William Shakespeare’s
Macbeth
You can find complete, trustworthy
information for your classroom by using the
library’s databases.
Here’s how to access NYPL’s databases:
1.
Go to www.nypl.org
2.
Click on ‘Find Books, DVDs, & More’
3.
Click on ‘Articles and Databases’ in
left sidebar
4.
Databases are listed in alphabetical
order. If you are not accessing the database
from the library, enter the number on the
back of your library card.
Try these databases:
 Ancient & Medieval History Online (This database provides a balanced,
global view of the ancient world as it explores six ancient centers of civilization)
o Type in the search bar Macbeth, William Shakespeare
 Biography Resource Center (Provides biographical information on more than
335,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all
disciplines)
o Type in search bar Macbeth, you can also search William
Shakespeare
 Electronic Enlightenment (Is the most wide-ranging online collection of
edited correspondence of the early modern period, linking people across Europe, the
Americas and Asia from the early 17th to the mid-19th century)
o Click on the search link in the upper right hand corner. Type in
the first box (labeled, look for this word) Macbeth, then scroll
down and click search
 Grolier Online (Includes access to the Encyclopedia Americana, New Book of
Knowledge and Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia as well as Roget's II: The New
Thesaurus and the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
Edition)
o Type in the search bar Macbeth
 Literature Resource Center (Features information on literary figures from all
time periods in such genres as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, and
journalism)
o Type in the search bar Macbeth, you can also search William
Shakespeare
 Modern World History Online (Covers the important civilizations and
cultures of world history from prehistoric times through the modern era. Topical
entries, biographies, maps, primary source documents, and timelines provide a
detailed and comparative view of the people, places, and events that have defined
world history)
o Type in the search bar William Shakespeare
 Shakespeare, Editions and Adaptations (Access Locations: Stephen A.
Schwarzman Building, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy
and Lewis B. Cullman Center)
 Twayne’s Author Series (Contains the full text of frequently-used Twayne
Literary Masters books on individual World, US, or English authors)
o Click on the link Authors A-Z. Then click on the letter “S” and
scroll down to Shakespeare, William: The Tragedies and click
on that link. Macbeth will be the eighth link.
Database Terminology:
Periodicals: newspaper, magazine, journal
Full Text: entire article is available
Citation: bibliographic information about the
article
Abstract: a summary of the article is available