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Shakespeare Research Guide: Plays and Sonnets

A guide to scholarly sources for the study and teaching of Shakesepeare's works.

Library Holdings

York Libraries has all the major editions of Shakespeare's works. In most cases, you should choose a relatively current edition published within the last ten years. To find a work by Shakespeare, simply type the name of the play into OMNI. Alternatively, you can search for works by Shakespeare or his contemporaries by typing in the author's name.

Online Editions

First Folio

The Folger Shakespeare Library describes why the First Folio is important to Shakespeare scholars and book historians.