MUSE is the McGill library system's on-line catalogue.
Peruse allows you to look up articles from a variety of databases. When (and if) prompted for the login, type peruse, and for the password, type peruse again.
Then, it may ask you to type in whatever terminal emulation you're using. If it does, type in VT220. Lastly, type in your backspace character, and you're ready to start searching!
Shakespeare information will mostly be available on the MLA Index, the Humanities Index, Current Contents, and Reader's Guide Abstracts databases. If your topic is Shakespeare and Medicine, then search the Medline database. You can save your search results to a floppy disk, or have them emailed to you. Peruse is available only to members of the McGill community.
The library has a version of the OED (Oxford English Dictionary)on CD-ROM in the reference section of McLennan. The OED is the most usefulEnglish dictionary for Shakespeare studies, because it provides definitionsthat would have been current in Shakespeare's day.
Another important source of information is the Shakespeare LibraryGuide (by the McLennan Library's David McKnight), which is availablein hardcopy at the library. It is transcribed in full here for your convenience:
| MATERIAL | LOCATION |
| Concordances | |
| Concordance to the Shakespeare Apocrypha 3v. | McL PR2875 U44 1987 |
| Harvard Concordance to Shakespeare | Ref PR2892 S62 |
| Oxford Shakespeare Concordances | Catalogued separately |
| Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and Handbooks | |
| Cambridge Companion Shakespeare Studies (Wells) | McL 2976 C29 1986 |
| Dictionary of Quotations from Shakespeare | Ref PR2892 S4177 1992 |
| Narrative and Dramatic Sources of Shakespeare 8v. | McL PR2952 B2 |
| New Century Shakespeare Handbook | Ref PR2892 C4 |
| Reader's Encyclopedia of Shakespeare | Ref PR2892 C3 |
| Shakespeare: an illustrated dictionary Rev. ed. (Wells) | Ref PR2892 W44 (1978) |
| Shakespeare: his world, work, his influence 3v. | McL PR2976 W5354 |
| Shakespeare and the Musical Stage: a guide to sources, studies,and first performances | MUSIC Ref ML128 O4 H68 |
| Shakespeare Around the Globe: a guide to notable postwar revivals | Ref PR3100 S53 (1986) |
| Shakespeare Glossary 3d ed. (Onions) | Ref PR2892 O6 1986 |
| Shakespeare in Production: 1935-1978, a selective catalogue | McL PR3091 B3 |
| Shakespeare Lexicon 3d ed. Rev. and enlarged | Ref PR2892 S4 1980 |
| Sources of Shakespeare's Plays. (Muir) | McL PR2952 M84 |
| Shakespeare's Characters: a complete guide (Rowse) | McL PR2989 R7 1984 |
| Shakespeare's Characters: a historical dictionary | McL PR2982 T45 (1966) |
| William Shakespeare: a textual companion (Wells and Taylor) | McL PR3071 W44 1987 |
| William Shakespeare: his world, his work, his influence 3v. | McL PR2976 W5354 1985 |
| Shakespeare's Works | |
| Census of Shakespeare's Plays in Quarto, 1594-1709 (Bartlettand Pollard) | RBD Folio Z8811 B28 1916 |
| Selective Bibliography of Shakespeare Editions, Textual Studies,Commentary | Ref Z8811 M23 (1975) |
| Shakespeariana: catalogue of all the books, pamphlets, etc.(Repr. of 1827 ed.) | Ref Z8811 W73 |
| General Bibliographies | |
| Essential Shakespeare: an annotated bibliography of majormodern studies 2d ed. | Ref Z8811 C53 1993 |
| How to Find out About Shakespeare | Ref Z8811 B35 (1968) |
| Reader's Guide to Shakespeare's Plays | Ref Z8811 B45 (1973) |
| Shakespeare: Select Bibliographical Guides (Wells) | Ref Z8811 W44 |
| Shakespeare: a study and research guide | Ref Z8811 B44 1987 |
| Shakespeare Index: an annotated bibliography of critical articleson the plays, 1959-1983 2v. | Ref Z8811 S25 1992 |
| Shakespeare Quarterly. v. 1, 1950-- | McL PR2885 S63 |
| Shakespeare Survey: an annual survey of Shakespearean Studyand Production. v. 1, 1948-- | McL PR2888 C3 |
| Shakespearean Bibliography and Textual Criticism | Ref Z2011 A1H68 v.2 |
| Specialized Bibliographies | |
| Foreign Sources of Shakespeare's Works: an annotated bibliographyof the commentary on this subject between 1904 and 1940 | McL Z8813 G8 |
| Garland Shakespeare Bibliographies | Catalogued separately |
| Major Shakespearean Tragedies: a critical bibliography | Ref Z8812 Q54 |
| Shakespeare and Feminist Criticism: an annotated bibliographyand commentary | Ref Z8811 K76 1992 |
| Shakespeare and the Classical Tradition ... 1660-1960 | Ref Z8811 V4 1968 |
| Shakespeare and the Medieval Tradition | Ref Z8813 M34 1985 |
| Shakespeare Promptbooks: a Descriptive Catalogue | Ref PR3091 S4 |
| Shakespeare's Sonnets: A Record of 20th Century Criticism | Ref Z8812 S6H38 |
| Filmography | |
| Folger Shakespeare Filmography | Ref PR3093 P3 |
| Shakespeare on screen | Ref PR3093 R68 1990 |
| Library Catalogues | |
| Catalogue of the Shakespeare Collection (Folger ShakespeareLibrary) 2v. | Ref Z8811 F65 |
| Shakespeare Bibliography: the catalogue of the BirminghamShakespeare Library 7v. | Ref Z8811 B613x |
