Library Orientation for PERC 322 Monday, January 15, 2018 Vince Graziano Theatre Librarian vince.graziano@concordia.ca

Workshop Outline Finding background information Finding books Literature Resource Center Literature Criticism Online Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia Finding books CLUES, the library catalogue Finding articles International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance (IBTD) Performing Arts Periodicals Database MLA International Bibliography (MLAIB)

Search Operators AND queer AND theater OR homosexual OR queer NOT theatre NOT film “ ” “feminist theater” * homosex* () (homosex* OR queer* ) AND theat*

Finding biographical information Literature Resource Center Look for: Contemporary Authors Online: shorter biographies Dictionary of Literary Biography: longer biographies Also contains work overviews and articles Literature Criticism Online Look for Drama Criticism: a reference work that begins with an introductory critical biography, followed by the full text or selections of full text of essays and articles re-published within the reference work. Good resource for photographs

To Find the Full Text Use the feature Search CLUES Perform a Journal Title search Check other Montreal libraries Use your BCI card Request an Interlibrary Loan (COLOMBO) Online form Allow 1 week for delivery of books Electronic delivery for most articles within 24-48 hours

Article Delivery Service Articles from print or microform periodicals can be scanned and sent to you as a PDF attachment via e-mail Delivery Time 2 working days Online form: Library website At the bottom of a CLUES page Login with MyConcordia Netname

Help is Available At the Reference Desk Library website Theatre Subject Guide Ask a Librarian E-mail form Chat with a Librarian Ask Vince: 514-848-2424, ext. 7689 vince.graziano@concordia.ca Office hours: by appointment

What is it and how to find it? Sedgwick, Eve Kosofsky. Epistemology of the Closet. University of California Press, 1990. Book Search CLUES by TITLE: Epistemology of the closet

What is it and how to find it? Highway, Tomson. “Where is God? Or is he Gay?” Two Spirit Acts: Queer Indigenous Performances, edited by Jean O’Hara, Playwrights Canada Press, 2013, pp. xiii-xvii. Chapter or essay in an edited book Search CLUES by TITLE: Two Spirit Acts ...

What is it and how to find it? Butler, Judith. “Performative Acts and Gender Constitution: An Essay in Phenomenology and Feminist Theory.” Theatre Journal, vol. 40, no. 4, 1988, pp. 519-531. Journal article Search CLUES by JOURNAL TITLE: Theatre Journal