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An Undergraduate Shakespeare Colloquium -

FINDING SHAKESPEARE
AT THE ST. OLAF AND CARLETON LIBRARIES*

Finding General Reference Resources
Finding Articles, Essays, and Reviews
Finding Books, Plays, Videos, Scores...
Finding Information on the Internet

FINDING GENERAL REFERENCE RESOURCES

CB. HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION

Encyclopedia of the Renaissance 6v. [CB361 .E52 1999]
Published in association with The Renaissance Society of America. Volume. 6 includes a Systematic Outline of Contents, including part 5 -Literature, as well as a comprehensive index.

D. HISTORY: GENERAL AND OLD WORLD: GREAT BRITAIN

Tudor England: An Encyclopedia [RR DA315 .T753 2001]

Historical Dicitonary of the Elizabethan World: Britain, Ireland, Europe, and America [RR DA357 .W34 1999]

GT. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS

The Book of Costume 2v. [GT513 .D38]

PE. LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE: ENGLISH

A Glossary of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions in the Works of English Authors, Particularly of Shakespeare and His Contemporaries [PE1667 .N34 1905]

PN. LITERARY HISTORY AND COLLECTIONS

The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre 5v. [PN1861 .W67 1994]

The Gale Series:
The Contemporary Authors Cumulative Index indexes the various series by Gale Publishing, including, but not limited to: Dictionary of Literary Biography, Poetry Criticism, and Drama Criticism.

Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB) [Each titled separately] [PN451 .D4--];
These cover writers, movements, and periods, with scholarly essays by authorities. V.62-Elizabethan Dramatists; V.172-Sixteenth-Century British Nondramatic Writers.

PR. ENGLISH LITERATURE

Crowell's Handbook of Elizabethan & Stuart Literature [PR19.8]
"The first alphabetical guide to the drama, poetry, and prose of the Renaissance in England, with biographies of their authors."

Shakespearian Bibliography and Textual Criticism: a Bibliography [PR83 .H6 v.2]

A Biographical Dictionary of Renaissance Poets and Dramatists, 1520-1650 [PR421 .S33 1983]

The Complete Works of Shakespeare [PR2754 .B4 1992]

The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations from Shakespeare [PR2892 .F48 1998]

A Shakespeare Thesaurus [PR2892 .S725 1993]

Shakespeare and Feminist Criticism [PR2965 .K76 1991]

NEW Shakespearean Criticism [RR PR 2965 .S44 1984]
Excepts from the criticism of William Shakespeare’s plays and poetry, from the first published appraisals to current evaluations.

FINDING ARTICLES, ESSAYS, AND REVIEWS

For a complete list of Indexes and Databases: St. Olaf Libraries - Research ; and/or Carleton Library - Electronic Databases

MLA International Bibliography [Available online at both Carleton and St. Olaf] [Also available 2 disks on CD-ROM Tower for use in the Rolvaag Reference Room- covers 1963-present]
Produced by the Modern Language Association, provides access to scholarly research in over 3000 journals and series. Bibliographic records pertaining to literature, language, linguistics and folklore. Covers monographs, essays, working papers, proceedings and other formats.

Expanded Academic ASAP [Online through St. Olaf]
Indexes both academic journals and popular magazines. Includes some full-text articles. Updated daily.

International Index to the Performing Arts [Online through both St. Olaf and Carleton]
Indexes approximately 140 periodicals as well as articles The New York Times and The Washington Post.

Literature Online [Online through Carleton]

FINDING BOOKS, PLAYS, VIDEOS, SCORES...

Use Bridge - The St. Olaf/Carleton Libraries Catalog - to search for books, and titles and holdings of periodicals. Both colleges use the same catalog interface and the Library of Congress Classification System.

For general information by and about Shakespeare, begin with a subject search: