1. Finding Images in the Library DFTT 209
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Finding Images in the Library DFTT 209
Monday, September 19, 2016
Vince Graziano
Theatre Librarian

2. Workshop Outline Finding images in books Finding images in databases
CLUES, the Library catalogue
Finding images in databases
North American Theatre Online
Literature Criticism Online
Theatre in Video
ARTstor

3. North American Theatre Online
Includes some 10,500 images, playbills, postcards, scrapbooks and other resources.

4. Literature Criticism Online
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. Theatre in Video
Covers a wide range of 20th century theatre history, featuring original stage productions, films and documentaries

6. ARTstor
Searchable database of digital images and associated catalog data. ARTstor covers many time periods and cultures, and documents the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design, as well as many other forms of visual culture.

7. Search Operators AND scenography AND performance
OR scenography OR stage-setting
NOT theatre NOT film
“ ” “stage-setting and scenery”
* theat*
() (scenography OR “stage setting”) AND (production OR direction)

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