Finding Images in the Library

DFTT 209

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Vince Graziano

Theatre Librarian

Vince.Graziano@concordia.ca

LIBRARIES

Workshop Outline

Finding images in books CLUES, the Library catalogue

Finding images in databases North American Theatre Online Literature Criticism Online Theatre in Video ARTstor

North American Theatre Online

Includes some 10,500 images, playbills, postcards, scrapbooks and other resources.

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 workGood resource for photographs

Theatre in Video

Covers a wide range of 20th century theatre history, featuring original stage productions, films and documentaries

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.

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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