This Subject Guide page contains Websites, Online Resources, Books, Journals and a Toolbox.

Websites

The websites for The Arden are listed on a separate page.

E-book collections

The college has access to the following 2 e-book collections:

Ebrary

The collection of Further Education e-books supplied by JISC. (Login with Athens when you are off site.)

Myilibrary

Myilibrary is a growing collection of electronic books or ebooks bought by the college to support your course. The full texts of these books are available electronically and the collection is expanding all the time. (Login with Athens when you are off site.) There are over 35 recommended Theatre e-books available in this collection, including:

Bloom, K. Broadway - its history, people and places: an encyclopedia. Taylor and Francis, 2003

Hagen, U. Respect for acting. Wiley, 2009

Harrop, J. Acting. Taylor and Francis, 2004

Online Resources

Some of the journals listed below have electronic versions available as part of our subscription. You willl need a username and password which you can obtain by following the instructions given. Others will have supporting material and some issues available freely on their website.

EBSCO Film and Television Literature Index

EBSCOhost is an online reference system with a variety of popular full text databases including this one for Film, Television and Literature.

Ebsco Film and Television Literature Index Tutorial

An Informs tutorial to help you use this database.

EBSCO International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance

EBSCOhost is an online reference system with a variety of popular full text databases including this one for Theatre and Dance.

Ebsco International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance Tutorial

An Informs tutorial to help you use this database.

Gale Databases

The College Library subscribes to a large number of electronic journals and magazines through a service called 'Gale Databases'. If you have never used 'Gale Databases' and need help here is a short user guide.

International Index to Performing Arts (IIPA)

A performing arts journal index with resources covering theatre, dance and film.

Literature Online

This on-line service supports literature and performance courses by giving access to over 100,000 texts and thousands of critical works and articles on a wide range of authors, playwrights etc.

The White Book

The most comprehensive source of specialist event contacts in the UK.

Other libraries you may be able to use

John Rylands University Library

Students on Manchester University validated courses (eg The Arden degree courses in Acting Studies and Musical Theatre Studies and Post-Graduate Writing for Performance) have both borrowing and reference rights and can use the library during all opening hours.

Students should request a supporting letter from their Learning Resources Centre Co-ordinator. They will need to take this to the Membership team at John Rylands University Library on Oxford Road where they will be asked to complete an application form. They will be able to collect their membership card several days later, and should present this card every time they visit the university library.

Books

Subject Shelf Mark
Costume History 391
Alexander Technique 615.82
Theatre building design 725.822
Musicals - sheet music 782.14
Vocal and audition music 782.42
Film studies 791.43
Performance art 792.015
Production techniques 792.02
Scene design 792.025
Acting techniques 792.028
Voice techniques 792.0285
Theatre guides and dictionaries 792.03
Theatre history 792.09
Theatre biographies 792.092
Musical theatre 792.6
Dance 792.8
Monologues, duologues, audition 808.8245
World drama, non-specific 809.2
American drama 812
British drama 822
Shakespeare 822.33
Victorian drama 822.8
British drama 1900-1945 822.912
British drama 1945-1999 822.914
Drama from other countries - German, Franch, Czech, Greek, Russian etc. 832 - 882
Careers in f ilm, televison and video 791.023
Careers in performing arts 791.023
Careers in radio 791.023

Journals

Toolbox

How to use the Internet
The Intute Virtual Training Suite provides free Internet tutorials to help you learn how to get the best from the Web for your education and research. The tutorials are written and updated by a team of subject specialists based in universities and colleges across the UK. Click the list of tutorials and then chose the one that interests you, or have a look at the Internet Detective which will also help you to evaluate the reliability and usefulness of web pages.

Athens
Some of the LRC's electronic resources will require you to log in using the Athens validation service (especially if you use them outside College). You will need an Athens username and password to do this. Click on the Athens Information link on the front page of the Virtual LRC and complete and send the relevant application form. You will receive notification of your account through your student or personal e-mail account.

Words used in assignments
The words used when questions or assignments are set can be confusing if you are not used to them. The 'Words used in questions and assignment titles' page explains what tutors and examiners are looking for and what you should write about.

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