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Research Resources: Class Guides

TDF 174: Persona & Performance

REFERENCE RESOURCES

Currrent Biography Yearbook: REF CT 100 .C8
Encyclopedia of American Cultural and Intellectual History: REF E 169.1 .E624 2001
Encyclopedia of American Studies: REF E 169.1 .E625 2001
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture: REF E 169.1 .S764 2000
The Great Depression in America: a Cultural Encyclopedia: REF E 169.1 .Y595 2007
American Decades: REF E 169.12 .A419 1994
The Fifties in America: REF E169.12 .F498
The Sixties in America: REF E 169.12 .A51
The Seventies in America: REF E 169.12 .S446
Dictionary of American History: REF E174 .D52 2003 2003
Encyclopedia of American Social History: REF HN 57 .E58 1993
The Cambridge Guide to American Theatre: REF PN 2221 .C37 2007
American Theatre Companies [Two volumes: 1888-1930; 1931-1986]: REF PN 2256 .A44
American Theatre: a Chronicle of Comedy and Drama [Three volumes: 1869-1914; 1914-1930; 1930-1969]: REF PN 2266 .B64 1996
The Encyclopedia of the American Theatre, 1900-1975: REF PN 2266 .B68
Historical Dictionary of American Theater: Modernism: REF PN 2266.3 .F57 2008
Notable Women in the American Theatre: REF PN 2285 .N65 1989
Profiles of African American Stage Performers and Theatre People, 1816-1960: REF PN 2286 .P46 2001

F&M LIBRARY CATALOG, WorldCat and E-Z BORROW

Search the F&M Library Catalog to find out what books, journals, reference resources, newspapers, videos, maps, CDs, music, etc., the library owns.
NOTE: There are no journal articles in a catalog!

Search WorldCat to discover books on your topic held by libraries all over the planet!

Use E-Z Borrow (a regional, expedited book-exchange service) if F&M's copy of a book you want is unavailable, or if we do not own the desired book. [Requires your F&M ID barcode number.]

ADDITIONAL REFERENCE RESOURCES

Literary Index (Gale): Dictionary of Literary Biograpahy REF PN 451 .D5; Drama Criticism REF PN 1601 .D59
Critical survey of drama (American and United Kingdom): REF PN 1625 .C68 2003
The world encyclopedia of contemporary theatre: REF PN 2035 .W67 1994
The New York Times theater reviews: REF PN 2266 .N48
American drama criticism: REF PS 332.A44
Cambridge Guide to Theatre
Oxford Reference Online: Performing Arts

INDEXES AND ARTICLE COLLECTIONS

Art Full Text

Arts & Humanities Search

Humanities Full Text

JStor

Lexis Nexis Academic

New York Times

New York Times ARCHIVE

Project Muse

JOURNALS, MAGAZINES and NEWSPAPERS @ F&M and INTERLIBRARY LOAN (ILL) To determine whether or not the F&M Library owns a journal, choose Journal Finder on the Library's web site. If the library does not have a journal you need, and you have at least 1 week to 10 days before your assignment is due, you can submit an Interlibrary Loan: request journal articles & books request to have the journal article acquired for you by the library. Allow 3-7 days for the article to arrive.

If you have any questions, would like further assistance, etc, contact:

Lisa Stillwell, Information Literacy Librarian,
291-3844 or lisa.stillwell@fandm.edu

Last updated: 09/09 and 10/09, ls