William Shakespeare

At school or in a public library, begin by using the Computer Catalog (Lemon Bay's OPAC)
to do a Subject Search using the following

Search Terms -
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
You can locate more specific information by adding search terms. For example: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Contemporary England
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Ethics
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Influences
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Histories
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Comedies

Call Numbers for Books on this subject are usually
822.3 or 808
See Also: Biographies

General Encyclopedias are a good starting place to get basic, background information about a subject.
Use the Index (usually the last volume) to locate your subject.
The following sets of encyclopedias are available in our media center:

  • The World Book Encyclopedia
  • Encyclopedia Britannica
  • Compton's Encyclopedia

    • Print Resources - Circulating Books:
    The Reader's Shakespeare - 822.3 DEU
    Shakespeare Glossary - 822.3 ONI
    The Sonnets - 822.3 SHA
    Complete Works of William Shakespeare - 822.3 SHA
    Daily Life in Elizabethan England - 942.05 SIN
    Elizabethan England - 1600s - 942.05 LAC
    Headlines in History: The 1600s - 909 160
    Shakespeare's Globe - 792 ALL
    What's in a Play? - 792 AUS
    Cyclopedia of World Authors - 803 MAG
    Who's Who in Shakespeare's England - 920 PAL

    Print Resources - Reference Books:
    William Shakespeare: His World, His Work, His Influence - REF 822.33 SHA
    The Kittredge Players Edition of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare - REF 822.3 SHA
    Oxford Companion of Shakespeare - REF 822.35 SHA
    Shakespeare A to Z: The Essential Reference to His Plays, His Poems, His Life and Times - REF 822.304

    Online Databases -

    If you plan on accessing these sites from home,
    be sure to ask the media specialists for the password-you'll need it!
    Grolier Multimedia Online
    eLibrary

    Websites -

    Absolute Shakespeare - http://absoluteshakespeare.com/
    Much Ado about Something - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/muchado/
    Shakespeare Homepage - http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/main/1
    Shakespeare's Life and Times - http://web.uvic.ca/shakespeare/Library/SLTnoframes/intro/introsubj.html
    Shakespeare Online -     http://www.shakespeare-online.com/
    Life in Elizabethan England - http://www.elizabethan.org/compendium/index.html
    Crime and Punishment in Elizabethan England - http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/punishment.htm

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