Note-taking Worksheets for book and web sources – be sure to select MLA worksheets

 

For quality online sources, check out the Library Learning Commons.

Infobase eBook Collection:  suggested titles

  • William Shakespeare:  Bloom’s Bio Critiques
  • London – particularly chapter 3
  • Literature and the Theatre in Shakespeare’s Day
  • Culture and Society in Shakespeare’s Day
  • Great Britain – check index for plague, Elizabeth I, Elizabethan
  • Queen Elizabeth I

Database Sources in EBSCO Host:

For The Great Chain of Being

  • Literary Reference Centre database – article titled “Shakespeare: The Basics” (read Box 3)

For Lord Chamberlain’s Men

  • History Reference Centre – article titled “Shakespeare and the Forgotten Heroes”

For Robin Goodfellow/Puck and Mythology

  • Literary Reference Centre – article titled “Puck:  Shakespeare’s Shape Shifter”
  • also try keywords like “mythology in Shakespeare” or the name of the mythical entity/image

For plague and other struggles

  • History Reference Centre – use keyword “plague in England” – article title “Between Plague and Fire”

For Elizabeth I or William Shakespeare, either database will work!  Lots of info!

 

For the Globe Theatre, go to the source!

  • The Globe Theatre website – look under the “Education” tab
  • also ask Ms. Bauer to see the interactive Globe 360 app on the library iPad