Reference books are a good place to start...

Oxford Companion to Shakespeare  Ref. PR 2892 .O94 2001
The Plays of Shakespeare: A Thematic Guide  Ref. PR 2987 .C28 2001
The Reader’s Encyclopedia of Shakespeare Ref. PR 2892 .C3
Rough Guide to Shakespeare Ref. PR2976 .D52 2005
Shakespeare Ref. PR 2894 .S38 1998
Shakespeare: An Oxford Guide Ref. PR 2976 .S333 2003
Shakespeare’s Characters for Students  Ref. PR 2989 .S53 1997
Shakespearean Criticism Ref. PR 2965 .S43 Multivolume set
William Shakespeare: His World, His Work, His Influence Ref. PR 2976 .W5354 1985 Three volumes

To search for books...

Library catalog: UNICORN
        Suggested subject terms:  shakespeare, william
        Suggested keyword terms: hamlet, midsummer night's dream

Full text books online: eBooks

Online Encyclopedias

To search for journal, magazine and newspaper articles...
Note - Off campus users should access using the A-Z database list

Gale Database journal, magazine and newspaper articles)
Literary Criticism (links to databases with literary criticism, literary works, author biographies)
 

Internet sites...

Internet Public Library--Online Literary Criticism Collection
http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/
Links to critical and biographical Web sites about US and British literary works.

Internet Shakespeare Edition
http://ise.uvic.ca/index.html 
Information about Shakespeare's plays and poems; also includes likes to other Shakespeare sites.

Treasures in Full: Shakespeare in Quarto
http://www.bl.uk/treasures/shakespeare/homepage.html 
Site by British Library has copies of  Shakespeare's plays printed in quarto.

Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu
An annotated guide to Shakespeare resources on the Internet.

Absolute Shakespeare
http://absoluteshakespeare.com
Includes texts of Shakespeare's poems and plays. Also includes teaching resources and information about Shakespeare and his writing.

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