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Pathfinder for Your Shakespeare Project
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Databases
Start your research with a database. The information has also appeared in books and magazines, been edited and checked.

You will need to enter this number to use these databases: 21122002134515
 * Cook Library Resources **
 * [|Biography in Context] - A database dedicated to biographical information.
 * [|Student Resource Center] - By the same company as Biography in Context. The content is different, although there is some overlap.

Encyclopedias for Background Information:
 * [|Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia]
 * [|World Book Info Finder]

You will need to enter the following to use this database. username: highland70 password: hornets
 * EBSCO Databases **
 * [|Student Research Center]

Websites

 * Life & Biography **
 * [|Shakespeare Birthplace Trust - http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/about-shakespeare.html] - Series of 13 videos giving background information about Shakespeare and his life.
 * [|Shakespeare's Life] - a resource from the Folger's Shakespeare Library


 * Globe Theatre **
 * [|Shakespeare's Globe] - The site of the Globe Theatre today. Within the site there are also pages on history.
 * [|The Old Globe Theatre History]
 * [|Virtual Globe Theatre] - an interactive video about the Globe from Cambridge University.


 * Clothing of the Era **
 * [|Clothing in Elizabethan England] - an essay from a free-lance writer and researcher about Shakespeare.
 * [|Overview of Elizabethan Outfits] - Includes pictures and descriptions of the different layers worn in women's outfits. Link to the home page for a huge selection of clothing resources for the time period.


 * Shakespeare's Works **
 * [|Shakespeare Bookshelf - http://www.ipl.org/div/shakespeare/] - Links to the works of Shakespeare available online from the Internet Public Library.
 * [|Complete Works of Shakespeare - http://shakespeare.mit.edu/] - Works of Shakespeare online from MIT.


 * Life Style During Time Period **
 * [|Elizabethan Era - http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/] - Another resource from Linda Alchin including a wide range of information about Elizabethan life.
 * [|Shakespeare's Life and Times -] Resource From the University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Online Search Tools
Try something beyond Google. [|SweetSearch] - a search engine for students [|RefSeek] - an academic search engine

There are even several specialized search engines for Shakespeare. You can see a list of them [|here].

Citing Your Sources
Remember, you need to give credit to ideas, information, and creative work you use in a project. You'll need to cite your sources. One way to do this is to use NoodleTools. We have a school account which allows you special features. You log in using your google account information.