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English

British, American, & World Literature

Generalia

Early English Books Online (Bodleian Library and University of Michigan)

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebogroup/

Middle English Resources (University of Michigan)

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/med/

Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism.
108 vols. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Co, 1988-. Print.
PN610 .C53  REFERENCE Fl. 1

Dictionary of the Middle Ages.
14 vols. New York: Scribner, 1982. Print.
D114 .D5 REFERENCE Fl. 1

     see, for example, “mysteries”, “mystery plays”

Medieval England: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland Pub, 1998. Print. 
DA129 .M43 1998 REFERENCE Fl. 1

Databases

JSTOR  http://bit.ly/1KAuxbU

Sample JSTOR results

   Second shepherds’ play  http://bit.ly/1hxUDWd

   Secunda pastorum  http://bit.ly/1U8dKqZ

Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance

   Database of citations for secondary source material pertaining to
   the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700). 1.2 million citations
   for books and journal article material

   http://bit.ly/1Jy40ew

Sample Iter Bibliography results

   Towneley Cycle  http://bit.ly/1hQujq8

Interlibrary Loan

Please follow this link to create your ILLiad interlibrary loan account:

   http://libguides.shc.edu/ill

Strategies for Books and Articles

Tactics for Books

Medieval Theatre  http://bit.ly/1Katbc6

Mysteries and miracle plays  http://bit.ly/1E8ACiR

English religious drama  http://bit.ly/1JqmBNL

Middle English (and ME Literature) 
http://bit.ly/1Earavr

Specialized Journals

Essays in Medieval Studies   http://bit.ly/1NKAVQN

Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies   http://bit.ly/1EaqypO

Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England  http://bit.ly/1E8BW5l

Records of Early English Drama (REED Newsletter)  http://bit.ly/1KAuxbU

Sample article:

Parry, Caroline B. “The Maypole is up now give me the cup . . .”

http://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/reed/article/view/9836/6782