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Drama
Library and Web resources
The following links are intended to be a starting point for finding
resources relating to Drama,
as taught at Flinders University.
It includes:
Reference Material
This is a selection of useful Reference Books
| Cambridge Guide to Theatre (Central Books) |
792.03 C178.C |
| Theatre and Stage (historical) (Central Books) |
792.03 T373 |
| Dictionary of the Theatre: Terms, Concepts, and Analysis
(Central Books) |
792.03 P338d.Z |
| Cambridge Guide to Asian Theatre (Central Books) |
792.095 C178 |
| Cambridge Guide to American Theatre (Central Books) |
792.0973 C178 |
| Companion to Theatre in Australia (Central Reference) |
792.0994 C737 |
| Drama Criticism: criticism of the most significant and widely
studied dramatic works from all the world's literature. 9 vols
(Central Reference) |
809.2 D763.G |
| The Book of 1,000 Plays (Central Books) |
809.203 F615b |
| Dictionary of Literary Biography (Central Books + online) |
810.3 D554 |
| Contemporary Authors: a biographical guide to current writers
in fiction...drama... (use the cumulative index) (Central Books
+ online) |
810.5 C76 |
| Contemporary Black American Playwrights and their plays
(Central Books) |
812.509 P485c |
| Oxford Companion to African American Literature (Central
Reference) |
810.8 O98 |
| Reference Guide to English Literature (3 vols) (Central
Reference) |
820.3 R332.2 |
Books
The best way to find books on a topic is to do a search on Voyager
(the library catalogue). Search either by keyword or subject heading.
Useful subject headings include:
Acting
Actors
Costume
design
Drama
Dramatists
Theater
Performance
Art
Note that these subject headings can be further subdivided by country
or region (eg. South Australia, New Zealand, etc), by type of material
(handbooks, case studies, etc) or by more specific aspects (biography,
pictorial works, etc).
Alternatively, browse the shelves at the following call numbers:
792
(Stage presentations)
792.1
(Tragedy and serious drama)
792.2
(Comedy and melodrama)
792.3
(Pantomime)
792.5
(Opera)
792.6
(Musical plays)
792.8
(Ballet and modern dance)
792.9
(Stage productions)
822
(English drama)
822.33
(Shakespeare)
832
(German drama)
842
(French Drama)
852
(Italian Drama)
862
(Spanish drama)
A number of books and readings may have been placed on Reserve
and/or eReserve.
Use the Course
Reserve Search on Voyager to search for your course.
Journals
A journal (also known as a periodical, serial or annual) is a publication
that appears at regular intervals on an ongoing basis. Each issue
has the same title and contains articles written by many different
authors. Reading the journal literature is a good way to keep up-to-date
in the field.
The library subscribes to a number of print and electronic journals;
your lecturer will probably recommend titles that s/he thinks are
particularly useful.
Library databases
The best way to find articles in journals is to use one of the many
journal indexes available. These are available in electronic format
and are commonly referred to as Library databases. There are two types
of Library database: citation and full text.
Citation databases provide enough information to direct you to the
full text of the article. They have sophisticated search capabilities,
are subject-specific, and usually cover at least 30 years’ worth
of literature. You will retrieve a citation (also known as a reference)
for each item.
Full text databases will take you directly to the full text. While
this is convenient, it is important to remember that there is a limited
amount of material available in this format.
It is worth using a citation database that is subject-specific to
ensure you obtain the maximum possible references, especially when
looking for specialised information.
The following table summarises the most useful databases for Drama-related
research. A complete list can be found here.
| Resource |
Discipline |
Dates |
Coverage |
Access |
Help |
| APAIS: Australian Public Affairs Information Service (via
Informit) |
Social Sciences and Humanities; Australian |
Citation 1978 -
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Newspapers, scholarly journals, conference papers and books.
220+ comprehensively indexed journals |
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| APA-FT (via Informit) |
Social Sciences and Humanities; Australian |
Full text: 1995- ; Index: 1978-
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Newspapers, scholarly journals, conference papers and books.
