Shakespeare in Winter
English 635

How to Find:
Books | Journal Articles | Web Sites | Citing Sources

FINDING BOOKS ON SHAKESPEARE

Using Catalogs to locate books:

1.) Ariadne

• Search by Keyword
• Find and Use Subject Headings
• Browse the shelves by Call Number

2.) MeLCat

• Search by Keyword
• Find and Use Subject Headings
• About MeLCat

3.) WestCat - Western Michigan's catalog

• Search by Keyword
• Find and Use Subject Headings
• Browse the shelves by Call Number
• Waldo Library: Hours and How to get to Western

4.) WorldCat and 5.) Interlibrary Loan

• Search by Keyword
• Find and Use Subject Headings
• Order item through Interlibrary Loan when item is not available through Ariadne or MeLCat

See the English Research Guide on Finding Books.

Sample Subject Headings

Shakespeare William 1564 1616 Othello
Shakespeare William 1564 1616 Merchant Of Venice
Shakespeare William 1564 1616 Criticism And Interpretation
Shakespeare William 1564 1616 Film And Video Adaptations

See also: Library of Congress Classification...

Guides, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

• The essential Shakespeare : an annotated bibliography of major modern studies, PR2894 .C36, Reference
• Shakespeare : an annotated bibliography, Z8811 .R68 1992, Reference
• Shakespeare and feminist criticism : an annotated bibliography and commentary, Z8811 .K76 1992, Reference
• Shakespeare the playwright : a companion to the complete tragedies, histories, comedies, and romances, PR2976 .C27 1991, Reference
• Shakespeare : a study and research guide, Z8811 .B44 1987, Reference
• Shakespeare, a selective bibliography of modern criticism, Z8811 .W85 1988, Reference
• Shakespeare A to Z : the essential reference to his plays, his poems, his life and times, and more, PR2892 .B69 1990, Reference
• Shakespeare on screen : an international filmography and videography, PR3093 .R68 1990, Reference
• Shakespeare : a bibliographical guide, Z8811 .S5 1990, Reference

Circulating Collection

• Shakespeare in the theatre : an anthology of criticism, PR3091 .S365 1997
• Shakespeare's theory of drama, PR2986 .K54 1996
• Women's worlds in Shakespeare's plays, PR2991 .D26 1996
• Impersonations : the performance of gender in Shakespeare's England, PR3095 .O74 1996
• Shakespearean performance as interpretation, PR3091 .C68 1992
• Shakespeare reread : the texts in new contexts, PR2976 .S3383 1994
• The Matter of difference : materialist feminist criticism of Shakespeare, PR658.W6 M3 1991
• Rewriting Shakespeare, rewriting ourselves , PR2971.U6 E75 1992

Links to works in the circulating books in Ariadne:

Hamlet
Macbeth
Merchant of Venice
Midsummer Nights Dream
Much Ado About Nothing
Othello
King Richard II
Shakespeare William 1564 1616 Film And Video Adaptations

FINDING JOURNAL ARTICLES

Locating Periodical Articles on Literature

What Journals does the Library Own?

• In paper - Check Ariadne - search on your discipline or subject area, and in Step 2, limit the location to "Periodicals"
  • Or - Search Ariadne for a specific journal - enter the journal title into the Ariadne Title Search
• Online - Check Online Journals at K - to find out what online journals the Library subscribes to

See the English Research Guide: Using Indexes and Databases to help select an Index.

