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Join us for THEA 303 Library Orientation Workshop. Learn how to find biographical information, literature resources, criticism, and more. Discover search operators, find full-text articles, and use our article delivery service. Get assistance from Vince Graziano, the Theatre Librarian.
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Library Orientation for THEA 303Monday, September 15, 2014Vince GrazianoTheatre Librarianvince.graziano@concordia.ca
Workshop Outline • Finding background/biographical information • Literature Resource Center • Literature Criticism Online • Finding Criticism • International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance (IBTD) • International Index to the Performing Arts (IIPA) • Humanities Abstracts • MLA International Bibliography (MLAIB) • Finding older performance reviews and articles • Times Digital Archive • Finding Videos and Images • CLUES, Theatre in Video, ARTstor
Finding biographical information • Literature Resource Center • Look for: • Dictionary of Literary Biography: longer biographies • Also contains work overviews and articles • Literature Criticism Online • Look for • Drama Criticism: a reference work that begins with an introductory critical biography, followed by the full text or selections of full text of essays and articles re-published within the reference work. • Also look for Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800 • Good resource for photographs
Search Operators • AND Racine AND performance • OR PhedreOR Phaedre • NOT theatre NOT film • “ ” “Yoruba ritual” • *theat* • () (PhedreORPhaedre) ANDRacine
To Find the Full Text • Use the feature • Search CLUES • Perform a Journal Title search • Check other Montreal libraries • Use your CREPUQ card • Request an Interlibrary Loan (COLOMBO) • Online form • Allow 1 week for delivery of books • Electronic delivery for most articles within 24-48 hours
Article Delivery Service • Articles from print or microform periodicals can be scanned and sent to you as a PDF attachment via e-mail • Delivery Time • 2 working days • Online form: • Library website • At the bottom of a CLUES page • Login with MyConcordiaNetname
Help is Available • At the Reference Desk • Library website • Theatre Research Guide • Ask a Librarian • E-mail form • Chat with a Librarian • Ask Vince: • 514-848-2424, ext. 7689 • vince.graziano@concordia.ca • Office hours: by appointment