Library Guides: Drama & Theatre Research: Books & Ebooks

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Drama & Theatre Call Numbers

Drama and Theatre Call Numbers

Use call numbers to browse book sections or in an advanced search of the library catalog.

For drama and theatre call numbers, see the opens new window Library of Congress Classification Outline: Class P - Language and Literature (PDF) and choose Subclass PN, or use the partial list below.

PN1600-3307 - Drama
PN1635-1650 - Relation to, and treatment of, special subjects
PN1660-1693 - Technique of dramatic composition
PN1720-1861 - History
PN1865-1988 - Special types
PN1990-1992.92 - Broadcasting
PN1991-1991.9 - Radio broadcasts
PN1992-1992.92 - Television broadcasts
PN1992.93-19 92.95 - Nonbroadcast video recordings
PN1993-1999 - Motion pictures
PN1997-1997.85 - Plays, scenarios, etc.
PN2000-3307 - Dramatic representation. The theater
PN2061-2071 - Art of acting
PN2085-2091 - The stage and accessories
PN2131-2193 - By period
PN2131-2145 - Ancient
PN2152-2160 - Medieval
PN2171-2179 - Renaissance
PN2181-2193 - Modern
PN2219.3-3030 - Special regions or countries
PN3035 - The Jewish theater
PN3151-3171 - Amateur theater

Ebook Central (ProQuest Database)

Ebook Central
Authoritative ebooks in a wide range of subject areas.
TIP: The Bookshelf feature allows you to store ebooks, create notes, highlight text, add Web links, and more. To access or create your personalized bookshelf, click the Bookshelf link in Ebook Central and sign in using your ORU Single Sign-On (SSO). To delete ebook titles, highlights and notes in your bookshelf, use the delete trash icon at the right in your folder.
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Use your personal Ebook Central "bookshelf" to annotate and save ebooks. To access or create a bookshelf, click Bookshelf or Sign In in the top menu bar, then enter your network login.

Sample titles:

Digital Performance: A History of New Media in Theater, Dance, Performance Art, and Installation by Steve Dixon; Barry Smith (As told to)
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 9780262042352
Publication Date: 2007
Performing Chekhov by David Allen
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 0415189357
Publication Date: 1999
Playing Culture by Vicki Ann Cremona (Volume Editor); Rikard Hoogland (Volume Editor); Gay Morris (Volume Editor); Willmar Sauter (Volume Editor)
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 9789042037908
Publication Date: 2014

eBook Collection (EBSCOhost Database)

eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
A multidisciplinary collection of eBooks including titles in the Christian Librarians collections.

Try the following example Subject searches by pasting in the search box of the database:

ZK "BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts"
ZK "DRAMA / American / General"
SU "performing arts"
ZK "PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism"
ZK "PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Stagecraft & Scenography"

Note: full text viewing may be limited to 1-5 simultaneous users per title.

Sample titles:

Melodramatic Formations: American Theatre and Society by Bruce A. McConachie
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 0877453608
Publication Date: 1992
Placing Movies: The Practice of Film Criticism by Jonathan Rosenbaum
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 0520086333
Publication Date: 1995
Scenographic Imagination by Darwin Reid Payne
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 0809318512
Publication Date: 1993