Library Resources for WR150:  Shakespeare's Dramas

SUBJECT HEADINGS.

Subject headings for locating books in the Boston University online Catalog include the following:

  • Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 King Richard III
  • Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Encyclopedias
  • Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Dramatic production
  • Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Film and video adaptations
  • Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Stage history
  • Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Encyclopedias
  • Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Titus Andronicus

REFERENCE WORKS.

All things Shakespeare : an encyclopedia of Shakespeare's world.
Mugar Ref.
X PQ4038 .C35 1996

Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the criticism of William Shakespeare's plays and poetry.
Mugar Ref. XPR2965  .S43

INDEXES AND DATABASES

Shakespeare Survey
A superb online yearbook of Shakespeare studies and production, this database also contains numerous illustrations offering a variety of Shakespearean images and production photographs.

JSTOR

An outstanding collection of full-text articles from scholarly journals in the social sciences, humanities and sciences.

MLA Bibliography
The pre-eminent database for literature and literary criticism; some full-text access to journal articles.

Humanities Fulltext
A very useful source for finding articles in a wide variety of humanist disciplines.  Please note: despite the name,
it is not all full-text.

LION: Literature Online
Provides access to full-text poetry, drama (including Shakespeare) and other literary works; also contains links to citations and full-text articles published in literary criticism and other journals.


ADDITIONAL LINKS.

Grammar and Citation Guides

Donald Altschiller, Mugar Memorial Library 2/6/09

http://www.bu.edu/library/instruction/shakespeare.html

 

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