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**Shakespeare Research Project**
 * To view this assignment, click here: [[file:Shakespeare Research Project.pdf]]**

Books
Some helpful books on this topic are available on **reserve** in the Uni High Library. You can also find materials by and about Shakespeare in the **822.33** area of our reference collect ion and our stacks. To use the [|online catalog] to find book-length criticism, do a **Subject Heading** search on **Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616**, followed by the name of the play. For example: **Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Hamlet**

Two helpful books are available electronically. Click on the following links to access them (if you link from home, you will be prompted to supply your NetID and password): [|Shakespeare's Histories] (edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom) [|Shakespeare's Romances] (edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom)

The Uni High Library has a number of books on **life in Shakespeare's time** in the **940.2** and **942.05 - 942.055** call number areas. We also have the following **reference books**, which provide useful background information on Elizabethan England and the European Renaissance:


 * Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life: 17th and 18th Centuries || **R Q.390 G856 v.4** ||
 * All Things Shakespearean || **R 822.33 Go182** ||
 * European Renaissance and Reformation || **R Q.940.21Eu742** ||
 * The Panorama of the Renaissance || **R Q.940.21P194** ||
 * Handbook to Life in Renaissance Europe || **R 940.21 Si37h** ||
 * Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethan World || **R 942.05503 W125h** ||

To find books in all campus libraries, search the [|UIUC Online Catalog]. Be sure to use the Library of Congress subject headings for your topic. The list of **subject headings** below is a great place to start and will direct you to information on everyday life in Elizabethan England, as well as information about the plagues, medicine, economy, literature and culture, social relations, crime, geography, architecture, politics, religion, drama, education, and prominent figures of the time.

Copy and paste these headings into the search field and choose **Subject**.


 * London (England)--Social life and customs--16th century**
 * London (England)--History--16th century**
 * Great Britain--History--Elizabeth, 1558-1603--Sources**
 * England--Social conditions--16th century**
 * Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603**
 * English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600**
 * Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Contemporaries**
 * Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Knowledge and learning**
 * Education--England--History**
 * Elizabethan architecture--England**

If you are searching for information on a very **specific topic**, try preceding your topic term with the word **Elizabethan** in an Any Word Anywhere search, e.g., Elizabethan music, Elizabethan education, etc. Other terms to remember: **Tudor Society** and **Renaissance**. When you find a useful book, click on other subject headings listed in the book record to find similar books.

Websites
[|ipl2] ipl2 is the result of a merger of the Internet Public Library (IPL) and the Librarians' Internet Index (LII). This site links to librarian-recommended websites. There are several on life in Elizabethan England.

[|The Life and Times of Queen Elizabeth I, 1533-1603] This detailed site contains information about the major events of Queen Elizabeth's reign, and the status of women, the church, and the structure of the government.

[|Shakespeare Life and Times] This annotated guide to scholarly Shakespeare resources on the Internet will lead you to sites on Elizabethan England.

[|In Search of Shakespeare] Search this PBS site for background information on Shakespeare's time. Click on the For Educators link to learn about what has been done with Shakespeare on film. Use the interactive map in the Locations section to explore places in England that Shakespeare knew.

Journal articles
If you search these databases from home, you will be prompted to supply your NetID and password.

Shakespeare Quarterly To access articles in this journal from 1950-2001, use JSTOR. To access articles in this journal from 2001-present, use Project Muse.

The [|MLA (Modern Language Association) Bibliography] indexes literary criticism from 1963 to the present. Note that it is **not** a full-text resource. Once you find a promising citation, click on the link that will take you to a search in the [|online catalog] or to full text that might be available through another database. You can also try a search for the journal title from the Online Journals & Databases page of the University Library.

JSTOR searches **full-text** for backfile articles and reviews in over 130 multi-disciplinary journals. See Project Muse (see below) for more recent articles.

Project Muse searches **full-text** in over 150 journals supplied by 10 university presses. Click on the //search// button to start your search. Muse works well for more recent periodical issues, while JSTOR (see above) reproduces older volumes.

World Shakespeare Bibliography Online provides annotated entries for research and criticism on Shakespeare produced between 1971 and early 2002. Note that it is **not** a full-text resource. Once you find a promising citation, you'll have to do a search in the [|online catalog] for book and journal titles. You can also try a search for the journal title from the Online Journals & Databases page of the University Library.

[|Early Modern Culture: An Online Seminar] Unfortunately, this online journal is not searchable, but you can browse though the different issues and find articles that are relevant to this project.

Finally, consider the general periodical databases that are linked to from [|the Library's home page]. Your best bets are Ebsco's Academic Search Premier, Infotrac's Academic OneFile and Infotrac's Expanded Academic ASAP.

Reference sources
If you search these resources from home, you will be prompted to supply your NetID and password.

Magill OnLiterature is a definitive online source for editorially reviewed critical analyses. It also includes brief plot summaries of the most studied works in the history of literature.

Literature Criticism Online is a digitized collection of ten Gale series solely comprised of literary criticism. These series include the following topics: contemporary literature, 20th century lit., 19th century lit., Shakespeare, literature from 1400-1800, classical and medieval lit., poetry, short stories, drama, and children's literature. Entries are viewed in a reader embedded in the browser (akin to reading the print version) or can be downloaded as PDF files.

Literature Resource Center identifies biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. Coverage of more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors. This database only allows 4 simultaneous users.

Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

The [|English Library] on the third floor of the Main Library has a great variety of reference sources that can help you complete this project. Check their website of [|online reference sources] for additional possibilities.

Finally...
Create your annotated bibliography using the Advanced MLA format on [|NoodleBib]. Or, do it yourself, consulting our MLA style guide.