220+ comprehensively indexed journals |
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| Arts and humanities citation index |
Multi-disciplinary |
Citation;
1987-
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1,100+ of the world's leading arts and humanities journals,
as well as covering individually selected, relevant items from
over 6,800 major science and social science journals. |
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| Austlit |
Australian literature |
Citation; 1880- |
Book, journal and electronic publications by and about Australian
authors
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| Factiva |
Multi-disciplinary |
Full text; varies, 1998-
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Contains all Fairfax and News Ltd newspapers |
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| Google Scholar |
Multi-disciplinary |
Full text
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Peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts
and technical reports from all broad areas of research. |
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| International Index to the Performing Arts |
Performing Arts |
Citation; varies, from 1999- |
150+ performing arts journals with subjects ranging from film
and drama to magic and puppetry. Only available in the Electronic
Information Room, Central Library. |
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| JSTOR |
Multi-disciplinary |
Citation; varies |
550+ titles in the Arts and Sciences, containing many of the
core research and society published journals |
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| MLA directory of periodicals |
Multi-disciplinary |
Citation; 1963- |
3,700+ periodicals in the areas of literature, language, linguistics,
and folklore that are covered regularly in the MLA International
Bibliography. |
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| MLA International Bibliography |
Multi-disciplinary |
Citation; 1963- |
Bibliographic records relating to literature, language, linguistics
and folklore.
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| Literature Resource Center (LRC) |
Humanities |
various |
comprehensive literary collection
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| ProQuest 5000 |
Multi-disciplinary |
Citation; 1963- |
Major collection of online databases with full text articles
from over 4000 journals.
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ost library databases index scholarly journals. Many also index magazines,
newspapers and trade publications; some may also index conference papers,
book chapters, theses and government reports.
It is important to be able to recognise a scholarly journal, i.e.
a journal that has been peer-reviewed. Peer
review is the process of checking information by other experts
in the field (peers) to evaluate it before its publication.
Websites
See the Library's Guide
to Internet Research for how to find, evaluate and cite Internet
information.
General Links
- Directory
of Native American Women Playwrights
- McCoy's Guide to Theatre
and Performance Studies An annotated guide to sites. Arranged
by topics which include electronic texts, plays and playwrights,
stagecraft and technical theatre.
- Musicals101.com
John Kenrick is an American authority on musical theatre history.
He aims to provide a reliable educational resource celebrating the
history of musical theatre, film and television.
- PADS Theatre Collection
This is the Performing Arts Data Service from the University of
Glasgow. Links are for research, projects, organisations, general
links, online journals.
- Playwrights
Guild of Canada Index of members with biography, list of plays,
awards.
- Playwrights on the Web
A database of playwrights and their Websites.
- WWW Virtual Library Theatre and
Drama Exhaustive range of links to international theatre and
drama resources, with some Australian material.
Australian Links
- AusStage Performing arts
database involving Flinders University and seven other Australian
universities. Includes Gateway to the Performing Arts resources on
the Net, The Directory of Performing Arts Resources, The Index of
Australian Performing Arts Events.
- Australia dancing
The Australian Dance Collection: a Directory of Resources
- Australia's
Cultural Network Australian Government's public access gateway
to Australian cultural organisations, websites, resources, news and
events.
- Australian Performance
Laboratory In 2001, the Australian Performance Laboratory (APL)
was established to formalise the links between the Flinders Drama
Centre and the independent artists and companies using its research
facilities. What is APL? A laboratory that assists individual artists
and theatre companies realise innovative projects. A laboratory that
specialises in creating 'real time' solutions for the integration
of digital technology into live performance, without overwhelming
the visceral with the virtual.
- Flinders
Academic Commons A digital repository for disseminating and preserving
scholarly work created at Flinders University. The FAC offers faculty
and staff a central location for depositing research or other scholarly
work including research, working papers, pre-publication scholarship,
and published papers for which authors have retained copyright or
acquired permission to post.
- National
Library of Australia E-resources
- Performing Arts Collection
The Performing Arts Collection of South Australia is an exciting collection
of artefacts representing the rich heritage of the performing arts
in South Australia and is available to the public for research and
as a resource.
- SETIS
Australian Literary and Historical Texts SETIS (The Sydney Electronic
Text and Image Service based at the University of Sydney Library)
collection of more than 300 Australian literary and historical texts.
News
- Australian Newspapers
on the Internet Connections to major and minor newspapers. Maintained
by the National Library.
- News from the Australian Broadcasting
Corporation
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