• Search Cornell

Library Research Guide for Shakespeare, English 127

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http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/eng127.html

Developing a Search Stategy
Print Resources Database Resources World Wide Web Resources
Search Engines/Subject Directories Research Help Reference Service Writing Help

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DEVELOPING A SEARCH STRATEGY

Search strategy is a library term for the process of finding information in a logical, step-by-step manner. Using a search strategy insures that you will find the information or material you need as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Research Steps:

1. Choose your topic
2. Find background information
3. Find books on your topic
4. Find periodical articles
5. Cite your sources

For online help using on library research strategy and using library resources, try using Library Research, a Hypertext Guide - online, hypertext-based tutorial on library research.

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PRINT RESOURCES

Please refer to the Shakespeare Reference bibliography handed out during the library session.
Also: Reference Sources on English Literature

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DATABASE RESOURCES

• Cornell Library Gateway
• Cornell Library Catalog (and linked indexes)
• Periodical Abstracts (Web version) ~ MLA Bibliography (Web version) ~ Humanities Abstracts ~ Periodical Contents Index

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WORLD WIDE WEB RESOURCES

Elizabethan Britain

• Elizabethan Costume ~ Elizabethan Curse Generator ~ Study Guide for Elizabethan-Jacobean England ~ Proper Elizabethan Pronunciation

Directories of Shakespeare Web Sites

• Yahoo's Shakespeare Links ~ Shakespeare & the Internet (Scholarly Sites)

Shakespeare's Texts

• Complete Works of William Shakespeare (MIT) ~ Works of the Bard (search engine for the complete writings)

Shakespeare in Art & Language

• Shakespeare Illustrated ~ Coined by Shakespeare (The Bard's influence on the language)

Shakespeare's Life and Haunts

• The Shakespeare Mystery (from the PBS documentary) ~ Shakespeare & the Globe Theatre ~ Shakespeare Birthplace Trust (Stratford-on-Avon)

Online Journals

• Shakespeare Magazine ~ Early Modern English Studies

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INTERNET SEARCH ENGINES AND SUBJECT DIRECTORIES

• Search the Internet

• Internet Subject Guides

• Yahoo's Electronic Reference Desk

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RESEARCH HELP ONLINE

• The Reference Home Page at O*K*U Libraries

• Library Research at Cornell: A Hypertext Guide

• Library Vocabulary: Definitions of Library Terms

Citing Sources

• MLA for print sources

• MLA for Internet sources

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REFERENCE HELP IN PERSON

• Reference Desk Schedules in Olin and Uris Libraries

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WRITING HELP

Writing and Grammar:

• Getting Started on Writing: Tips from Purdue's Writing Center

• Grammar and Style Notes from Jack Lynch

Online Dictionary for Definitions and Spelling:

• Merriam-Webster's 10th Collegiate Dictionary

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Reference Home Page

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Revised February 10, 1998
Fred Muratori, fmm1@cornell.edu
Reference Services Division, Olin*Kroch*Uris Libraries
Cornell University Library
URL: http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/eng127.html

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