ANN ARBOR—And just when you thought you’d seen or heard all there is to see or hear about William Shakespeare, his works, and the residency of the Royal Shakespeare Company at the University of Michigan, there’s more. The Internet Public Library (www.ipl.org/), hosted by the U-M’s School of Information, has links to more aspects of the Bard and his works than you can imagine.     William Shakespeare  

The Library’s more than 270 entries can take you from “Shake-n-Bacon” to paintings and illustrations of the Bard’s works, a post card collection that depicts the plays, the players, and the characters (some in a humorous manner and others more serious), to guides for teachers and the complete online texts of the playwright’s works.

The Library can guide the Shakespeare enthusiast to timelines, a biography quiz, genealogy charts, Shakespeare festivals and “Tales from Shakespeare” where the plays are presented in language appropriate for a youthful audience.

Start at http://www.ipl.org/reading/shakespeare/shakespeare.html and work your way through “The Complete Works.”

For the scholarly there is “The Works of the Bard” and a handy guide to monologues found in Shakespeare’s works as well as study guides for discussion groups at Webspeare.

For those looking for everything and anything about Shakespeare and his works IPL can direct you to “Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet” (http://daphne.palomar.edu/shakespeare/) where you can find the Bard’s works in “Book a Minute Classics,” Shakespeare Parodies, or “Green Eggs and Hamlet” by an unknown author.

residencyShake-n-Bacontimelineshttp://www.ipl.org/reading/shakespeare/shakespeare.htmlhandy guide to monologueshttp://daphne.palomar.edu/shakespeare/