Theatre

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Librarian | Collection Development Policy | Library Resources | Electronic Journals | Internet links | School of Music and Theatre Arts

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The Holland library contains many resources for students and faculty interested in Theatre. If you have any questions not answered on the WSU Libraries website or would like to request a book or journal on any subject related to Theatre, please contact Lou Vyhnanek . For questions about the Theatre program, please see the School of Music and Theatre Arts.

Library Resources

• Library Catalog

  GRIFFIN Library Catalog: The library catalog includes holdings for all the WSU Library sites, in Pullman and across the state. Please note: Electronic journals and other 'virtual' publications are included in the catalog.

• Indexes, Abstracts and Other Databases

  • Proquest Direct
  • Art Index: Indexes articles in key international English-language arts publications including periodicals, yearbooks, museum bulletins, competition and award notices, exhibition listings, interviews, film reviews, and more. Coverage begins in 1984.
  • Arts and Humanities Search: A version of the Arts and Humanities Citation Index with coverage begining in 1980.
  • Humanities Index: Indexes feature articles, book reviews, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction (including dramas and poems), and reviews of plays and television and radio programs. Covers archaeology, art, classics, film, folklore, food, journalism, linguistics, music, performing arts, philosophy, religion, space, world history, world literature from 1984 to the present.
  • MLA Bibliography: The Modern Language Association's index to literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore. It covers over 4,000 journals and series published worldwide from 1963 to the present.

• Reference Books

  The Holland Library's reference section is on the 1st floor behind the reference desk. 
  • McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama PN1625 .M3 1984
  • World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre PN1861 .W67 1994
  • Dictionary of Theatre: Terms, Concepts, Analysis PN2035 .P2913 1998
  • The New Penguin Dictionary of the Theatre PN2035 .N49 2001
  • Profiles of American Stage Performers and Theatre People 1816-1960 PN2286 .P46 2001
  • Obituaries in the Performing Arts PN1583 .O25

Electronic Journals

WSU Lists its electronic journal holdings in two locations. First, electronic journals can be found by searching by title in the library's catalog.  References to electronic journals in the Griffin catalog have hypertext links to the electronic journal themselves or the database that contains that electronic journal.  The second place to look to check to see if the library has a subscription to an electronic journal is on the WSU Electronic Journals list. If you cannot find a journal that you have reason to believe should be available at WSU, or you would like to have electronic access too, please contact Lou Vyhnanek.

Some major sources of electronic journals for Theatre are: 

• JSTOR
• Project Muse Over 90 full-text electronic journals focusing on the humanities
• Proquest: An interdisciplinary database that contains some full articles

Internet Links

• Musical Theatre Resources: Gateway to many sites on the subject.
• Open Directory Project, Performing Arts: Theatre
• Theatre History Sites on the Web
• Theatre: Comprehensive Gateway
• Pathfinder: Stagecraft/Technical Theatre(Internet Public Library)