English 345: Shakespeare

Resource Guide

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Finding Books

Using the Library Catalog (I-Share)

The I-Share Online Catalog is the library's book catalog. "Browse Subject" is one of the best ways to find book compilations of author-specific literary criticism.

  • Sample Browse Subject terms (Library of Congress Subject Headings):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616-- Criticism and interpretation

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616-- (insert title of play here)

  • If you can't find what you're looking for at our library, click on "I-Share Catalog " at the top of the page, to use our shared catalog, which searches 70 Illinois libraries. Once you find a book, you can order it from these other libraries by clicking on the "Renew Books/My Account" link at the top of the page and entering your ID# (your Jaypass barcode number).

  • If you find books that you need to order, do so as soon as possible! They take a while to come in (7-10 days).

 

Finding Scholarly Articles in our Databases

 

  • MLA International Bibliography ~comprehensive international database with critical journal articles, dissertations, and books. Linked full text available.
  • Literature Criticism Online ~ Search for full-text articles in Gale's Shakespearean Criticism (SC) series.

  • Gale's Literature Resource Center ~excellent in-depth information about authors, including critical articles, biographies, and related websites. All full text

  • Project Muse ~full text of over 200 humanities and the social sciences journals articles, from 1996 to the present (including the journal Eighteenth-Century Studies).

  • JSTOR ~ JSTOR collects titles across several dicisplines, but does not generally carry the most recent years of journal runs. Use the "Advanced Search" funtion and select particular journal discipline areas (such as "Language and Literature") to narrow your searches. All full text.

How to find full text from an article citation in our databases

If...you don't see an option like "HTML Full Text" or "PDF Full Text" next to the article citation-
Then...look for , or , or "Find this resource with SFX." Clicking on this option will open a new window.



If you see an "Online Full Text" option available, clicking on "Go" will take you to the full text.



If you don't see the "Online Full Text" option, then you can see if  we own the journal in print by clicking on the "We may own this" option, or order the article by clicking on the "Request this item through Interlibrary Loan" link.

     

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Internet Resources

These sites are best used as starting points to help you find general information about your author, as well as online full-text publications, essays and articles. These sites also have links to other related web sites. Note: online web sites and e-journals must be reviewed as to content, accuracy and authority.

 

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Evaluating & Citing Internet Resources

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This page was last updated 3/10/2008 by J. Hill, librarian, Elmhurst College