Performance
Resources for Performance
Performance definitions and overviews
- Dictionaries help you to define your keywords
- Encyclopedias help you to get an overview of your topic and provide more information than a dictionary
Online dictionaries and encyclopediasPrint dictionaries and/ encyclopedias
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Book of Words: Theatre
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792.03/17
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Concise companion to theatre in Australia
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792.0994/27
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Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre
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782.1403/1
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International Dictionary of Theatre: Plays, Playwrights and Actors, Directors and Designers (3 vols.)
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792.03/10
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McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama
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809.2/4
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The Oxford encyclopedia of theatre and performance
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792.03/19
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To find additional reference items
- Search the Library Catalogue
- Select advanced keyword search
- Combine a broad keyword AND the word dictionar**
theatre AND dictionar**
theatre AND encycloped**
- To retrieve variations of your keyword use the truncation symbol **
e.g. theat** will retrieve theatre, theater, theatrical  Need help? Ask a question.
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Performance books and moreSearch the Library Catalogue to find books, videos, CDs, DVDs, plays If you know the exact title
- Select title search
- Type in the exact title
- Check the location, call number and status boxes to find the item in the Library collection
If you don't have an exact title OR only have a topic area
- Select advanced keyword search
- Type in keywords from your topic
- Combine your keywords with AND to find catalogue records that contain all of your keywords
e.g. australian AND theatre
- To retrieve variations of your keyword use the truncation symbol **
e.g. theat** will retrieve theatre, theater, theatrical Catalogue search tips:
- Too many hits? Add another keyword e.g. australian AND theatre AND women
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Use the limit functions in advanced keyword search e.g. limit by publication date, format, location
- Found a useful title? Click on the subject headings to find similar material
- Studying at a different UOW campus? Use an advanced keyword search and limit by location
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Performance journal articlesSearch a database to find journal articles, book chapters, book reviews, conference papers, dissertations, newspapers and research reports. Try these first: Complete list of Creative Arts databases Found a useful reference?Some databases do not provide the full text of the article. To locate these articles, you will need to search the catalogue to determine if the Library holds the journal title(s) either in print or electronically on another database. Database search tips:
- Break your topic into keywords and/or phrases. The search strategy worksheet will help you
- Consider alternative keywords or spelling variations
- To narrow your search combine your keywords with AND to find records that contain all your keywords
e.g. australian AND theatre
- To broaden your search combine your keywords with OR to find records that contain either of your keywords
e.g. theatre OR drama
- Use truncation to retrieve variations of your keyword.
e.g. theat** will retrieve theatre, theater, theatrical
- Found a useful reference? Use the subject headings to find similar material
- Use library database tips or the database help screens for tips on how to search
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Performance Internet sitesIt is important to critically evaluate all information found on the Web. Try the following sites as a starting point. Australian Performing Arts
- AusStage: Gateway to the Australian Performing Arts
Indexes performing art events in Australia and provides a directory of research resources.
- Collection Guide to Dance
This guide is intended to give an overview of the dance collection at the State Library of New South Wales. It serves as a starting point for those researching dance by providing information about the scope and content of the collection.
- Research Centre Collection at the Australia Council
CostumesE-texts & plays onlineImages
- American Memory
Looking for a 1965 map of Washington D.C.? Perhaps Yiddish playscripts or theatre playbills from the Vaudeville era? This is the place to look. Now playing
- Internet Theatre Database
The Database provides all aspects of theatre information with emphasis on Broadway.
- Playbill Online
An excellent source for theatre information with a focus on Broadway: news, weekly performance reviews, awards etc. Listings of what's on Broadway, Off Broadway and London. Theatre historyDirectoriesDirectories organise Internet resources by subject. The information provided in directories is created, arranged and maintained by people rather than machines. Search enginesSearch engines create databases using computer programs called 'spiders', 'robots' or 'crawlers' that trawl the web and other Internet sites and return results to the database. Try these first: UOW sitestop of page
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