Library Guides: THEATRE: Subject Guide: Get Started

Getting Started

In this Guide, you'll find:

Reference Sources to lead you to background and general information
Databases and some select theatre journals to help you Find Articles
- Resources and search tips to Find Reviews
Info on searching the catalog, ebooks, and videos to help you Find Books & Media, including resources for
- Costume, Lighting & Set Design
- Plays & Monologues

Key Resources

Quick links to best bets

Gale OneFile: Fine Arts This link opens in a new window
10.4 million articles for students of drama, music, art history, and filmmaking. More than 250 journals covered in databases such as the Wilson Art Index and the Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (RILM) index are available in full text.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Subject index for books, articles and websites published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, linguistics, and theater. The electronic version dates back to 1925 and contains over 2.2 million citations from more than 4,400 periodicals (including peer-reviewed e-journals) and 1,000 book publishers.

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Reference sources - great for getting started

Reference sources can be a great starting point for research. Reference sources typically provide definitions, give topic overviews, and explain theories. They can also point to additional readings and scholarship. Examples of reference sources include: dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, guidebooks, manuals, and textbooks.

Dictionaries

The Cambridge Guide to American Theatre
Call Number: REF 792.0973 C144
Cassell Companion to Theatre
Call Number: REF 792.03 C272
Who's Who in Contemporary World Theatre
Call Number: ebook
A lively and accessible biographical guide to the key figures in contemporary international drama.

Encyclopedias

The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance
Call Number: ebook and REF 792.03 Ox22
An authoritative reference covering primarily actors, playwrights, directors, styles and movements, companies and organizations.
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama
Call Number: REF 809.2 M178, 1984
5 volumes.
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Stage Actors and Acting
Call Number: ebook
Including a chronological list of actors that spans the past 2,000 years and many diverse countries and cultures, this Encyclopedia offers a fascinating and unique overview of acting onstage that will be of interest to anyone who attends or practises theatre.

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