Books
Books can provide a broad
overview of a topic as well as in-depth information. Books will often include a
bibliography, or a list of more books and articles on the same topic.
Books provide good sources of plays, monologues, can give advice on developing a
career, theater management, costuming, theater lighting, set design, acting
techniques, or directing. Books in Pollak Library can be checked out
for four weeks and renewed once for two weeks using the CSUF Titan Card. You may
also renew books online through the Library Catalog, click on "View your Library Record."
Search tips for using the the catalog:
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Finding Plays |
- Full-length plays are often published as
complete books...Search by author or title
- One-act plays are often published in
compilations...Search by keyword and enter the play's title.
- Often plays are published as a part of collected
works...Search by keyword and type in the author's last name and "complete
works." or "collected works" or "complete papers"
Example..."Shakespeare and complete works"
- For plays that this library does not own...
1. Search the
WorldCat
by keyword
2. Search The Play Index (Ref PN 1655 P63) for the plays published
in the years 1949-1997 note: For books we do not own, CSUF students
may request through the material through a service called
Interlibrary Loan.
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Finding a Monologue |
- Search by Subject...Type "Monologues" and you
will find a number of books containing monologues
- To search for a specific type of monologue...
Search by keyword...Example: monologue and Shakespeare
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Library of Congress Subject Headings |
| The Library Catalog uses
standardized subject headings designated by the Library of Congress.
We have a complete set of books which detail the Library of Congress
Subject Headings. These of books can tell you exactly what terms
to search when using the OPAC. Ask for them at the Reference Desk.
Below you will find a very abbreviated list of subject headings
related to Theater. |
| Acting |
Gesture |
Motion Picture Acting |
| Actors |
Impersonation |
Movement (acting) |
| Amateur Theater |
Little Theater Movement |
Musical Theater |
| Children's Plays |
Masques |
Readers Theater |
| College and School Drama |
Melodrama |
Repertory Theater |
| Experimental Theater |
Method (acting) |
Theater and Society |
| Improvisation |
Mime |
Theater audiences |
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| This site is prepared
and maintained by Cynthia Bruns, Reference Librarian, Pollak Library,
California State University Fullerton, Last updated:10/21/05 |
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