Shakespeare

This guide will help you research William Shakespeare and his work.

Track the Scholarly Conversation with Citations

Tracking Down a Citation

Advanced Researchers use many different strategies to track down resources on a subject. Try the following:

  • Search by critic/scholar name to see what else that person has written - hopefully on your subject.
  • In ProQuest and Academic Search Complete, once you open an article record by clicking on the title, the author's name is a keyword link to all that person's works indexed in our collections. (WorldCat would offer a more comprehensive overview).

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image of a result, point out the author

  • You may also just search the author's name. Change the Search Field to AU Author.
  • ProQuest and Academic Search Complete also link directly to article References. In ProQuest you can use Cited by to see who cited the article. 
  • Read closely through the Works Cited at the end of a helpful  source and use the library One Search to see if we carry works that sound relevant.
    • Paste or type in the work title. For long titles, try just the opening.

Beyond our collection: Interlibrary Loan

Using the Interlibrary Loan Service

InterLibrary Loan: No library has it all! But the InterLibrary Loan (or ILL) is a service offered by Holman Library for borrowing books and articles from other libraries. InterLibrary Loan requests are free to current GRC students, faculty and staff.

For your research, it is important to search many places.

  • First, start with the books and articles available through the Holman Library.

  • Then, If you find books and articles that the Library does NOT have access to, just request them through Interlibrary Loan.

  • Using Interlibrary Loan increases the amount of resources available to you and helps you become a more thorough researcher.

Note:

  • Books and other items that require mailing may take 1-2 weeks.

  • Articles and other digital items may arrive within 2-5 days. Use your email as your contact info and the article will be sent directly to you.

If you need help filling out this form, call the library reference desk at (253) 931-6480.

Other places you can search...

Use the links below to look for books, articles and more beyond our collection: