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REED: Records of Early English Drama Patrons and Performances This online resource from the REED project is "designed to include a wide range of data about professional performers on tour in the provinces – their patrons, the performance venues they used and the routes they took across the kingdom."
Folger Shakespeare Library Home to the world’s largest and finest collection of Shakespeare materials and to major collections of other rare Renaissance books, manuscripts, and works of art.
Play Shakespeare Collection of historical facts and statistics relating to Shakespeare. Sections include Shakespeare's Biography, Play Chronology, Play Lengths, Biggest Roles, Shakespeare's Players, Elizabethan Theatres, and Scansion Overview.
DEEP: Database of Early English Playbooks DEEP provides access to every playbook produced in England, Scotland, and Ireland from the beginning of printing through 1660
Victorian illustrated Shakespeare Archive An archive of the illustrations from four editions of Shakespeare's Complete Works published in the 19th century.
A Digital Anthology of Early Modern English Drama A Digital Anthology of Early Modern English Drama is a hub for exploring over four hundred early modern English plays that were performed in London's professional theaters between 1576 and 1642. Browse plays written by Shakespeare’s contemporaries, explore the repertoire of London’s professional companies, read the first printed edition of one of our featured plays, or download the plays and their source code.
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Online reference resources

English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC) The English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC) indexes most, if not all, books published in North America and the British Isles between 1473-1800.

World Shakespeare Bibliography Online This link opens in a new window Provides annotated entries for all important books, articles, book reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions, reviews of productions, audiovisual materials, electronic media, and other scholarly and popular materials related to Shakespeare and published or produced from 1962 to the present.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online This link opens in a new window 56,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to present.

Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance This dictionary provides rich detail on all aspects of the Renaissance in 14th to 17th century Europe. It includes comprehensive coverage of the art, literature, science, culture, philosophy, religion, economics, history, and conflict of the period.

Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window Available online and in print.

Bibliographic Index of English Drama Before 1660 "This index is a complete annotated list of all playwrights, actors, patrons, musicians, and miscellaneous other people active in English drama before 1660. Each entry contains basic information about the person's dates and dramatic activities, along with a list of books and articles containing biographical information."

Books and Dissertations

Dissertations and Theses Full Text This link opens in a new window
Early English Books Online (EEBO) This link opens in a new window
EBSCO Academic eBook Collection This link opens in a new window

Article Databases - Full Text

JSTOR This link opens in a new window A scholarly journal archive. Economics, history, math, philosophy, political science, language and literature, sociology, botany, and ecology. Holdings: Varies; from the 1800s - late 2000s
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window Project MUSE provides full text, subscription access to current content from scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences.
MLA International Bibliography with Full Text This link opens in a new window (Modern Language Association) Language, literature, linguistics.
Humanities International Complete This link opens in a new window Full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world.

Primary Source Collections

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