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Barnard Library Research GuideBC3998
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This guide is intended as a starting point in your research; the databases and reference tools listed here are a selective list. Always remember that you can ask for assistance at the Barnard Reference Desk at any point in your research, and you can always request a consultation. |
| Dictionaries & Encyclopedias |
Finding Criticism Using CLIO | |
Encyclopedia of European social history
from 1350 to 2000
BARNARD REFERENCE HN373
.E63 2001
Encyclopedia of the Renaissance
BARNARD REFERENCE CB361 .E52 1999
Shakespeare A to Z : the essential reference to
his plays, his poems, his life and times, and more
BARNARD REFERENCE PR2892 .B69 1990
Shakespeare-lexicon : a complete dictionary of
all the English words, phrases and constructions in the works of the poet
BARNARD REFERENCE PR2892 .S4 1902
Shakespeare's world and work : an encyclopedia for students
BARNARD REFERENCE PR2892 .S56 2001
Useful if you're still casting about for a topic, and you're not necessarily
looking at a specific play yet.
Who's who in Shakespeare's England
BARNARD REFERENCE PR2910 .P3 1999
William Shakespeare : his world, his work, his
influence
BARNARD REFERENCE PR2976 .W5354 1985
A three-volume set providing overview essays on the world during
Shakespeare's time, his plays, and how he has influenced others.
Finding Criticism about the plays
Using CLIO
| To search for books about Shakespeare (biographies, criticism, information about adaptations of his plays into films, etc.), use: | |
| s=Shakespeare,
William (telnet version) In CLIO on the Web use Basic Searching and click Subject. You can also search for books about specific works or characters with a subject search in CLIO. s=Othello
(telnet version) s=Lear
King Legendary Character (telnet version) |
 Connect to CLIO |
To find published bibliographies that will cite articles and books about Shakespeare try a keyword search in CLIO, specifying that the terms shakespeare and bibliography are in the Library of Congress Subject Headings.
Example:
k=shakespeare.su.
bibliography.su. (telnet version)
In telnet CLIO you must place .su. [dot su dot] directly after each word
to force CLIO to retrieve only those items with those terms in the subject headings.
In CLIO
on the Web use Advanced Searching and choose Subject from the
pull-down menu.
Shakespearean criticism
BARNARD REFERENCE PR2965 .S43
This set reprints excerpts of criticism from the 16th century to current
day. The set is an easy way to compile citations to articles and reviews; it also provides
an overview of how scholarship has changed over time concerning Shakespeare. A wonderful
starting place if you know what play you are working on, but haven't decided what specific
aspect you want to investigate. The index in the last volume points you to the volumes
containing information about your play/topic.
Other bibliographies available in Barnard Reference
The American Historical Association's guide to
historical literature
BARNARD REFERENCE D20 .A55 1995g
A listing of "best books" that covers all aspects of history
(political, social, intellectual, and military). An excellent starting place if you need a
couple of background books about England in the 16th century...
The essential Shakespeare : an annotated
bibliography of major modern studies
BARNARD REFERENCE PR2894 .C53 1993g
Shakespeare
BARNARD REFERENCE PR2894 .B48 1978g
Although dated (published in 1978) this is still a very useful and unique
bibliography. Arranged by topic, it provides citations to social/historical/philosophical
works, textual criticism, and criticisms of specific plays. Best of all, for each play it
often has a section devoted to works about specific characters, or particular scenes, or
language and imagery.
Shakespeare, a bibliographical guide
BARNARD REFERENCE PR2894 .S5 1990g
Bibliographic essays; includes an essay about Shakespeare in Performance
and essays about specific plays, including The Problem Plays, Othello, King Lear,
etc.
Shakespeare : an annotated bibliography
BARNARD REFERENCE PR2894 .R66 1992g
Shakespeare and feminist criticism : an annotated
bibliography and commentary
BARNARD REFERENCE PR2965 .K76 1991g
Shakespeare and minorities : an annotated bibliography,
1970-2000
BARNARD REFERENCE PR2992 .K84 2001g
Shakespeare's world : Renaissance intellectual
contexts : a selective, annotated guide, 1966-1971
BARNARD REFERENCE PR2910 .E38 1979g
This bibliography examines Shakespeare's "world of ideas"(p.ix).
Finding current scholarly articles and essays
ABELL (Annual Bibliography of English Literature and
Language)
see LION
Essay and General
Literature Index
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indexes/essay-gen-lit.html
Use to find essays published in anthologies.
Humanities
Abstracts
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indexes/humanities-abs.html
A good starting place since Barnard/Columbia will own most of the journals indexed
by Humanites Abstracts.
LION:
Literature Online
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indexes/lion.html
This includes an enormous number of electronic full-text writings (the texts),
including "Editions and Adaptations of Shakespeare (1591-1911)
Eleven major editions from the First Folio to the Cambridge edition of 1863-6, twenty-four
separate contemporary printings of individual plays, selected apocrypha and related works
and more than one hundred adaptations, sequels and burlesques from the seventeenth,
eighteenth and nineteenth centuries."
LION also connects to ABELL (Annual Bibliography of English Literature and Language). ABELL, like the MLA (below) provides citations to monographs, periodical articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews, collections of essays and doctoral dissertations published anywhere in the world from 1920 onwards. All aspects and periods of English literature are covered. In addition to citations, there are 60 journals which provide the full-text. To search ABELL, from the LION home page choose Search Secondary Sources. Use ABELL in conjunction with the MLA Bibliography for a thorough literature search.
MLA Bibliography
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indexes/mla-bibl.html
The index for literature. Consider limiting to English language
materials, since the MLA is international in coverage. The MLA indexes essays in books,
periodical literature, and dissertations. Some material indexed by the MLA may not be at
Columbia; consider checking NYPL or NYU's collections, or trying BorrowDirect or
InterLibrary Loan.
JSTOR
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indexes/jstor.html
Project
Muse
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indexes/muse.html
Shakespeare quarterly.
1950-1996 available through JSTOR
1988-current available through ProQuest
BUTLER STACKS PR2885 .S63
BARNARD PERIODICALS AREA
One issue of each volume (issue #5) is a bibliography of works published during
that year.
Shakespeare studies.
1997-current available in ProQuest
BUTLER STACKS PR2885 .S64
BUTLER STACKS 823SG Sh14
BARNARD PR2885 .S64
Shakespeare survey
BUTLER STACKS PR2888 .C3
MILSTEIN LIBRARY PR2888 .C3
BARNARD PR2888 .C3
Going Beyond the Barnard/Columbia Libraries
BorrowDirect
Students, faculty and staff of Columbia
University, the University of Pennsylvania, and YaleUniversity may request books directly
from each others' collections. Delivery of material usually takes less than one week. Use
for books not at Columbia, or if all copies at Columbia are checked out.
InterLibrary Loan
Obtain books and articles from other
libraries when they are not available at Columbia. This service can take 2-3 weeks for
delivery of the material.
NYPL's CATNYP
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indexes/catnyp.html
The NYPL Research Libraries are
non-circulating; if they say they have the book or journal, you should be able to find it
there. Give yourself plenty of time at the library, since material must be paged.
NYU's BobCat
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indexes/bobcat.html
Barnard and Columbia students can use
material at NYU's Bobst Library by showing a current id. Material may be used in the
Library only.
Current Columbia faculty, staff and students only.
Cynthia A. Johnson
Created 02/01
Updated 02/25/02
