ENGL 1127: Shakespeare  Tags: shakespeare english_literature theater linguistics_language_literature  

Use Google for quick checks on spelling and definitions.

(e.g. define bodkin of def bodkin)

For more detailed analysis, use the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).

Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, 2000-.

Olin Library Reference PE1625 .M98 1989 (v.1-20); Uris Library Reference PE1625 .M98 1989 (v.1-20)

The OED presents in alphabetical series the words that have formed the English vocabulary from the time of the earliest records down to the present day, with all the relevant facts concerning their form, sense-history, pronunciation, and etymology.

Early English Books Online. (EEBO) Ann Arbor, MI: Bell & Howell Information and Learning, 1999-.

Editions and Adaptations of Shakespeare. Chadwyck-Healey Ltd., 1997-1999.

Literature Online (LION). Alexandria, VA: Chadwyck-Healey, Inc., c1999-.

A full-text collection of poetry, drama, and prose with complementary references sources. Includes articles, monographs, and dissertations from the Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature; full-text articles from literary journals (with links to JSTOR journals); and biographical information on widely studied authors.

 

World Shakespeare Bibliography Online. Baltimore, MD: Published for the Folger Shakespeare Library by The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999- .

The World Shakespeare Bibliography Online is a searchable electronic database consisting of the most comprehensive record of Shakespeare-related scholarship and theatrical productions published or produced worldwide between 1962 and 2007. Containing over 113,100 annotated entries, this collected information is an essential tool for anyone engaged in research on Shakespeare or early modern England.