Shakespeare.com reviews ongoing Shakespearian plays and answers questions about Shakespeare and his works. It also has some very fun features, such as surveys and a “poetry machine. The poetry machine allows the user to write his own poems using a Shakespearean word jumble. Lastly, it gives the user the option to browse his works and then buy them at Amazon.com.  --Rita Florez

This site is very confusing and does not offer much material as far as academia is concerned.  Furthermore, there are many pop up ads that do not provide information and seems to be a site to promote products.  --BJ Pitzen

surprisingly small site with not much content to it.  There are some polls, which are somewhat fun, but other than that it seems to be a bland site.  --Matt Van Praag

Shakespeare.com had pop up adds that hop onto your screen on almost every other page. The content does not seem to be well moderated. The information provided on this page is unsupported and needs to a good edit. The site includes reviews of recent, and currently running plays as well as a simple, and unnecessary game.  --Michael Faber

One of the best web sites regarding Shakespeare. It contains an alphabetical listing of the plays, a chronological listing of the plays, quotations, Shakespeare Resources on the Internet and Sonnets. --Thelma Carlton

This web site offers a list of works, criticism, and all the things that most of the Shakespeare web sites offer. However, what makes this one special is that it teaches its user how to search the Internet for subjects relating to Shakespeare.  --Rita Florez

I found this website to be quite fun! It was truly insightful in a number of areas. First, it provides on-line researchers with many other resources dedicated solely to “scholarly” Shakespearian research. Second, it attempts to “present new Shakespeare material unavailable elsewhere on the Internet.” Also, I was able to access major areas of interest from a navigation menu. Some of the subjects available from this menu included, Works, Life and Times, Theatre, Sources, etc. Of all the websites I visited, I enjoyed this one the most.  --Jamie Daniels

This web site offers a list of his plays and a search engine that searches the text of plays and poems.  --Rita Florez

A collection of links from the World Wide Web. It contains links such as: The Man, which discusses the Bard’s life; Shakespeare’s Works, his plays, his Will, authorship debate, Theatre companies, a reading list and additional information about the Shakespeare Resource Center.  -- Thelma Carlton

This website contains a small yet interesting article by a writer named Mary Ann Johanson. In the article, Johanson makes comparisons between Shakespeare's works and the Star Wars Films by George Lucas. Johanson explains her ideas well and avoids turning her article into nothing more than a fan's ravings.  Although the article is not thorough, it still suffices to stimulate an analytical mind to want to explore the topic further. It is always important to remember how Shakespeare's works affect modern entertainment and how contemporary storytellers try to incorporate his literary conventions into their own creations. The website is clean and has a nice interface that should make it easily navigable to casual users. If nothing else, read the article to see Johanson infer that George Lucas may go down in history as a comparable equal to William Shakespeare.  --Brian Brear

While I am a bit reluctant to include this article in my list because of its touchy subject matter, I feel it is my responsibility to include it on the basis that a student must always be willing to hear the opinion of a person regardless of personal feelings. Let it be made clear that I have not recommended this website because I agree or disagree with the subject matter. The website includes an article whose main purpose is to explain why Shakespeare and his works can be considered evil. The article contains many religious references that are included to explain why Shakespeare's lifestyle was evil and how his inherent wickedness translated into his works. The article even explains how Shakespeare's works may have had a hand in such incidents as the recent Columbine School Shootings. The website has a decent interface and should not cause any problems. Anyone who views this article will be incited to ponder the dark side of human nature. Whether a student wants to challenge or defend the validity of this article, it is a matter that should be confronted and not ignored.  -- Brian Brear

This is a link to the Library of Congress webpage of Shakespeare on Film and Television. The website is bland, but I doubt you will ever find a more comprehensive list that entails Shakespeare related films and television episodes. Mostly useful for reference I imagine, but it may be a treasure trove for diehard film buffs.  --Brian Brear

This site is my all time favorite site.  The site helps the reader to understand Shakespeare's sometimes difficult language by summarizing it for you; however, the site also makes the actual text available as well.  --Matt Van Praag

This website contains some of Shakespeare’s most famous and widely recognized quotes. I found this website particularly useful and entertaining. In fact, there were many quotes that I recognized but did not know belonged to Shakespeare or his works. This website would be extremely helpful to both students and researchers who are trying to identify some of Shakespeare’s quotations and sayings.  --Jamie Daniels

This site contains a variety of useful information. Here I was able to access a detailed biography of William Shakespeare’s life and times. Plot summaries can also be found for Shakespeare’s many plays (tragedies, comedies and histories). What I liked most about this site was that individual act and scene summaries could be accessed, as well as overall summaries. It also enables you to locate and read Shakespeare’s plays in their entirety.  --Jamie Daniels

This site is very well organized with a help section for students.  It also has a question of the day.  --Victoria Rinker

Offers examinations of themes in Shakespeare's works, a biography, and touches on interesting subjects.  Also offers a time-line and a glossary.  --Dixie Putnal

This allows students a thorough background and access to other Shakespeare teachers.  --Victoria Rinker

This gives access to information from around the world and has articles that have been reviewed by professors to validate their accuracy.  --Victoria Rinker

Offers resources for plays, sonnets, poems; also gives quotes, study guides, trivia, info about the Globe Theatre and the authorship debate.  --Dixie Putnal

This is the textual basis for a program aired on PBS's "Frontline" series about the likelihood of Christopher Marlowe as Shakespeare.  The article, written by a Stanford professor, is informative and thought-provoking.  It is a "fine mystery," even if you don't believe it.  --C. Eskin.

A web site of Collected Works of Shakespeare. His works are listed alphabetically. Click on the title. The play is displayed in its entirety along with the dramatis personae and characters, which includes a link in HTML version as well as plaintext version.  -- Thelma Carlton