shakespeare http:/www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/phrases-sayings-shakespeare.html
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Project Guttenberg
[electronic texts] http://promo.net/pg
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Royal Shakespeare
Company http://www.rsc.org.uk/home/default.aspx
· The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Website http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/homepage
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Shakespeare’s
Globe Theatre http://www.shakespeares-globe.org
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How to find Videos in the ODU Library:
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Analysis of Shakespeare
Literature
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The Comic Spirit.
822.332 C733,
1991
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Great Themes of Literature: Man and Woman. 822.331 M266, 1973
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Great Themes of Literature: Power and Corruption. 822.331 P887, 1973
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Hamlet: The Age of Elizabeth. 822.33 H223a, 1959
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Hamlet: The Poisoned Kingdom. 822.33 H223p, 1959
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Images of Man in Shakespeare’s
Tragedies. 822.33 I32 pts.
1-4, 199?
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Rehearsing the Text. 822.33 R3456t, 1988
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The Roman Tragedies. 822.332 R758, 1991
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Shakespeare’s Hamlet. 822.33 H223v pts.
1-2, 1997
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The Tortured Mind. 822.332 T712, 1991
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Understanding Shakespeare: The Tragedy
series. 822.33 U554, 1993 4 video
cassettes
Shakespeare the Author
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Shakespeare. 822.3 S527, 1980
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Shakespeare: A Mirror to Man. 822.33 S527, 1971
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Shakespeare and his Theater: The Globe/Thames. 822.33 S5272h
1993
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Shakespeare and the Globe. 822.33 S527, 1985
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Shakespeare in Conversation. 822.334 S527, 1989
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Shakespeare in Perspective series.
822.33 S527, 1988 8 video
cassettes
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The Shakespeare Mystery. 822.33 S527, 1989
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William Shakespeare: Background for his
Works. 822.33 W719, 1987
Shakespeare’s Plays
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Antony & Cleopatra. 822.33 A6358c pts.
1-2, 1983
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Coriolanus. 822.331
T765, 1983 3 parts
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Hamlet.
822.33 H223h, 2001
822.331 H223, 1990
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Henry V. 822.331 W3, 1991
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Julius Caesar. 822.33 J94s
822.33 J94, 1978 pts.
1-2, 1978
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King Henry IV Part I. 822.331 W1 tapes
1-2, 1990
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King Lear. 822.33 S527k, 1984
822.33 S527k pts.
1-2, 1998
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Macbeth. 822.331 M118, 1987
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Measure for Measure. 822.33 M484, 1987
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The Merchant of Venice. 822.33 M5546v
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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
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Much
822.331
M941ad
822.331 M9419
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Othello. 822.33
O87o
822.331 O87 pts.
1-2, 1988
822.331 O87pts.
1-2, 1982
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Ran. 895.635 R185r, 1998
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Richard
822.331 R511, 1996
822.331 R511, 1955
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Romeo and Juliet. 822.33 R763, 1987
822.33 S527r, 2000
822.33
S527r, 2002
822.331 R763j
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The Shakespeare Mystery. 822.33 S5277, 1989
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The Taming of the Shrew. 822.331 T158, 1987
822.33 T158s
822.331 T152s
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The Tempest. 822.33 T282, 1987
822.331 T282, 1980
822.331 T282, 1983
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The Tragedy of Coriolanus. 822.331 T765, 1983
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Twelfth Night, or What You Will. 822.33 T9712n , 1997
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William Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of
Windsor. 822.33 M573w pts.
1-2, 1982
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William
Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet 822.33
S527r, 2002
822.33 S527r, 1997
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