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

Websites

The websites for Performing Arts 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.)

Online Resources

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 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 Literary Reference Center

A full-text database containing plot summaries, literary criticism, author biographies and interviews, literary journals, reviews, poems, short stories, and classic texts including plays.

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. There is also a guide to Gale Databases in the Subject inductions section.

International Index to Performing Arts (IIPA)

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

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.

From end of July 2011, the Virtual Training Suite has been taken over by TutorPro, who will host the new site and tutorials and work with the content providers to keep the content up to date whilst moving the whole project forward into the world of smartphones, tablets and mobile devices. Access these via their KnowledgeBank section or vial the link at the start of this section.

ILRT will continue to host the popular Internet Detective tutorial, as well as the three JISC Digital Media tutorials.

Athens
Some of the Learning centre'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. This list explains what tutors and examiners are looking for and what you should write about.

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