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• World Shakespeare Bibliography Online
  Summarizes books, articles, book reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions, audiovisual materials, electronic media related to Shakespeare. 1962 to present.
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  Covers over eighty languages and represents every country in North America, South America, and Europe, and nearly every country in Asia, Africa, and Australasia. Indexes several hundred thousand additional reviews of books, productions, films, and audio recordings. What the Bibliography includes:

  • Books, articles, and dissertations entirely about Shakespeare;
  • Books, articles, and dissertations that include a substantial discussion of Shakespeare (e.g., books and dissertations that devote a chapter--or its equivalent--to Shakespeare);
  • Stage productions of Shakespeare's works by a professional or semiprofessional theatrical group (in listing personnel, only the following are recorded: those with speaking roles, translator, dramaturg, director, assistant director, and individuals responsible for sets, costumes, lighting, and music);
  • Reviews of books entirely or substantially about Shakespeare;
  • Reviews of professional or semiprofessional stage productions of Shakespeare's works;
  • Films of Shakespeare productions (in listing personnel, only the following are recorded: those with speaking roles, director, assistant director, and individuals responsible for sets, costumes, lighting, cinematography, and music);
  • New stage, musical, dance, and video adaptations of Shakespeare's works (in listing personnel, only the following are recorded: those with speaking roles, the author and/or translator of the adaptation, choreographer, composer, dramaturg, director, assistant director, and individuals responsible for sets, costumes, lighting, and music).

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• Chaucer: Life and Times
  Includes the complete works of Chaucer with modern translations and glossary, critical commentary, historical information, extensive graphics, and audio clips in Middle English. Historical.
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• Early English Books Online (EEBO)
  Virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere. 1475-1700.
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  Contains about 100,000 of over 125,000 titles listed in Pollard & Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640) and Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700) and their revised editions, as well as the Thomason Tracts (1640-1661) collection and the Early English Books Tract Supplement. Includes: the first book printed in English by William Caxton, through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare and the tumult of the English Civil War, and the complete Thomason Tract collection of pamphlets, books, newspapers and manuscripts issued from 1640-1661. Searchable fields include Author, Title, Printer, Publication date, Type of illustration, and Library of Congress subject heading.

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• British Periodicals
  The searchable full text of hundreds of periodicals from the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth.

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  • Early British Periodicals

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  The searchable full text of hundreds of periodicals from the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth.

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• Eighteenth Century Collections Online
  Full-text of over 150,000 books published during the 18th Century. Covers history, literature, religion, law, fine arts, science and more. 1701-1800.

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  • ECCO

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  Eighteenth Century Collections Online is a comprehensive digital edition of The Eighteenth Century, the world's largest library of the printed book on microfilm. Nearly 150,000 English-language titles and editions published between 1701 and 1800. Search every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in the United Kingdom, along with thousands of important works from the Americas. The collection is an ongoing project based on The English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC), a machine-readable union list of the holdings of the British Library, as well as those from more than 1,500 university, private, and public libraries worldwide.

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