Search the Library Catalog
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Use the library catalog to find books and ebook titles, which link to the full text ebooks.
Subject searching
Try a Library catalog subject search for "drama," "theater" or other related subject, and then drill down to your area of interest. If the book you find is an ebook, click "View content of ...E-Book" in the record to go to the full text. For more precise searching, try a Library catalog Advanced Search and combine a subject with a relevant keyword. For example, Subject: English theater and Keyword: women.
Drama & Theatre Call Numbers
Drama and Theatre Call Numbers
Use call numbers to browse book sections of the reference collection or to search 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.
Ebook Central (ProQuest Database)
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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 byCall Number: EbookISBN: 9780262042352Publication Date: 2007
- Performing Chekhov byCall Number: EbookISBN: 0415189357Publication Date: 1999
- Playing Culture byCall Number: EbookISBN: 9789042037908Publication Date: 2014
eBook Collection (EBSCOhost Database)
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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 byCall Number: EbookISBN: 0877453608Publication Date: 1992
- Placing Movies: The Practice of Film Criticism byCall Number: EbookISBN: 0520086333Publication Date: 1995
- Scenographic Imagination byCall Number: EbookISBN: 0809318512Publication Date: 1993