English 413: Shakespeare and His Contemporaries
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Oxford Reference provides thousands of concise definitions and in-depth, specialist encyclopedic entries across all disciplines, including literature, history and the performing arts. One search will bring up a variety of results from 412 different Oxford reference books, such as:
-The Oxford Companion to British History
-The Kings and Queens of England
-A Dictionary of British History
-The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare (2nd Ed.)
-The Oxford Companion to English Literature (7th Ed.)
Oxford Dictionary of National Bibliography
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-Continuum Encyclopedia of English Literature
-The Bloomsbury Dictionary of English Literature
-The Companion to British History, Routledge
-Reader's Guide to British History
Credo Reference will dig into these online reference books, plus 854 others, when you search within it.
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Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete
World History in Context
Virtual Reference Library
TIP: Cambridge Histories brings up longer entries than most reference resources, but it still provides excellent overviews. For example, a search for “Virginia Company” brings up a 74-page entry entitled "The Settlement and Growth of the Colonies: Population, Labor, and Economic Development." Overwhelming? Once in the article, use your Control + F keys to create a search box. Type in virginia or "virginia company" to zoom in on your topic.
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