1. Library Orientation for PERC 322 Monday, January 15, Vince Graziano Theatre Librarian

2. 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)

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

4. 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

5. 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 hours

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

7. Help is Available At the Reference Desk Library website
Theatre Subject Guide
Ask a Librarian
form
Chat with a Librarian
Ask Vince:
, ext. 7689
Office hours: by appointment

8. 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

9. 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 ...

10. 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
Journal article
Search CLUES by JOURNAL TITLE: Theatre Journal