ENGL 1127.104: Writing About Shakespeare  Tags: shakespeare english_literature theater  

Tip 1: Your first seach should be a very general keyword search.

Tip 2: •Never use a, an, or the when searching for a title.

Tip 3: Always use the long view to review subject headings.

Tip 4: If a record says "networked resource" it is usually available online.

Tip 5: Always pay attention to the call numbers and note whether the material is shelved in the regular, oversized (+), or double oversized (++) sections.

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The Library Catalog contains records for holdings in all campus libraries: books, journals, visual media, maps, music scores, archival material, etc.  It does NOT contain records for individual articles in journals (use periodical databases to find those). Material is cataloged by subject using Library of Congress Classification, and records contain LC Subject Headings to describe content.  You can use the Subject Search in the Catalog for particular headings.  Useful subject headings for this class include:

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM 1564-1616
SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM 1564-1616--FILM AND VIDEO ADAPTATIONS
SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM 1564-1616--DRAMATIC PRODUCTION
SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM 1564-1616--STAGE HISTORY
SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM 1564-1616. MERCHANT OF VENICE
SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM 1564-1616--BIBLIOGRAPHIES
ENGLISH DRAMA--EARLY MODERN AND ELIZABETHAN
ENGLAND--CIVILIZATION--16TH CENTURY

You can also find books on a particular subject by browsing the library stacks in the area in which the Library of Congress Classification number for that subject is shelved. Works by and about Shakespeare are classed from PR 2750 through PR 3112.