The Tempest

RESEARCH GUIDE

Getting started

Explore general information about Shakespeare, The Tempest , and your topic using Wikipedia, general encyclopedias, or a subject encyclopedia (R 800’s). Jot down questions you have and other keywords you might use in your search.

Research

BE-CAT

Search for books in B.E. Library using the BE-CAT online catalog.

This is investigative work! Try searching using the name of your author. Search in all categories, i.e. title, author, subject, and keyword. Last name, first name or initial, is the preferred sequence in the title, author, and subject searches. For keyword search use both sequences (last name, first name/first name, last name) and see if you get different hits. Most resources should be in the 822’s.

Reference Resources

Browse the R 800's. In particular these are very useful resources:

R 809.93 Lit Literature and It's Times
R 822 Cri Critical Survey of Drama
R 822.3 Sha Shakespeare for Students
R 822.3 Sha Shakespeare: an anthology of criticism and theory 1945-2000

DISCUS

Literature Resource Center
Academic OneFile – may find journal articles in here.

Charleston County Public Library

Magill On Literature This site will be very helpful. See the librarian for help accessing this site.
Drama for Students

Websites

Internet Public Library Search literary criticism.
Project Muse - Shakespeare

Smart Google Searches

Google Cheat Sheet: try some of these tricks for better results. One of my favorites is site:edu (or org, gov, etc.). This limits the search to education websites. For example, try searching - "The Tempest" criticism site:edu.