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 Starting Points: Guide to Shakespeare
 REFERENCE BOOKS - Available for your use in the library, these books cannot be checked out.
R 822.33 Bar Concordance to Shakespeare  A verbal index to finding words, phrases and passages in the plays.  See also: The Home Book
 of Shakespeare Quotations - R 822.33 S and The Complete Dictionary of Shakespeare 
 Quotations
- R 822.33 Com.
 R  822.33 Boy Shakespeare A to Z  Some 3,000 entries on the life, works, actors, scholars, scene-by-scene synopses of all the plays. Also,
 the 3 volume William Shakespeare: His World, His Work, His Influence - R 822 33 Shakespeare. 
 R 822.33 Que Who’s Who in Shakespeare   Brief entries for every character in all of the plays.
 R 822.33 Sha Shakespeare for Students Introductions to, criticism of, and annotations of the plays.
R 822.33 Shakespeare The Norton Shakespeare   Liberal helpings of both the quarto and folio texts, essays, by-the-text glossary, footnotes and more.
FINDING BOOKS AND OTHER LIBRARY MATERIALS/ Dewey Decimal browsing numbers: 822.33
In addition to reference books, you may want to search for other books and materials (videos, audiobooks, etc.) on your topic. The best way to find good sources of information is to do a subject search in our Library catalog. You can access the Library’s online catalog from the Library or home by going to our Web page (www.wppl.org), then to Search Our Catalog.  A good subject search for this topic is Shakespeare.
eBOOKS
You may also want to check out the collection of thousands of online books (eBooks) the Library offers, located on the Web site www.netlibrary.com. Initially, you must open an account from Library computer terminals, but you will then be able to use the account from home as well.  See a reference librarian for more details.
FINDING ARTICLES
The following sources can be used to find magazine articles dealing with your topic:

· The Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature - Adult Reference R 050 R Search for articles on a subject within any given year.
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EBSCOhost and InfoTrac OneFile - Access from the Library or at home using your library card number at www.wppl.org.

Search for full text articles on these online databases using your choice of keywords. You can limit your search to a certain year or even a certain magazine.
WEBSITES
 About.com: Shakespeare Links to sites & articles about the plays, poems, authorship controversy, biography, criticism, festivals, FAQs & more.
 Bradley’s Shakespearean Tragedy A. C. Bradley’s 1905 classic study with links and a citation guide.
 The Complete Works All 37 plays easily accessible.
 IPL’s Shakespeare Criticism  Internet Public Library’s links to articles about, and to general Shakespeare criticism.
 Mr. William Shakespeare on the Internet  The plays and poems in various editions, biography, criticism, history, Shakespeare movies and more.
 Shakespeare Birthplace Trust  Dedicated to the preservation of Shakespeare's birth home and Stratford-upon-Avon.
 Shakespeare Concordance  It’s on the tip of your tongue. Find that quote with just a keyword or two. 
 Shakespeare Criticism  Hundreds of articles from scholarly journals about the plays.  Click on “Individual articles” for more.
 Shakespeare Online  Essays, criticisms, the plays, the poems, biography, glossary, quizzes and more.
 Shakespeare Oxford Society  Did Shakespeare write the works of Shakespeare?  Many think it was Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford. See
 also: The Shakespeare  Authorship Page, & Frontline’s The Shakespeare Mystery.    
 Shakespeare Resource Center  Play synopses, the Globe, authorship debate, biography, etc.


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