1. Library Orientation for THEA 303 Monday, September 15, 2014 Vince Graziano Theatre Librarian vince.graziano@concordia.ca

2. Workshop Outline  Finding background/biographical information  Literature Resource Center  Literature Criticism Online  Finding Criticism  International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance (IBTD)  International Index to the Performing Arts (IIPA)  Humanities Abstracts  MLA International Bibliography (MLAIB)  Finding older performance reviews and articles  Times Digital Archive  Finding Videos and Images  CLUES, Theatre in Video, ARTstor

3. Finding biographical information  Literature Resource Center  Look for:  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.  Also look for Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800  Good resource for photographs

4. Search Operators  ANDRacine AND performance  ORPhedre OR Phaedre  NOTtheatre NOT film  “ ”“Yoruba ritual”  *theat*  () (Phedre OR Phaedre) AND Racine

5. To Find the Full Text 1.Use the feature 2.Search CLUES  Perform a Journal Title search 3.Check other Montreal libraries  Use your CREPUQ card 4.Request an Interlibrary Loan (COLOMBO)  Online form  Allow 1 week for delivery of books  Electronic delivery for most articles within 24-48 hours

6. 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

7. Help is Available  At the Reference Desk  Library website  Theatre Research 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