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Note about Print Resources  (Ref. means book is in the Reference area on the 1st floor.   All other books are on the shelves on the 2nd floor)

Note about Off-Campus Access  To access databases and NetLibrary electronic books, make a note of the titles you are looking for and then go to the 'Off-Campus Access" link on the library homepage under "Find Articles."  Click on "Databases by Title."  Click on the database you need or NetLibrary.  You will then need to enter your name and barcode number from your student I.D. card to gain access.  Greenwood Press ebooks are only available from on campus. 


Selected Titles:  Print and Electronic  /  Use these for an overview of your topic
  Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Handbooks, Indexes
  • Dictionary of the Black Theatre: Broadway, Off-Broadway and
  •      Selected Harlem Theatre/ Greenwood Press E-Book                                               Link to Book
  • InterPlay / A searchable play index                                                                            Link to Web site
  • Masterplots II: Drama Series                                                                                         Ref.  PN6112.5 .M37 1990 Vols. 1-4
  • McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama                                                           Ref.  PN1625 .M3 Vols. 1-4
  • New Theatre Handbook and Digest of Plays                                                          Ref.  PN1625 .S6 1959
  • Oxford Companion to American Theatre (1992)                                                  Ref.  PN2220 .B6 1992
  • Oxford Companion to American Theatre (2004) / NetLibrary                             Link to Book
  • Oxford Companion to the Theatre                                                                               Ref.  PN2035 .O0 1983
  • Stage It with Music: An Encyclopedic Guide to the American
  •       Musical Theatre                                                                                                              Ref.  ML102 .M88 H6 1993
  • Stage Makeup (handbook)                                                                                                         PN2068 .C65 1990
  • Stagecraft:  A Handbook for Organization, Construction & Management         PN2085 .W4 1987
  • Theatre Backstage from A to Z                                                                                      Ref.  PN2035 .L6 1972
  • Who's Who in the Theatre                                                                                                 Ref.  PN2012 .W5 1977

Biography, History

  • American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy & Drama / NetLibrary                    Link to Book
  • Biography Resource Center                                                                                           Link to Database                       
  • Broadway: A Musical History (Video series)                                                                     ML1711 .B76 vols. 1-5
  • History of the Theatre                                                                                                        Ref.  PN2101 .B68 1990
  • History Resource Center - U.S.                                                                                     Link to Database
  • The Show Makers: Great Director of American Musical Theatre / NetLibrary   Link to Book
  • Theatrical Directors: A Biographical Dictionary / Greenwood Press E-book     Link to Book

Reviews and Criticism

  • Critical Survey of Drama                                                                                                  Ref.  PN1625 .C68 2003 Vols. 1-8
  • Drama Criticism: Criticism of the Most Significant and Widely
  •     Studied Dramatic Works from All the World's Literature                             Ref.  PN1231 .D7 T866 Vols. 1-10

For Shakespeare resources see "Literature" page

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Search Catalog (HAL) / find books that relate to your topic

  Do keyword search in online catalog    (Limit results to Bluefield College or search all HAL libraries to find books to order through interlibrary loan)

Do keyword search in World Catalog (find books to order through Interlibrary Loan)  Click on the database "World Catalog."  When search screen comes up, choose the option "WorldCat" at top of screen rather than "ArticleFirst"


Browse the Shelves by Call Number Area / find books or sections within books on your topic

 
  • Drama                                                                         PN1600 -- PN3307
  •     Dramatic Representation.  The Theatre        PN2000 -- PN3307
  •     Collections of Drama                                         PN6110.5 -- PN6120

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Find Articles and Information / Use indexes/databases to find articles, abstracts or citations from journals.

  Electronic Indexes/databases  available through Easley Library:
  • Arts and Humanities Search (Citation Index) / This is an Index only (no full text) to subjects in the humanities, including music.   Use this to locate titles of articles which then can be searched in a full-text database or ordered through interlibrary loan. 
  • Associations Unlimited /  Look for associations/organizations/societies in the fields of drama/theatre
  • ERIC / Look for citations and  articles in the field of drama education.  Use the thesaurus for search terms.
  • Expanded Academic Index ASAP / Do a keyword search for abstracts and full-text articles.  You can also do a publication search to see what theatre journals are indexed.
  • JSTOR / Browse publications by topic or search for articles by keyword.  These are not current articles, but are an archive of journal articles  with varying coverage dates.  Includes 10 theatre journals.
  • Lexis-Nexis / Look for news articles on more modern topics related to theatre.

Electronic  database freely available on the Internet:

Print Journals:

  • Dramatics
  • Theatre Journal

Selected Web Sites / additional helpful information

 

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