Shakespeare: a short guide to online resources  

SOLO     http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk

OxLIP+   http://oxlip-plus.bodleian.ox.ac.uk

For access to the majority of resources covered in this guide go to the ‘English’ section of the subject list on OxLIP+. You will find the Shakespeare Collection and the Arden Shakespeare under the heading ‘Author-specific resources’; Cambridge Collections Online and Blackwell Reference Online are listed under ‘Reference & Criticism’. Alternatively, you can search for each separate resource in the Title List option on OxLIP+. Film resources are listed under the Film Studies subject area.

Thin Client Software (for access to the CD-Rom version of the Arden Shakespeare on OxLIP+): http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/sers/resources/thinclient

Thin Client troubleshooting: http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/sers/resources/thinclient/troubleshooting#Win32

Oxford eJournals via http://oxlip-plus.bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Intute
If you wish to browse the wider web for Shakespeare resources then we would recommend that you always use Intute, available via OxLIP+ or directly at: http://www.intute.ac.uk/english/

Accessing eresources outside the Oxford network
For information on accessing electronic resources from outside the Oxford network using your Oxford Single Sign-On login, consult the information at: http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/eresources/remote_access and http://www.ict.ox.ac.uk/oxford/username

This guide is intended as a quick introduction to some of the key online resources for Shakespeare available via OxLIP+, the Oxford Libraries’ Information Platform, as well as some freely available web resources.

Why use online resources?

There are three main advantages to using online resources:

• They are available to use wherever you can access the internet
• You don’t have to wait for books to be returned to the library before accessing original or critical works
• They provide powerful search tools enabling fast searching of texts for themes you want to explore.

The databases on OxLIP+ can help you locate references to books and journal articles on a particular topic, as well as providing electronic access to the full-text of poems, plays, book reviews and bibliographies.  You can print, download or email information retrieved from most of these. Other recommended peer-reviewed web resources, such as those available via Intute, can also provide you with valuable research tools. Using a combination of print and online resources will provide you with a much wider range of material than relying on what you can find on the library shelves.

‘Range is expected and rewarded’: FHS Paper 2 Examiners’ Report, 2007.

iBard: Using online resources for Shakespeare studies

Week 2: Wednesday 11am – 12 noon (19 October)
Week 5: Tuesday 11am - 12 noon (8 November)

An interactive session to help you get the most out of electronic full-text and critical resources for Shakespeare, including:

• Using electronic editions of Shakespeare to perform thematic searches, to research use of source material, and to check quotations quickly;
• Finding useful (and high-demand) critical texts and journal articles online.

These information skills sessions will be held in the EFL IT training room (accessible from the EFL). To book a place on ONE of these sessions, please email: sonya.adams@bodleian.ox.ac.uk