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English 380: Shakespeare
A Guide to Library Resources

Fall 2007

Reference Collection | Catalogs
Indexes and Databases
Interlibrary Loan | Resources on the Internet | Citation

REFERENCE COLLECTION

Take time to browse the shelves!

OED Online (Oxford English Dictionary) Contains the complete text of the 20-volume Second Edition and its 3-volume Additions Series.

For reference works focused on Shakespeare and his time, consult:

The Oxford companion to Shakespeare. [RR PR2892 .O94 2001]

All things Shakespeare: an encyclopedia of Shakespeare's world. 2v. [RR R2892 .O56 2002]

Shakespeare A to Z: the essential reference to his plays, his poems, his life and times, and more. [RR PR2892 .B69 1990]

The reader's encyclopedia of Shakespeare, edited by Oscar James Campbell. [RR PR2892 .C3]

A guide to scenes & monologues from Shakespeare and his contemporaries. [RR PN2080 .D38 1998]

A companion to English renaissance literature and culture. [RR PR411 .C66 2000]

For reference works focused on Shakespearean criticism, see:

Shakespearean criticism: excerpts from the criticism of William Shakespeare's plays and poetry, from the first published appraisals to current evaluations. Annual. Vol.1- [RR PR2965 .S44 1984]

The essential Shakespeare: an annotated bibliography of major modern studies. [RR PR2894 .C49 1993]

Shakespeare: an annotated bibliography [RR PR2894 .R65 1992]

Shakespeare index: an annotated bibliography of critical articles on the plays, 1959-1983. 2 vol.[RR PR2894 .S25 1992]

Shakespeare and feminist criticism: an annotated bibliography and commentary [RR PR2965 .K6 1991]

Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800 (LC). [RR PN86. l56--]

For background readings on production history, performance, and Shakespeare in performance, consult:

The Oxford encyclopedia of theatre and performance. 2v. [RR PN2035 .O92 2003]

The Continuum companion to twentieth century theatre. [RR PN2035 .C65 2002]

Theatrical directors: a biographical dictionary. [RR PN2205 .T54 1994]

The Cambridge history of British theatre. 3v. [RR PN2581 .C36 2004]

The Cambridge history of American theatre. 3v. [RR PN2221 .C37 1998]

Other noteworthy titles of reference nature, but shelved in the stacks:

The Elizabethan stage. 4v. [PN2589 .C4] Good source of information on a particular actor or play, with the cutoff date of 1616.

The Jacobean and Caroline stage. 7v. [PN2592 .B4] Pertinent to the stage for the period of 1616-1642.

Shakespeare in production series. [Call numbers vary with individual titles. Each contains "a comprehensive dossier of materials - eye-witness accounts, contemporary criticism, promptbook marginalia, etc."]

For Shakespeare on Film, see:

Walking shadows: Shakespeare in the National Film and Television Archive. [RR PR3093 .W35 1994]

The encyclopedia of stage plays into film. [RR PN1997.85 .T544 2001]

CATALOGS

Bridge catalogs resources available at St. Olaf and Carleton libraries. Use Bridge to search for books and periodicals, but not chapters within books or articles within periodicals.

You may search Bridge by Title, Author, Keyword or Subject. Try combining relevant terms or concepts in Keyword search to focus your search [e.g. "shakespeare*" AND film* AND adapt*]. Use asterisk (*) to truncate words (e.g.adapt* will retrieve adapt, adaptation, adaptations, etc.)

Make use of subject links provided by the catalog. Some useful subjects to explore include:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Dramatic production.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Film and video adaptations.

You may request materials housed at Carleton directly from Bridge by clicking on the "Request" button.

WorldCat is a catalog for libraries around the world, including most libraries in the United States. You may request materials from WorldCat through Interlibrary Loan, just remember to plan ahead!

INDEXES AND DATABASES

Unlike our on-line catalog, which searches for journal titles and book titles, indexes and databases allow you to search for articles within journals, essays within books, or conference papers within proceedings. Some indexes and databases are interdisciplinary, i.e. they include sources from many different disciplines or fields, some are disciplinary, i.e. specialized in a particular discipline. Information on all of the indexes is available from the Libraries' Home Page, under " Electronic Research Tools. ..."

