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There are four basic ways to search the BISON Catalog:

Keywords (use the Boolean operator "AND" to connect key terms)
Sample search: hamlet and criticism

Title begins with… (omit initial articles such as ‘the' and ‘a')
Sample search: Cambridge companion to Shakespeare on film

Subject begins with… (use Library of Congress subject headings)
Sample search: shakespeare , william ,  1564-1616  --  adaptations

Author (last name, first)
sample search: bono , barbara

To browse in the book or reference collections for titles focusing on Shakespeare, look for call numbers within the range: PR 2750+

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	All Things Shakespeare: An Encyclopedia of Shakespeare's World LOCKWOOD LIBRARY / Reference: PR2892 .O56 2002
	The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare Studies LOCKWOOD LIBRARY / Reference: PR2976 .C29 19
	A Companion to Shakespeare's Works LOCKWOOD LIBRARY / Reference: PR2976 .C572 2006
	Dictionary of the Characters and Proper Names in the Works of Shakespeare LOCKWOOD LIBRARY / Book Collection: PR2892 .S76
	Dictionary of Shakespeare CAPEN LIBRARY/Reference: PR 2892. M398 2000
	The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare LOCKWOOD LIBRARY / Book Collection: PR2892 .O94 2001
	Oxford English Dictionary (OED) http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/oed.html
	Pronouncing Shakespearean Words LOCKWOOD LIBRARY / Book Collection: PR3081 .C87 1998
	The Riverside Shakespeare LOCKWOOD LIBRARY / Book Collection: PR2754 .E9 1997
	Shakespeare A to Z LOCKWOOD LIBRARY / Reference: PR2892 .B69 1990
	Shakespeare: A Study and Research Guide LOCKWOOD LIBRARY / Book Collection: PR2894 .B4 1987
	Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary; a Complete Dictionary of all the English Words, Phrases, and Constructions in the Works of the Poet LOCKWOOD LIBRARY / Book Collection: PR2892 .S4 1971
	The Shakespeare Name Dictionary LOCKWOOD LIBRARY / Reference: PR2892 .D33 1995
	A Shakespeare Thesaurus LOCKWOOD LIBRARY / Book Collection: PR2892 .S63 1993
	Shakespeare's Life and Times: A Pictorial Record LOCKWOOD LIBRARY / Book Collection: PR2893 .F78
	Shakespeare's Words: A Glossary and Language Companion LOCKWOOD LIBRARY / Reference: PR2892 .C78 2002
	Shakespeare's World and Work: an Encyclopedia for Students LOCKWOOD LIBRARY / Reference: PR2892 .S56 2001
	Who's Who in Shakespeare LOCKWOOD LIBRARY / Book Collection: PR2989 .Q4 1995
	Who's Who in Shakespeare's England LOCKWOOD LIBRARY / Reference: DA317 .W49 1981

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	The Genius of Shakespeare LOCKWOOD Book Collection PR2937 .B38 1998
	Shakespeare: The World as a Stage LOCKWOOD LIBRARY/Book Collection: PR 2895. B79 2007
	Who's Who in Shakespeare's England LOCKWOOD LIBRARY / Reference: DA317 .W49 1981
	William Shakespeare: His Life and Times LOCKWOOD LIBRARY / Book Collection: PR2894 .K33 1995
	Dictionary of Literary Biography http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/dlb.html

Also search the BISON Catalog under “subject begins with”:
Shakespeare , William ,  1564-1616  --  Biography

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	A Complete and Systematic Concordance to the Works of Shakespeare LOCKWOOD LIBRARY / Book Collection: PR2892 .S62
	A Complete Concordance or Verbal Index to Words, Phrases, and Passages in the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare with a Supplementary Concordance to the Poems LOCKWOOD LIBRARY / Book Collection: PR2892 .B34 1966
	Editions and Adaptations of Shakespeare http://collections.chadwyck.com/eas/htxview?template=basic.htx&content=frameset.htx
	The Harvard Concordance to Shakespeare LOCKWOOD LIBRARY / Reference: PR2892 .S62 1973
	The Plays of William Shakespeare (Electronic Literature Foundation (ELF)) http://www.theplays.org/

