Romeo and Juliet

Romeo & Juliet: A Research Pathfinder   Pathfinders help students find selected resources in a variety of media on specific research topics. They are a great research starting point.   This is not a comprehensive list of all of the information available in the library. Use the pathfinder to find more books, articles, websites and other resources on your topic.   * Don’t forget to check your local public library for additional materials!          PRINT RESOURCES:   You can find books and other library materials by opening the Library Catalog in your Internet Explorer favorites. Search for theme, a specific title, etc. using keyword, title, or author.   Check the reserve shelf to browse books set aside for this project. You can look at reserved books in the library, just like reference books, but you can’t check them out.   Don’t forget to look in the reference section and the nonfiction in the 800s!   RESEARCH DATABASES:   Databases can be accessed from school or from home using the Library Home Page and the appropriate passwords. Passwords are available in the library and are posted on the research bulletin board.   Do an Easy Search for the topic, the person’s name, or broader topics such as Shakespeare in Keyword. Use an Advanced Search to pair a narrow topic with a broad topic, like "Romeo and Juliet" AND Shakespeare.   Literature Resource Center or Opposing Viewpoints from Gale will be most helpful. This is a trial. No password is required.   EBSCO – Literary Reference Center will also be helpful. User ID:portsmouth     Password: patriots   WorldBook Advanced – Contains full text (eBook) of Shakespeare’s play. Login ID: rilink     Password: stars   WEBSITES:   It is important to evaluate the websites you find on your own or through a search engine. The recommended sites below should offer a great start to your research! The information found here is reliable and valid.   Click on any of these sites, or search them all at once using this search engine: Select...Shakespeare ResourcesSearch The Web Criticism: Collections of Articles Offers interesting criticisms of Shakespeare's plays, a collection of journals and articles. Journals include the Renaissance Forum, English Literary History and more. Articles are from current and past dates including dates prior to 1935. http://ise.uvic.ca/Annex/links/Shakespeare_Sites/Criticism.html   Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Shakespeare Terrific images and easy navigation, many articles and special features explore the life of Shakespeare, the theater in which he produced his plays, and, of course, the plays themselves. http://search.eb.com/shakespeare/index2.html   Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet is a complete annotated guide to the scholarly Shakespeare resources available on the Internet: a Shakespeare timeline, links to his works, life and times, theater, criticism, renaissance, sources educational best sites and other sites. http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/   Shakespeare Online Over 100 of Shakespeare’s sonnets and longer poems; explanations, synopses, and analysis of his major plays; several essays on Shakespeare’s plays, poems, and theatre. http://www.shakespeare-online.com/   Shakespeare Resource Center Provides bibliographical information, an overview of his works, links to online editions of his works with commentary, and summaries of his entire collection that are useful to struggling readers. You can also read Shakespeare’s will and about the ongoing debate over authorship. Check out information about the Globe Theatre and Elizabethan times.  http://www.bardweb.net/   Shakespeare, William Five plays (Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, Othello, and Richard III) and five sonnets by William Shakespeare are annotated. Each of the entries for these works includes a summary and commentary http://litmed.med.nyu.edu/People?action=view&id=2084   William Shakespeare Dr. Andreas Tuber, associate professor of philosophy at Brandeis University, maintains the course notes and background materials for his course "Coming into One's Own" online. These resources include an ample entry on English playwright, poet, and actor William Shakespeare. The material features an ample biographical and critical essay followed by commentary on each of Shakespeare's works http://people.brandeis.edu/~teuber/shakespearebio.html