For UMN Students
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Here are some resources accessible though your attendance at the University of Minnesota, and for anyone who has access to University resources through the University of Minnesota's libraries.
If you are having trouble accessing links off-campus check out this link.
Proxy Bookmarklet for Off-Campus Access
Shakespeare's Works
The BBC Shakespeare Plays - Ambrose Videos 2.0
We now have access to 37 streaming video titles from the critically acclaimed BBC Shakespeare in Plays series!! To access the collection, either browse through titles on the Ambrose video site directly (click on the "BBC Shakespeare" link below) or search for MNCat for individual titles. Description from the University of Minnesota's Media Resources Support.
Early English Books Online (Book Text)
This site provides full transcribed texts of different editions of Shakespeare's work all accessible online. It does not have the digital images of the original books. Therefore, it is useful for some textual analysis and comparison.
Early English Books Online (Page Images)
This site provides full editions of Shakespeare's works as a digital images of the original books.
Eighteenth Century Collection Online
This site has many different digital editions of Shakespeare's works collected from different libraries. It has a good search engine and accessible formatting for reading the texts.
Shakespeare's Life
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
This dictionary is a compilation of biographies of important men and women who have shaped British history and culture. Here there is a lengthy section on William Shakespeare written by Peter Holland.
Understanding Shakespeare
Shakespeare was a great user and creator of words. Through the your University of Minnesota ID you are able to use the authoritative online Oxford English Dictionary; which gives you not only the definition of the word, but also dated citations of its use.
A journal dedicated to publishing articles on Shakespeare studies, published by the Folger Shakespeare Library.
World Shakespeare Bibliography Online
The World Shakespeare Bibliography is a searchable database of scholarly works about Shakespeare and his works. This is a great place to find sources for analytical studies.
Moth: Negligent student! learn her by heart.
Don Adriano de Amardo: By heart and in heart, boy.
Moth: And out of heart, master: all those three I will prove.
~ Love's Labour's Lost, Act III, Scene 1