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	Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL) http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/abell.html
	Literature Online http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/lion.html
	MLA International Bibliography http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/mla.html
	World Shakespeare Bibliography Online http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/world-shakespeare.html
	Project MUSE  http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/pdp/index.asp?ID=322
	JSTOR http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/pdp/index.asp?ID=238
	Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/pdp/index.asp?ID=408
	Periodicals Index Online http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/pdp/index.asp?ID=314

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	A Classified Shakespeare Bibliography, 1936-1958 LOCKWOOD LIBRARY / Book Collection: PR2892 .S6
	A Companion to Shakespeare's Works LOCKWOOD LIBRARY / Reference: PR2976 .C572 2006
	The Essential Shakespeare :  an Annotated Bibliography of Major Modern Studies LOCKWOOD LIBRARY / Book Collection: PR2894 .C53 1986
	A Selective Bibliography of Shakespeare : Editions , Textual Studies , Commentary LOCKWOOD LIBRARY / Book Collection: PR2894 .M23
	Shakespeare: A Bibliographical Guide LOCKWOOD LIBRARY/Book Collection PR2894.S43 1990
	Shakespearean Criticism :  Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published appraisals to Current Evaluations CAPEN LIBRARIES / Reference: PR2965 .S43

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	Shakespeare Quarterly   LOCKWOOD LIBRARY / Periodical Collection Per PR2885 .S63 Available electronically through Project Muse & JSTOR.
	Shakespeare Studies LOCKWOOD LIBRARY / Book Collection: PR2890 .S42
	Shakespeare Survey LOCKWOOD LIBRARY / Book Collection PR2890 .N42

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	Early English Books Online (EEBO) http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/eeb.html
	Editions and Adaptations of Shakespeare http://collections.chadwyck.com/eas/htxview?template=basic.htx&content=frameset.htx
	The First Folio of Shakespeare LOCKWOOD LIBRARY / Book Collection: PR2751 .A15 1995
	The Riverside Shakespeare LOCKWOOD LIBRARY / Book Collection: PR2754 .E9 1997
	Shakespeare Bookshelf http://www.ipl.org/div/shakespeare/
	Renascence Editions Shakespeare http://uoregon.edu/~rbear/shake.html
	William Shakespeare, First Folio (hosted by Tufts University) http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:1999.03.0018
	Shakespeare Resources http://etext.virginia.edu/shakespeare/

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	Masterplots LOCKWOOD LIBRARY / Reference: PN44 .M3 1996
	Mr. William Shakespeare http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/

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For information on the performance history of a play or on film adaptations, search the BISON Catalog using a keyword search. Use the name of the play and the words production or stage history or adaptations

 Sample keyword search : Macbeth and (production or stage history or adaptations)

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	The Folger Shakespeare Library http://www.folger.edu
	Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet http://shakespeare.palomar.edu
	The Plays of William Shakespeare (Electronic Literature Foundation (ELF)) http://www.theplays.org
	Shakespeare Illustrated http://www.english.emory.edu/classes/Shakespeare_Illustrated/Shakespeare.html
	Voice of the Shuttle – William Shakespeare http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2816
	Sixteenth Century Renaissance English Literature (1485-1603) http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/
	Shakespeare: Literature Online Reference Page http://lion.chadwyck.com/searchFullrec.do?id=1907&area=authors&forward=author&trailId=11E4D5B08CB
	Encyclopedia Britannica’s Guide to Shakespeare http://search.eb.com/shakespeare/

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	MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers LOCKWOOD Reference L B2369 .G53 2003
	How to Create an MLA Works Cited Page http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/asl/guides/citing-index.html
	How to Create MLA Parenthetical Citations http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocMLACitation.html
	Frequently Asked Questions about MLA Style http://www.mla.org/style_faq

 

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