Using Online Databases
Resource Pathfinder for Elizabethan England Research
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Online Databases
Access through the library webpage
Load
The student
research centre
version of EBSCO
is user friendly
Then choose
Doing Shakespeare’s life or The Globe?
Click on and do a search for
Shakespeare. There will be lots of
biography examples, plus articles on his theatre
B.S.S. Online Resources Access through the main
page of the
library web page
Ebooks
Access these through the main page of the library webpage by pulling
down the “Research” menu. Look for the Shakespeare icon and click
on it. Load any one of the plays listed. Look for the introduction
where you’ll find information about Shakespeare and his time. Great
for several topics!
Easy to understand
articles that aren’t too
long. Use this for any
“real life” topics
Some articles, such as
The Globe have videos
Websites
http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/
This site is based on the book Shakespeare’s Life and Times and
includes information on pretty much anything Elizabethan. See what
is here for your topic! Really good information on history, family
life, clothing, plays, etc.
http://elizabethanenglandlife.com/index.html
Pretty much everything you can think of about daily life in
Elizabethan England: architecture, drama, food, drink, clothing,
travel, law, sports, torture, hygiene. Click on “about us” at the very
bottom of the left menu to find author information.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/TUDelizabeth1.htm
-a very good biography of Elizabeth I
www.william-shakespeare.info/site-map.htm
(Find information here on the following topics: bubonic plague and
the black death, William Shakespeare, the Globe Theatre, Elizabethan
Crime and Punishment, Elizabethan Women, Elizabethan education,
and Elizabethan wedding customs)
http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/health-and-human-bod
y/human-diseases/plague-article.html
-a National Geographic webpage about the Bubonic Plague
http://elizabethan.org/compendium/
(Great stuff on food, fashion, past-times, etc.)
http://www.bardweb.net/england.html
(Find out all about the Bard, the name Shakespeare is affectionately
known by, at this site)
http://www.folger.edu/template.cfm?cid=865&CFID=984484&CFTO
KEN=9fffa4537be00b22-5A00F114-1CC4-74E0-1C3F19076642431F
-another good overview of Shakespeare’s life and works
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/punishment.htm
Crime and punishment in Elizabethan England
http://school.eb.com/eb/article-32543?query=astronomy%2017th%20
century&ct=null
-Elizabethan astronomy-happens to be from Britannica!
http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-explorers.htm
A good site on Elizabethan explorers; ignore the annoying ads Click
on copyright to get author information.
Notes:
Always check out the
credentials of a web-page.
edu= educational site
(usually college or
university)
gov= gov’t sponsored site
org= organization or
advocacy group
com=business or
commercial (co.)
sponsored
~ = personal website