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THTR 4303 World Drama
Prepared by:
Sarah Brick Archer
Assistant Professor of Library Services
Communication & Art Subject Librarian
Office: Rm #L308 B, ext. #3267
How is the NSU library organized?
Maps
Physical
Overview to the Library CLIP Tutorial
Library of
Congress
Hours
For assistance contact the Reference Desk
at ext. 3240 in the middle of the first floor. The
Physical
Overview to the Library CLIP Tutorial provides background
information
on the library's materials and services. Most drama materials are
located in the PN 1600-3307
sections of the library. Check the NSU subject Page on Theatre
for Internet sources.
How do I locate materials on theatre history?
Using
the Library
Catalog, do a subject search on Theater--History
The History of North American
Theater Ref. PN 2219.5.L66
Didaskalia:
Ancient Theater Today
Theatre
History on the Web
Lortel Archives
(off-broadway database)
Internet Broadway Database
How do I find plays?
To locate a play by a specific playwright, use the Library Catalog and search by
author or title. There are also
anthologies of plays available such as the following:
The Play Index (Ref. PN 2000.P53) is an index to
plays in anthologies and may be searched by playwright, title, subject
and cast analysis.
How do I find overviews to plays?
encyclopedias
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of
World
Drama Ref. PN 1625.M3
Oxford Companion to the Theatre
Ref. PN 2035.O9
Reader's Encyclopedia of World
Drama Ref. PN 1625.G3
How do I find criticism on specific plays?
In order to more thoroughly understand a play it is useful to find
criticism on the play as well
as information about the playwright. Useful databases include the
following:
Academic
Search
Premier
Humanities Full Text (search for the play and limit the search
to a theater journal)
Literature
Resource Center
MagillOnLiterature
Plus
M.L.A.
Bibliography
New
York Times
Drama Criticism
on
the
Eserver
Use the Library
Catalog
to find full-length biographies and criticisms of authors.
Additional sources include the following literary explicators:
Drama Criticism (Ref. PN 1721.C65)
Dramatic Criticism Index (Ref. PN 1861.B8)
*European Drama Criticism (Ref. PN 1721.P2 1977)
Guide to American Drama Explication (Ref. PS 332.O84
1995)
There are separate explicators for such authors as William
Shakespeare (Ref. PR 2894.C53 1993), and Tennessee Williams (Ref. PS
3545.I5365G85 1991).
How do I locate entertainment news?
American Theatre (Available in paper at PN2000
.A52 Current issue on first floor.)
Entertainment Weekly
Per. PN1993 .E59 (second floor)
New
York Times
How do I locate materials not available at NSU?
The ILLiad
system
is available for requesting books and articles not available at
NSU.
Allow approximately two weeks for requests. Print orders will be
available at the Circulation Desk.
How do I Find Help for Citing Resources?
Try the KnightCite
Bibliography Machine.
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