Indexes and databases below will take you to many authoritative journals on Shakespeare studies, such as English Literary History (ELH), Shakespeare Quarterly, Shakespeare Quarterly. Bibliography, Shakespeare Studies, or Shakespeare in Southern Africa, Shakespeare Survey [annual, shelved with books, PR2888 .C35 ], to name a few.

A number of journals not specifically focused on Shakespeare, such as Studies in Philology, Studies in English Literature, or English Literary Renaissance, include substantial coverage on the Bard.

INERDISCIPLINARY
(All below cover subjects pertaining to literary studies and performing arts, among other topics.)

Academic Search Premier -- A multidisciplinary database with access to over 8040 scholarly and popular publications, many in full-text. Covers 1975 to present.

JSTOR -- A multidisciplinary index to and full text of select, academic journals.

Project Muse -- An index to and full text of journals published by Johns Hopkins University Press and other scholarly publishers.

Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance -- An index to books and journals in all areas of medieval and Renaissance studies (400-1700) since 1842.

SUBJECT SPECIFIC

Literature:

MLA International Bibliography -- The major index to literature journals. Also covers dissertations, proceedings, and articles in books. Subjects include literature, folklore, languages, and linguistics. Covers 1963-present.

EEBO: Early English Books Online -- EEBO "contains digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700."

Fine Arts/Film:

International Index to the Performing Arts -- Indexes approximately 140 periodicals as well as articles and obituaries from The New York Times and The Washington Post.

Theatre in Video -- Theatre in Video contains more than 250 definitive performances of the world's leading plays, together with more than 100 film documentaries, online in streaming video - more than 500 hours in all.

Film and Television Literature Index in Full Text -- Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text is the definitive online tool for film and television research. Subject coverage includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews.

Film literature index. Annual. [RR PN1993 .F45] Also available on-line at Film Literature Index.

International Bibliography of Theatre. An index to articles in theater periodicals. Print only. [RR RR PN1561 .I55; 1982-present]

International index to film periodicals. Annual. Print only. [RR PN1993 .I5]

History:

Historical Abstracts -- An index to history journals, books, and dissertations. Excludes articles on North America (see its companion, America History & Life). Covers material published from 1955 to the present written about the time period 1450 to the present.

NEWSPAPERS
(Many will provide production reviews and interviews with actors and directors)

LexisNexis Academic -- Provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information. Excellent source for full-text articles in national and international newspapers.

New York Times (1851 - 2003) -- Offers "full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue."

INTERLIBRARY LOAN

Any item not owned by St. Olaf may be ordered through Interlibrary Loan (ILL) provided you plan ahead to allow enough time for delivery.

RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET

A few primary resources on the Web :

Treasures in Full: Shakespeare in Quarto
"On this site you will find the British Library’s 93 copies of the 21 plays by William Shakespeare printed in quarto before the theatres were closed in 1642."

Shakespeare Illustrated
"This site explores 'nineteenth-century paintings, criticism and productions of Shakespeare's plays and their influences on one another.' Browse a list of more than 100 artists or a catalog of plays and associated paintings. All paintings give at least the date, size, and medium, and many feature annotations."

Designing Shakespeare
From Performing Arts Collection at University of Glasgow. Includes "photographs, cast lists, reviews and interviews from of Shakespearian performance in London and Stratford."

The English Renaissance in Context
"The English Renaissance in Context (ERIC) is a NEH-funded project designed to provide scholars and students at a variety of levels with access to major texts of the English Renaissance in their original versions."From the University of Pennsylvania Library.

The English Broadside Ballad Archive
"EBBA is dedicated to mounting online surviving early ballads printed in English, with priority given to black-letter broadsides of the seventeenth century—the heyday of the printed broadside ballad."

Refereed journals on the Internet:

Connotations: A Journal of Critical Debate [http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/connotations/start.htm] --" Connotations wants to encourage scholarly communication in the field of English Literature (from the Middle English period to the present). It is an international, refereed journal which focuses on the semantic and stylistic energy of the language of literature in a historical perspective and aims to represent different approaches. "

Early Modern Literary Studies -- [http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/emls/emlshome.html] "E-journal covering English literature, literary culture, and language during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries."

CITATION

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers Rolvaag Reference Room [RR LB2369. G53]

Citation Guide from Purdue University by Jennifer Liethen Kunka and Joe Barbato. Provides examples and explanations of in-text citations and works cited in MLA format.

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