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Finding a Play or Poem

• Library Catalog
To find a particular poem or play by Shakespeare in the library catalog, do an author search. His sonnets will probably be found in an anthology of his work or in a collection of poetry. His plays may be searched by author or title.
• Granger’s Index to Poetry (R PN 1022 .G7 1994)
• LitFinder
This online database offers searches in over 8,000 sources by author, title, first and last lines, and subjects.

Reference Material

• Pegasus Shakespeare Bibliographies (Cataloged individually in Reference; check the library catalog for the call number)
• A Glossary of Shakespeare’s Sexual Language (R PR 2892 .M55 1997)
• All Things Shakespeare: An Encyclopedia of Shakespeare’s World (R PR 2892 .O56 2002)
• Shakespeare for Students (R PR 2987 .S47 1992)
• Shakespeare’s Characters for Students (R PR 2989 .S53 1997)

Sources of Criticism

Books

• Library Catalog
To find books with criticism on a particular Shakespearean work, search the catalog using a Words or Phrase or Subject search. Terms to put into the search box include: Shakespeare or the title of the play and criticism or critical analysis. To find bibliographies, use the terms Shakespeare and Bibliography.
• Essay and General Literature Index (R AI .E752)
• Pegasus Shakespeare Bibliographies (See the above section)
• Shakespeare for Students (R PR 2987 .S47 1992)
• Shakespeare’s Characters for Students (R PR 2989 .S53 1997)

Online Resources

Online resources include online journals, websites, periodical indexes and databases (which may contain full-text articles) and electronic books (listed in the library catalog). The online resources may be accessed through the UAH Library Homepage. Click on the
Online Databases link to search the contents of journals or click on the Journals link to find specific journal titles.

• MLA International Bibliography
• Literature Resource Center
• Oxford University Press Journals
• Project Muse
• JSTOR
• Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages & Renaissance
• Academic Search Premier
• Expanded Academic Index
• Web of Science (includes Arts & Humanities Citation Index)

Super Search

With Super Search the user can search multiple databases with one search. An example of a multiple search is Google, but unlike Google, searching with Super Search results in only academic results.

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