Find Sources
Find Articles
Use these selected databases to find articles on your topic:
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Kanopy's Performing Arts CollectionKanopy offers Fairfield Students access to a great collection of streaming video content, including full theatre performances, educational videos on the craft, and documentaries on all things theatre.
Books, Ebooks, Music, & Movies
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Search Beyond Fairfield:
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WorldCatA global and comprehensive catalog of library holdings. Search WorldCat for materials that are not available at Fairfield.
Background Resources
Multidisciplinary encyclopedias:
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Credo Reference Academic CoreA comprehensive collection of subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and reference handbooks. Also included are short reference videos and high-resolution images. Useful background information source.
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Britannica AcademicProvides access to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, an interactive world atlas, a world data analyst tool, images, timelines, videos, and primary sources.
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Oxford Reference Online: PremiumA comprehensive collection of scholarly encyclopedias and dictionaries published by Oxford University Press. A useful background information source for starting your research. Simultaneous user limit: 5.
Discipline specific sources:
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Dictionary of the Theatre: terms, concepts, and analysis
Call Number: Online and Reference Main Level PN2035 .P2913Publication Date: 1999 -
Historical Dictionary of Contemporary American Theater, 1930-2010
Call Number: Online and Reference Main Level PN2266.3 .F575 2011 v. 1 & 2Publication Date: 2011 -
The Cambridge Guide to American Theatre
Call Number: Reference Main Level PN2220 .C35 2007Publication Date: 2007 -
Broadway Plays and Musicals: descriptions and essential facts of more than 14,000 shows through 2007
Call Number: Reference Main Level PN2277.N5 H573 2009Publication Date: 2009 -
Working in American Theatre
Call Number: Online and Reference Main Level PN2074 .V65 2011Publication Date: 2011
Additional Online Resources
These websites have been evaluated by librarians (that's a good thing) for your use in an academic setting. However, any website can be changed without notice, so be sure to evaluate every site you use.
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PlaybillThe latest news from Broadway and beyond, Playbill archives, performance listings, seating charts, and many other special features.
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The Scherer Library of Musical TheatreOne of the most extensive musical theatre research facilities in the United States. The collection boasts more than 70,000 items, providing an invaluable resource to academics and professionals around the world.
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Internet Broadway DatabaseThe official database for Broadway theatre information providing records of productions from the beginnings of New York theatre until today.
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Perseus Collection: Greek and Roman MaterialsContains numerous texts from Ancient Greek and Roman drama, as well as more recent Western theatrical traditions. From our friends at Tufts University.
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Open Source ShakespeareOpen Source Shakespeare attempts to be the best free Web site containing Shakespeare's complete works. Intended for scholars, thespians, and Shakespeare lovers of every kind. OSS includes the 1864 Globe Edition of the complete works, which was the definitive single-volume Shakespeare edition for over a half-century.
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Speech Accent ArchiveThe speech accent archive uniformly presents a large set of speech samples from a variety of language backgrounds. From our friends at George Mason University.
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Costume Collection at the MetBrowse the Met's Costume Collection with this direct link to a query in their catalog. Adjust the search results by adding in keywords that relate to your research in the search bar.
Image Databases
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New York Public Library Digital CollectionsFeatures the Billy Rose Theatre Collection and the Vandamm Theatrical Photographs Collection, among others.
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Museum of the City of New York Historical ImagesFeatures images of historic theatre exteriors & interiors, production stills, and more.
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Motley Collection of Theatre & Costume Design (UIUC's Rare Book and Manuscript Library)A rare collection of original materials on the theatre comprising over 5000 items from more than 150 productions in England and the United States. These materials include costume and set designs, sketches, notes, photographs, prop lists, storyboards, and swatches of fabric.
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ARTstorA database comprised of images from some of the world's museums, photo archives, scholars, and artists.
Citations & Support
Citing Your Sources
The links below point to brief informational guides for creating accurate citations. For more complete information, consult the original books at the library (see call numbers below) or contact a librarian.
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Chicago:
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Ref. LB2369.G53 2016 |
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Ref. Z 253.U69 2017
Questions about Citations? Save time, ask a Librarian!
Citation Management Tool
RefWorks is a tool that will help you manage the resources you use for your research, and create citations and bibliographies when you write your papers. The RefWorks User Guide will help you set up your RefWorks account and get started using it.
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