William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English playwright, poet, and actor. Shakespeare remains an enormously famous figure and is widely considered to be the greatest playwright of all time. With a repertoire consisting of 39 plays and 154 sonnets and more, his works are studied worldwide. Though not exhaustive, the following resources provide a starting point from which you can begin your research according to your information needs.
There are already liguides for:
Check them out first if you are doing those courses and even if you are not.
The Cambridge Shakespeare Guide
Twelfth Night: new critical essays
Shakespeare and Renaissance Literary Theories
Knowing Shakespeare: senses, embodiment and cognition
How to Do Things with Shakespeare: new approaches, new essaysExamples of subjects in the library catalogue:
When you need current, up-to date information, it is best to look for journal articles. Journal articles in peer-reviewed journals assume that you know the basics about the subject.
Here is a list of research databases that will work best. Remember that each database will give you different results so try each one.
Examples searches:
Another way to find journal articles is to try and find the references listed in your readings. For example this citation:
Hirsh, J. (2010). The 'To be, or not to be' speech: Evidence, conventional wisdom, and the editing of Hamlet. Medieval And Renaissance Drama In England, 23, 34-62.
Copy the journal title, Medieval And Renaissance Drama In England, and go to the UFV Journals List . Paste the journal title into the search box and see what database offers online access.
In this case, Academic Search Complete. Make sure to double check the dates of coverage because the search only checks the journal title. In this case the coverage starts in 2002 so we are okay. Click on the Academic Search Complete link. Look to the right for the "search within this publication" link. Click on it and enter the article title "the editing of Hamlet" into the search box. You should then be able to locate the actual article.
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