Subject Guide: Theater / Acting

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Books in Print | Periodicals |Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc. | Subscription Databases | E-Journals | E-Books | Professional Associations | Other Online Resources

Books in Print: LC Call Numbers in Stacks

Periodicals: DDCS Call Numbers

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc.

Encyclopedia Britannica Online • http://www.search.eb.com

Credo Online Reference Service • https://search.credoreference.com/

Subscription Databases

Complete list of subscription databases • library/research/databaseindex

Academic Search Complete • http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=web&defaultdb=a9h

JSTOR - Arts & Sciences I The Arts & Sciences I Collection • http://www.jstor.org/search/

E-Journals

Complete list of subscription e-journals • library/research/ejournals

Other suggested e-journals and e-journal collections:

Electronic Full Text Journals (Search "Theatre") • http://atoz.ebsco.com.centenary.idm.oclc.org/Titles/3423?lang=en&lang.menu=en&lang.subject=en

Aisle Say: Internet Magazine of Stage Reviews... • http://www.aislesay.com/

Playbill Online • http://www.playbill.com/index.php

TDR/The Drama Review (partial access) • https://centenary.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://www.mitpressjournals.org/loi/dram

E-Books

Complete list of subscription e-books • library/research/ebooks

Other suggested e-books and e-book collections:

Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) • http://www.doabooks.org/

Hathi Trust Digital Library • http://www.hathitrust.org/

Internet Archive • http://archive.org/details/texts

National Academy Press • http://www.nap.edu/

Online Books Page • http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/

University of California Press • http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks//index_subjects.html

Professional Associations

Actors Equity Association • http://www.actorsequity.org/home.asp

American Association of Community Theatre (AACT) • http://www.aact.org/

National Council for Drama Training: Links • http://www.ncdt.co.uk/

Other Suggested Online Theater Resources

ABWAG Acting a Better Way With Actors Globally • http://www.abwag.com/

Acting Workshop Online • http://www.redbirdstudio.com/AWOL/acting2.html

Actingbiz: Online Actors Resource • http://www.actingbiz.com/

American Theater Web • http://americantheaterweb.com/

American Repertory Theatre • http://www.amrep.org/

Berkeley Repertory Theatre • http://www.berkeleyrep.org

British Theatre News Index (A-L) • http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/news/newsarchive.htm

British Theatre News Index (M-Z) • http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/news/newsarchive2.htm

Create Your Acting Resume in Minutes • http://www.actingresume.com/index.htm

Dialect Coach • http://www.thedialectcoach.com/

ELAC Theatre Website • http://www.elac.edu/departments/theaterarts/index.html

English Verse Drama • http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/evd/

Federal Theatre Project Collection • http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fedtp/fthome.html

Internet Broadway Database • http://www.ibdb.com/

Internet Theatre Bookshop • http://www.stageplays.com

Internet Theatre Database • http://www.theatredb.com/

London Theater Index Page • http://www.londontheatre.co.uk/

Margaret Herrick Library Digital Collections • http://digitalcollections.oscars.org/

Masterpiece Theatre • http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/

Naranja: Monologues for Women • http://members.tripod.com/denmark01/naranja/

Playbill Online • http://www.playbill.com/

Shakespeare's Monologues • http://www.shakespeare-monologues.org/

Theatre BioMX Theory for Method Actors • http://afronord.tripod.com/biomx/title.html

TheatrGroup Method Acting Procedures • http://www.theatrgroup.com/Method/

Theatre Costumes • http://www.hollywood-costumes.com

Theatre History on the Web • http://www.videoccasions-nw.com/history/jack.html

Theatre Memorabilia • http://www.collectorspost.com

TVI Actors Studio • http://www.tvistudios.com

UK Theatre Web • http://www.uktw.co.uk/

Virtual Library: Theatre and Drama • http://www.vl-theatre.com/

Zora Neale Hurston Plays Collection • http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/znhhtml/