Finding "quality" information online can sometimes be difficult. A simple Google search of Shakespeare returns 48,400,000 links! Listed below are links recommended by faculty members for web sites that you will find helpful in your studies.
Encyclopedia Britannica Online
Word Net: A lexical database for English.
Open Source Shakespeare: Site offering text, concordance, and character searches along with so much more Shakespeare information.
The Voice of the Shuttle: A page from UCSB, a great source for electronic texts and information about literature.
The University of Virginia Electronic Text Library: Another great source for electronic texts, including Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and Milton's Paradise Lost.
