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Resources for English Literature research

Shakespeare

Use the Advanced Search Subject option and limit by Material Type.

Screenshot of Library Search Advanced Search, using the subject search oprtion, limited to books under Material Type; search terms "Shakespeare biography".

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You can also add the name of the play e.g.

In the Barr Smith Library we classify works by Shakespeare at:

822.33 S5

The number given to works about Shakespeare is:

822.33 Z...

A letter will follow the Z, which is the initial of the author's last name, and other numbers and letters. For example, Stephen Orgel's book
The Authentic Shakespeare: and Other Problems with the Early Modern Stage (New York: Routledge, 2002) has the call number

822.33 ZO68a