MLA Bibliography < about >
The Modern Language Association International Bibliography indexes 3,000 English language and foreign periodicals as well as books, book chapters, and dissertations. Its subject matter includes critical works on literature, language, linguistics, and folklore. Reviews of literary and scholarly works are not included. There are no abstracts. Dates Covered: 1963 - Present.
Included Titles:

Arts and Humanities Search < about >
Arts & Humanities Citation Index is a multidisciplinary index to more than 1,100 journals spanning 25 disciplines. Records referencing many of the world's leading arts and humanities journals. Includes all aspects of visual and performing arts plus humanities. Dates Covered: 1980 - Present.
Included titles:

Historical Abstracts < about >
Historical Abstracts is a complete reference guide to the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life). Published since 1954. Access through ABC-CLIO.
Included titles:

Humanities Abstracts < about >
Humanities Abstracts is a bibliographic database that covers English language periodicals in the diverse subject areas of the humanities. Humanities Abstracts offers detailed abstracts describing the content and scope of source articles.
Coverage: Indexing - 1984 - present; Abstracting - 1994 - present.
Included titles:

Which index includes the journal I'm looking for?

• Periodical titles in FirstSearch indexes and databases
• Ulrich's Periodicals Directory < about >

Do you have access to a journal?  

1.) Ariadne (print)

• Title search on Title of the Journal to locate print journal

2.) Online Journals at K

• Title search on Title of the Journal to locate article in a Full Text Database

3.) WestCat - Western Michigan's catalog

• Title search on Title of the Journal
• Waldo Library - Hours and How to get to Western

4.) Interlibrary Loan

• Order item through Interlibrary Loan
  
• Use *only* when the journal is not available through Ariadne or Online Journals at K

Scholarly or Not?
Use Ulrich's Periodicals Directory (Ref. Desk Z6941 .U5)
Look for section called "Document Type"
Document Type MUST say "Academic/Scholarly Publication" to be considered scholarly!

FINDING JOURNAL ARTICLES IN FULL-TEXT RESOURCES

Advanced Search Help

Off-Campus Access to Licensed Resources

Online Journals at K

Wilson Select Plus < about >
Contains indexed and abstracted articles from periodicals, all with ASCII full text online. The database is comprised of records from the following H.W. Wilson databases: Readers' Guide Abstracts, Social Sciences Abstracts, Humanities Abstracts, General Science Abstracts and Wilson Business Abstracts.
(Please note that each periodical can begin on a different month and year.)
Dates Covered 1994-present.

Project Muse < about >
Project MUSE was launched in 1995 by the Johns Hopkins University Press, in collaboration with the Milton S. Eisenhower Library at Johns Hopkins University, to offer the full text of JHUP scholarly journals via the world wide web. In general, Literary Theory & American Studies journals begin with the 1995 volume, while most others start with 1996.
Included Journals:

JSTOR < about >
JSTOR includes the complete runs of 117 important journal titles in 15 disciplines, with 112 journals currently available. JSTOR's focus is on becoming a trusted archive and does not publish current issues of the journals. JSTOR has established a lag period, called the moving wall, that defines the point at which the JSTOR archive stops, and "current" issues start. In some cases, the moving wall is three years (meaning the last issue available in the JSTOR archive would be one published three years ago); in other cases it is five years.
Included Journals:

WEB SITES

Shakespeare Quarterly (Tables of Contents from 1995-1999)

Use these points to evaluate the credibility of Websites:

1. Accuracy
How reliable is the information? Are there editors and fact checkers?
2. Authority
What are the author's qualifications? Is the publisher reputable?
3. Objectivity
Is the author trying to sway opinion? Is the information free from bias?
4. Currency
Is the publication date indicated? Is the source up to date?
5. Coverage
Does the site cover the topic comprehensively, or are there information gaps?

Sites that provide guidance on evaluating Websites:

• Evaluating Web Resources
  Widener University Library
• Evaluating Information Found on the Internet
  Johns Hopkins University Library
• The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, or Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Resources
  New Mexico State University Library
• Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources
  UCLA College Library

CITING YOUR SOURCES

See: How to Cite Sources

Examples of Citations in the MLA Format:

Book citation:

Journal Citation:

Chapter in a Book:

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
5th ed., New York : Modern Language Association of America, 1999.
Reference, LB2369 .G53 1999.

MLA Style
From The University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center.