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Search Geisler Library's catalog to find the books, journals, audiovisuals and other materials owned by the library. Search by keyword, subject, title or author for materials on your topic. To find journal articles, use one of the indexes listed below.
Encyclopedia of Religion. R200.3/En 2/r
Illustrated Book of Signs and Symbols. R302.222/Br 8/i
What People Wore. R391/Go 7/w
Costume: An Illustrated Survey. R391/Li 7
One World of Fashion. R391/Cr/3rd ed.
Encyclopedia of World Costume. R391.003/Ya 7/e
Pictorial History of Costume. R391.09/Br 8
Dictionary of Symbols. R398.3/Ci 7/di/2nd ed.
Medieval Folklore. R398.03/Me 2/f
Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre. R782.81/Ga 5/e
Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television. R 791.092/Co 5/t
Halliwell's Film & Video Guide. R791.4303/Ha 5/fv/2001
Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies. R791.430922/Ha 5/w
South American Cinema: a critical filmography, 1915-1994. R791.43.4275/So 8/s
Who Was Who in the Theatre, 1912-1976. R792.028/Wh 6/w
International Dictionary of Theatre. R792.03/In 7/d
World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre. R792.03/Wo 7/e
Cambridge Guide to Theatre. R792.0321/Ca 6/g/2000
International Dictionary of Theatre Language. R792.0321/In 7/d
Notable Women in the American Theatre. R792.082/No 7/w
Oxford Companion to Canadian Theatre. R792.0971/Ox 3/c
American Theatre Companies, 1749-1986. R792.0973/Am 3/t
American Theatre 1869-2000. R792.0973/Bo 7/a
Oxford Companion to American Theatre. R792.0973/Bo 7/o
International Encyclopedia of Dance. R792.6203/In 7/e
Dictionary of the Middle Ages. R909/Di 2/m
Dictionary of Literary Biography R928/Di 2/L
Twentieth-Century American Dramatists. R928/Di 2/L/v.228
Encyclopedia of the Renaissance. R940.23/En 2/r
- Artslynx International Theatre Resources
- GloPAD Global Performing Arts Database: descriptions of digital images, texts, video clips, sound recordings, and complex media objects related to the performing arts around the world, plus information about related pieces, productions, performers, and creators.
- Library of Congress presents Music, Theater and Dance: A Performing Arts Digital Library
- Musicals - Yahoo
- Playbill.com
- Theatre in Video
- TheatreNet.com (U.K.)
- Theatricopia: An abundance of links and more for Musical Theatre fans
- Yahoo's Theater Links
- Clothing and Costuming (Yahoo)
- Costume Gallery
- The Costume Site (Milieux)
- Costume Society of America
- Iowa Arts Council
- NEA (National Endowment for the Arts)
- CORBIS.com -- Commercial database -- Read the "Terms and Conditions" for use
- EbscoHost Image Collection: Choose "Academic Search Elite", then click on "Image Collections" icon at top of page
- Photos and Prints from the American Memory Project, Library of Congress
- Comedias: Association for Hispanic Classical Theater (Hispanic play texts)
- Play sources (publishers)
- Aisle Say: The Internet magazine of stage reviews and opinions
- Curtain Up
- New York Times Theatre Reviews (enter free subscription info. first)
- OOBR: The off-off Broadway Review
- Playbill Online
- Electronic Shakespeare: Resources for researchers
- Folger Shakespeare Library
- Royal Shakespeare Company
- Shakespeare and the Internet
- Shakespeare Festivals (U.S. and Canada) (may be outdated)
- Shakespeare's Globe
- American Variety Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment, 1870-1920
- Creative Americans: Portraits by Carl Van Vechten, 1932-1964
- The New Deal Stage: Selections from the Federal Theatre Project, 1935-1939
- Theater History on the Web
- Theatre History Sites on the WWW
- Traveling Culture: Circuit Chautauqua in the Twentieth Century
- AmericanTheaterWeb: Theater and show information, news
- Live Broadway: Shows on Broadway and on tour
- Playbill
- The Theatre Channel: Theater productions in the US and abroad (mostly UK), opera, dance, children's theater
- UK Theatre Web
- Theater in Wales
- What's On Stage: the Home of British Theater
- International Theatre Institute ITI (UNESCO)
Online
- American Theatre Magazine
- ArtsJournal.com: Daily arts news from more than 100 English-language newspapers and magazines and e-publications from Europe, N America and Australia
- Curtain Up: The Internet Theater Magazine of Reviews, Features, Annotated Listings
- Entertainment Design: the Art and Technology of Show Business
- TDR: The Drama Review
- Women and Performance (NYU)
In Geisler Library
To find articles in these journals, use the indexes below.
- American Theatre (1985- )
- Arts Education Policy Review (1992- ) formerly known as Design for Arts in Education (1997-1992)
- Dramatics (1967- )
- Entertainment design (1999- ) formerly known as TCI (1992-1998) and Theater Crafts (1985-1992)
- Modern International Drama (1970-1996)
- TDR (1988- ) formerly known as The Drama Review (1968-1987)
- TD&T (1990- ) formerly known as Theater Design and Technology (1967-1989)
- Theater Arts (1940-1963) formerly known as Theatre Arts Monthly (1934-1939)
- Theatre History Studies (1984- )
- Theatre Journal (1979- )
- Theatre Survey (1968- )
- American Arts Alliance
- American Association of Community Theatre
- American Federation of TV & Radio Artists
- American Society for Theatre Research
- Association for Theatre in Higher Education
- Association of Theatre Movement Educators
- Costume Society of America
- Global Performing Arts Consortium (GloPAC)
- Screen Actors Guild
- Theatre Communications Group
- USITT (US Institute of Theatre Technology)
- EBSCOHost
- AHSearch (FirstSearch) - Online Arts and Humanities Citation Index
- Biography Index (paper index) Geisler Library Index Table -- Index to a wide range of biographical material
- GloPAD Global Performing Arts Database: descriptions of digital images, texts, video clips, sound recordings, and complex media objects related to the performing arts around the world, plus information about related pieces, productions, performers, and creators.
- Humanities Index (paper index) -- Geisler Library Index Table
- Index to Plays in Periodicals (paper) -- Geisler Library Reference R808.82 Ke5 i
- Inter-Play: an on-line index to plays in collections, anthologies and periodicals
- MLA International Bibliography - Indexes books, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies on literature, language, linguistics, folklore
- Ottemiller's Index to Plays in Collections (paper index) -- Geisler Library Reference R808.82 Ot7 i 7th ed.
- Play Index (paper index)-- Geisler Library Reference R808.82 PL1 i -- Indexes both separately published plays and plays in collections, written or translated into English.
- WorldCat - Books and other materials (not articles) in libraries worldwide
- More electronic and paper periodical indexes are available via Geisler Library.
Created by L. Smith. Revised 30 Oct 2007. sls