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Research Using Hamnet & LunaFolgerOnline Resources at the Folger
Folger Shakespeare Library
Project Overview
The research project is designed to give you an opportunity to use the wealth of rare materials available at the Folger. More details will be provided during the second week of the Institute, but for those of you who like to get started early, here are some basics regarding the project itself and finding information at the Folger. Our catalog, digital image database, and Finding Aid database are all available to the public online.

Choose your topic. Below are some suggestions if you are having trouble getting started. You are by no means required to stick to this list, and creativity is encouraged. Consult one of the scholars about your topic before getting started.
Find a few secondary sources to provide background information. The essay need not be "traditional" scholarship (i.e., arguing a specific thesis) so you are not required to cite secondary sources, but investigating the scholarship around your topic will help to solidify your direction.
Use Hamnet (our online catalog) to find
Use Luna (our digital image database) to find
Keep a log of the process you followed to create your project.
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Research Using Hamnet & LunaFolger Shakespeare Library Teaching Shakespeare Institute 2012
Project Overview
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Choose your topic. Below are some suggestions if you are having trouble getting started. You are by no means required to stick to this list, and creativity is encouraged. Consult one of the scholars about your topic before getting started.
Find a few secondary sources to provide background information. The essay need not be "traditional" scholarship (i.e., arguing a specific thesis) so you are not required to cite secondary sources, but investigating the scholarship around your topic will help to solidify your direction.
Need Help?
All three scholars will be available in the reading room during research time. Please take advantage of their content expertise. For help with Hamnet, Luna, or the card catalog, please see the reference staff in the reading room or the Help page in Hamnet
for feedback. Also feel free to post information about resources that you found relevant--or just interesting or amusing.

Each item's location, call number and status appears on the list. Clicking on a title will bring up the more detailed record for that item.
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your research. The Folger is not a lending library, so even modern materials must be used in the reading room. If another reader requests an item you are not currently using, staff may borrow it from your shelf and return it when the other reader is finished. It will still be charged to you, and should you need it, staff will retrieve it from the other reader. Rare items First Folio).
For your convenience, you may save or email records. If you have a laptop or tablet computer, you may want to bring it with you into the stacks. Wireless access is available on Decks A and B.
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Advanced Search
The advanced search tab offers many more options. If you were looking for books on marriage that include illustrations, for example, you could try searching "marriage" as a subject and "ill" as physical description.
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contain illustrations.
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There are many other combinations by which you can search for materials. If you are looking for something very specific, please see the reference staff for assistance.

Research Using Hamnet & LunaFolger Shakespeare Library Teaching Shakespeare Institute 2012
Project Overview
The research project is designed to give you an opportunity to use the wealth of rare materials available at the Folger. More details will be provided during the second week of the Institute, but for those of you who like to get started early, here are some basics regarding the project itself and finding information at the Folger. Our catalog, digital image database, and Finding Aid database are all available to the public online.
The main portion of the research project is an essay that uses primary sources and digital images to explore a topic of your choice. You may naturally gravitate toward a topic related to one of our four plays, but you are not restricted to those texts. Nor are you required to stick to an analysis of a text or character. You may, for example, have a strong interest in the proliferation of shipwreck plot lines in Renaissance drama, and choose to research sea travel. You should, of course, show the relevance to Shakespeare studies in your essay, but you need not focus on the plays themselves.
You are very likely to have questions about this simplistic overview. Please don't hesitate to ask them, but remember that you will receive a detailed explanation during the Institute. We simply wanted to provide you with an introduction so that you know what's coming. Reading room time will be limited to a few hours two or three days per week because of our packed schedule, so you may want to have a list of resources prepared to take advantage of the time available to you.
Choose your topic. Below are some suggestions if you are having trouble getting started. You are by no means required to stick to this list, and creativity is encouraged. Consult one of the scholars about your topic before getting started.
Find a few secondary sources to provide background information. The essay need not be "traditional" scholarship (i.e., arguing a specific thesis) so you are not required to cite secondary sources, but investigating the scholarship around your topic will help to solidify your direction.

Hamnet & Luna
FolgerLunaFolger Shakespeare Library
Project Overview
Choose your topic. Below are some suggestions if you are having trouble getting started. You are by no means required to stick to this list, and creativity is encouraged. Consult one of the scholars about your topic before getting started.
land & sea travel
Need Help?
page in Hamnet.Hamnet
Please use your peers as well. Some of the most interesting projects in past years have come from discussions among the teachers at TSI. If you have ideas, suggestions, or questions, post them to the discussion board for feedback.

http://titania.folger.edu/findingaids/
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Unfortunately, our "database" you search.
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Some basic descriptive information appears in Hamnet for these collections, but the Finding Aids will provide more detail as well as a list of the individual items in the collection, often with information on the contents of each piece. The level of detail depends on the popularity and research value of the collection, as well as the expertise of the creator of the Finding Aid.
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Finding Aid Database
http://titania.folger.edu/findingaids/
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The Folger has many manuscript and archival collections and is working to create online Finding Aids for all of them. At the moment, Hamnet records are available for most of the collections, and finding aids are available for the most popular. Our interns are just beginning the process of linking Luna images directly to the finding aids and new finding aids are added as they are completed.
Unfortunately, our "database" is more like a list. The search function is not quite functional, so your best bet is to do a control-F (command-F on a Mac) and search for the text/call number on the page. Be sure to click on the arrow next to "List of Finding Aids" before you search.
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Some basic descriptive information appears in Hamnet for these collections, but the Finding Aids will provide more detail as well as a list of the individual items in the collection, often with information on the contents of each piece. The level of detail depends on the popularity and research value of the collection, as well as the expertise of the creator of the Finding Aid.