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These are starting
points for you to begin your Dramatic Arts research at the Davidson Library.
If the information on this guide is not sufficient, ask a reference librarian
at the 1st Floor Information & Reference Desk for help or consult the Dramatic Arts
Collection Manager (contact info above) for in depth assistance.
Dramatic
Arts Information Resources web guide
Proxy
server information for current UCSB students, faculty and staff. Proxy
Server may be used for off-campus access to many databases and electronic
texts.
Keywords vs. Subject
Headings-- Using your own words or phrases to search a topic is a
keyword search. A subject (or descriptor) search
uses pre-determined words or phrases assigned by someone else. Subject
headings are found by looking at a resource's index, thesaurus, or item
record. Both types of searches are helpful in broadening or narrowing
search results.
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Examples using keywords (words you think up on your own)
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Examples
using subject headings (words you find in a thesaurus
or item record)
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Contemporary
American plays
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American drama--
20th Century
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Victorian
costumes
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Costume- Great
Britain-- History--19th Century
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Black playwrights
in the U.S.
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American drama--
African American authors
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Scene design
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Theaters--
Stage-setting and scenery
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FINDING BOOKS
-- www.library.ucsb.edu
PEGASUS
- materials at UCSB.
MELVYL- materials at
any UC campus. NOTE: MELVYL is not up to date for UCSB books.
Melvyl is a registered trademark of the Regents of the University of
California.
FINDING ARTICLES
-- www.library.ucsb.edu/eresources/databases/.
These databases index journals of interest to Dramatic Arts researchers.
Use the sample searches below or your own search to familiarize yourself
with these databases.
· Anthropological
Literature (bibliographic index to articles and essays)
· Art Abstracts and Art Retrospective (articles on stage craft)
· Art & Humanities Citation Index (scholarly journals, reviews,
and news articles)
· International Index to Music (articles on opera and musical
theater)
· International Index to Performing Arts (scholarly & popular
works, bios, interviews and reviews)
· Los Angeles Times, 1999- (theater reviews, articles on actors,
playwrights)
· MLA (Modern Language Association: articles and materials in
language and literature, drama)
· Music Index Online (articles on opera and musical theater)
· New York Times, 1999- (theater reviews)
· Readers Guide Retrospective, 1963-1982 (theater reviews, articles
on actors, playwrights)
· Teatro Español de Siglo de Oro (full-text database of
16th and 17th century plays from Spain)
CDROM's-- Available
in the Electronic Arcade on the first floor. Ask at the Electronic Arcade
Desk. The following are some CDROM's of interest:
· Kutiyattam,
Sanskrit Theater of India
· London Times
· Los Angeles Times
· Performing Arts in Colonial American Newspapers, 1690-1783
· Teatro Campesino
ADDITIONAL REFERENCE
SOURCES
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Biographical
Sources
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American and
British Theatrical Biography: A Directory, 1979
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Ref PN 2285
W42
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Contemporary
Dramatists
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Ref PR 737
C57 1993
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Contemporary
Theatre, Film, and Television. 1984-.
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Ref PN 2285
C58
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Great Stage
Directors
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Ref PN 2205
L44 1994
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Performing
Arts Biography Master Index
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Ref PN 1583
M37 1982
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Theatrical
Designers: an International Biographical Dictionary
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Ref PN 2096
A1 T54
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Theatrical
Directors : a Biographical Dictionary
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Ref PN 2205
T54 1994
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Drama Criticism
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American Drama
Criticism: Interpretations 1890-1965
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Ref Z 1231
D7 P3
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Critical Survey
of Drama
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Ref PR 623
C75 1994
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Drama Criticism
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Ref PN 1601
D59
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European Drama
Criticism, 1900-1975
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Ref Z 5781
P2
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International
Bibliography of Theatre (IBT) 1982-98
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Ref PN 1561
I68
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Modern Drama
Scholarship and Criticism, 1966-1990
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Ref PN1851
C37 1997
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Dictionaries
and Encyclopedias About Theater
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Cambridge
Guide to Theatre
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Ref PN 2035
C27 1992
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Dictionary
of the Performing Arts
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Ref PN 1579
M66 1999
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Dictionario
de teatro
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Ref PN 2035
G66 1998
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International
Dictionary of Theatre, 3 volumes
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Ref PN 2035
I485 1992
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McGraw-Hill
Encyclopedia of World Drama, 5 volumes
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Ref PN 1625
M3 1984
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The New Penguin
Dictionary of the Theater
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Ref PN 2035
N49 2001
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NTC's Dictionary
of Theatre and Drama Terms
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Ref PN 2035
M63 1992
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World Encyclopedia
of Contemporary Theatre
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Ref PN 2189
W67 1994
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Finding
Plays
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Index to Plays
in Periodicals
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Ref Z 5781
K43 1979, 1990
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Inter-Play
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www.lib.pdx.edu/systems/interplay/
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Ottemiller's
Index to Plays in Collections
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Ref Z 5781
O8 1988
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Play Index.
1949-
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Ref Z 5781
P53
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Smith &
Kraus Monologue Index
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Ref PN 2080
S6 1999
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Guides
to Information Sources
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Carpenter,
Charles, Modern Drama Scholarship and Criticism
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Ref PN1621
C35 1997
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Encyclopedia
Britannica Online
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search.eb.com/
(through ucsb.edu domain or proxy server)
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Shaland, Irene,
American Theater and Drama Research
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Ref Z1231
D7 S53 1991
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Simons, Linda,
Performing Arts: A Guide of the Reference Literature
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Ref PN 1584
S56 1994
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Handbooks
and Directories
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Back Stage
Handbook for Performing Artists
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Ref PN 2055
B27 1991
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Dramatists
Bible
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Ref PN 2289
D727 1989
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Dramatists
Sourcebook
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Ref PN 2289
D73 2002/2003
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Handel's National
Directory for the Performing Arts, 2 volumes
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Ref PN 2289
H34 1992
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Theatre Backstage
from A to Z
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Ref PN 2091.M3
L68 1999
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Theatre Companies
of the World
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Ref PN 2091.M3
L68 1999
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Theatrical
Costume, Masks, Make-up and Wigs
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Ref PN 2067
.J68 2000
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Theater
Performance Reviews
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New York Times
Theater Reviews, 1920-1970
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Ref PN 1581
.N42
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Review of
the Arts: Performing Arts, 1975-96
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Ref PN 1560
P475
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International
Bibliography of Theatre (IBT) 1982-98
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Ref PN 1561
I68
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Collection Manager: Sylvia Curtis
Phone: (805) 893-3454
E-mail: curtis@library.ucsb.edu
Last modified: 08/26/2003
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