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• shakespeare AND biography
• hamlet AND psychology
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By the way, a book may be a scholarly source. To determine if a book is scholarly:

• Check the level of analysis the book offers. How sustained and academic is the analysis?
• Check if the book draws on and cites the work of other critics and includes a substantial works cited list.
• See if it is from an academic publisher.

While we cannot check a peer reviewed box to limit only to scholarly books, here are some strategies for finding scholarly books: 

• Try adding the subject term criticism and interpretation
• Try adding the subject term Shakespeare, William,-1564-1616-Criticism and interpretation
• Try using an academic concept as a keyword, such as criticism, analysis, gender, authenticity, psychology, etc.
• Look at the introduction at the start of a Shakespeare play or collection, as these can be helpful 

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