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| Books in Academic Libraries Search for books at Owens and other Missouri libraries. |
Search for Articles Locate articles on theatre and drama topics in scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers. |
Plays & and Play Authors Locate plays and criticism about plays as well as biographical information about play authors. |
| Primary Sources Tips for finding primary source materials including letters, diaries, autobiographies, news accounts, and stage histories. |
World Wide Web Sources and strategies for searching the web for scholarly theater resources. |
MLA
Style See examples of how to cite various sources, including books and journals. |
| Related Fine Arts This is a partial list of resources for other fine arts related to theatre. |
Newspaper Sources Use newspaper articles as primary source documents. These can include play reviews and other first hand accounts of play production. This can also include interviews with play authors, directors, actors, or stage designers. |
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Books
in Academic Libraries: Online Catalogs and eBooks |
| Library Catalog Search the library catalog for books located in Owens Library, in 4 academic libraries in our Towers region, or in over 50 MOBIUS Missouri academic libraries. REQUEST books Owens Library does not own from MOBIUS libraries. WorldCat Use this database to search for books across the United States outside of Missouri and borrow them using Interlibrary Loan Book/Microfilm Request. Tips for Using Printed Books Get the most out of the printed books in our collection by keeping these tips in mind. eBooks Search Owens Library's eBook collection of over 30,000 volumes, including hundreds of eBooks on drama, theater, and related arts. Google Book Search Use Google Books Search to search entire book contents for keywords or phrases and view the keywords or phrases in context. Use the Find this book in a library link to determine the closest library owning the book (and then use MOBIUS REQUEST or InterLibrary Loan to obtain a copy of the book). |
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Search for Articles
and Locate Full Text When Available |
Find Drama & Theatre Articles Use these periodical databases to search for articles about various aspects of drama, theater, and related arts. Theatre Arts Periodical Databases These supplement the databases listed under Find Drama & Theatre Ariticles and provide additional sources for finding contemporary primary news articles about drama and theatre. Newspaper Sources Use this page to locate print and online sources for newspaper articles. Search for Articles Link to all periodical databases available through Owens Library. |
 Locating
Periodicals in Owens Library Learn how to find the call number, the format/media type, and the Owens Library location of a periodical title, i.e., NOT the title of the journal or magazine article itself. |
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Types
of Periodicals Determine how to tell the difference between a scholarly journal and a popular magazine. |
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Locating
Peer-Reviewed Periodicals Discover how to limit a search to refereed or peer-reviewed articles. |
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Search For Plays Use this page to help locate play texts from a variety of sources. |
| Literature Resource Center Locate full text play author biographies and literature criticism articles on historical and contemporary plays. |
| Drama for Students Online Find full "text critical overviews of the most-studied plays of all time periods, nations, and cultures. Includes discussions of themes, characters, critical reception, dramatic devices and traditions as well as cultural and historical context." |
| Drama & Theatre
Sources: Biography This page points to several reference books that provide biographical information about play authors and others involved in theater production. |
| Literary
Index At this site, search by title of play or play author name to locate articles in reference books published by the Gale Group, a highly respected publisher of literary reference materials. Drama for Students and Drama Criticism are two valuable reference titles that give play author biographical information and details about the meaning and critical reception of specific plays. |
| Biographical
Sources About Authors in Owens Library |
| Theatre Appreciation Examples of search strategy and links to library resources for researching theater topics from antiquity to the present day. |
| Western Theatre Timeline This related series of pages gives and chronological and geographical snapshot of the development of theater from antiquity to the present. |
| Drama
Criticism Sources in Owens Library |
1) Search the library catalog for books located in Owens Library, in 4 academic libraries in our Towers region, or in over 50 MOBIUS Missouri academic libraries. REQUEST books Owens Library does not own from MOBIUS libraries. a) Search for books with letters, diaries, interviews, and other primary source documents Examples: tennessee williams and s:correspondence samuel beckett and s:interviews arthur miller and s:sources b) Search for books focusing on the historical aspects of staging plays Example: chekov and s:stage history c) Search for books about a specific play, play author, director, stage designer with possible primary source material Example: taymor and s:criticism 2) Search for newspaper and magazine article accounts of performances and theater events a) Use Reader's Guide Retrospective to search for reviews, interviews, and other firsthand accounts of plays and performances from 1890-1982 Example: "emperor jones" and "theater reviews" b) Use the print New York Times index to locate theater reviews and other firsthand accounts of plays and performances from 1851-2003 or search the index online NW Owens Reference N Wall 016.07 N53n |
Drama and Theatre WWW Resources These sites are chosen by Owens librarians to complement course assignments in theatre. Search the Internet A list of search engines and search strategies for getting the most out of the Internet for college level assignments. Google Scholar Beta test site for Google's search engine for exclusively scholarly books, articles, documents, and web sites. |
Fine Arts Resources |
Art Research Fine Arts Print Reference Sources |
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