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Hello Theatre 375 students,
        Dr. Jasper tells me that you have found JSTOR to be helpful.  WONDERFUL! 
        Here is a bit of information on using it,   Cynthia.

JSTOR:
Interdisciplinary archive of 1,000+ academic journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
NO articles published within past 3-5 years.

How to get started
1.  Start at Library home page => Click on Find Databases => Click on J (along the top) => Click on JSTOR
2.  When you get into JSTOR, click on Advanced Search
3.  Notice that the default is Full Text.  This will bring up very broad results.  Sometimes Abstract or Title is a better choice.
4.  Put your terms within quotation marks.  such as "Empty Space" or "Peter Brook"
5.  Limit your search to articles or reviews
6.  Limit to English
7.  Scroll down and you can limit to Performing Arts Journals (there are sixteen of them)
8.  You might consider sorting your results by date.  Your book was published in 1968, reissued in 1996.

Some challenges using JSTOR. 
1. It will search every word and you may get very broad results
2. Peter Brook as an author, will only bring things that Peter Brooks wrote (anybody named Peter Brook)

When you find an article that might be of some interest
1. Click on PDF  (This will bring up the entire article.)
2. To find mention of Empty Space...try the search box labeled FIND within the PDF file.

All Pollak Library subscription databases may be searched at home by current CSUF students.
Technical assistance is available at Titan Help Desk (714) 278-7777
Interlibrary Loan: Source of articles and books we do not own

► Shortcuts to research: Reference Theatre books
▪ Contemporary Dramatists... Reference PR 737 C57
▪ International Dictionary of Theatre Reference PN 2035 I49
    vol.1 Plays, vol.2 Playwrights, vol.3 Actors, Directors and Designers
▪ International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers...Reference PN 1997.8 I58 vol1-3
▪ Cambridge Guide to Theatre....Reference PN 2035 C27
▪ Critical Survey of Drama...Reference PN 1625 C68 8 vols.
▪ Oxford Companion to the Theatre... Reference PN 2035 H3x
▪ Oxford Companion to American Theatre Reference PN 2220 B6 2004
▪ Contemporary American Dramatists Reference PS 352 C65 1994
▪ Ten Modern American Playwrights Reference PS 351Z K56
▪ Twentieth-Century American Literature Reference PS 221 T834
▪ Women Playwrights of Diversity Reference PS 338 W6 P48
▪ Cambridge Companion to American Women Playwrights Reference PS338 W6 C36
▪ American Theatre Companies 1749-1986, 3v, edited by Weldon B. Durham Reference PN 2266 A54
▪ An International Dictionary Of Theatre Language Reference PN2035 .I5 1985
▪ McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia Of World Drama: An International Reference Work,  Ref PN1625 .M3
▪ Theatre Language: Dictionary Of Terms In English Of The Drama And Stage..., Ref PN2035 .B6
▪ American playwrights, 1880-1945: a research and production sourcebook Ref  PS 351z A52 1995
▪ North American Theatre Online
▪ Gale Virtual Reference Library online database of Reference Books.
    includes Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television, Contemporary Fashion, American Women Writers, Major 21st-Century Writers , Reference Guide to World Literature, Shakespeare for Students.  sample search Peter Brook
 

► How to find Books on Your Topic:
▪ Library Catalog An online listing of everything the Pollak library owns
        Sample search: Keyword...Broadway New York theat*
                                Subject and Author...Brook, Peter
                                Title... The Empty Space

► WorldCat: Locating books that this library does not own:
sample search: An Annotated Directory of Theatre Historians, Critics, and Theoreticians

Does the Library own this article?
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o,  Enactments of Power: The Politics of Performance Space, TDR, Enactments of Power: The Politics of Performance Space Vol. 41, No. 3 (Autumn, 1997), pp. 11-30

► How to find book critical analysis of a book: (link to all databases)

▪ International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance  index to journal articles, books, book chapters, 
▪ MLA Bibliography (Modern Language Abstracts) criticism and interpretation of literature and plays 
▪ Humanities Abstracts Library owns a large percentage of the articles in this humanities database
▪ Arts and Humanities Search
▪ Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective 1907-1984
▪ Academic Search Premier magazines, journals and newspapers. limit to Scholarly peer reviewed     
▪ Music and Performing Arts Online  
▪  Jstor collection of full text journal articles older than five years.
▪  Google Scholar
          Material will need carefully evaluation. Notice the Cited By link, might be used to judge importance.
sample search: THE RHETORIC OF THEORY, THE ROLE OF METAPHOR IN BROOK THE 'EMPTY SPACE'

► Book Reviews:  You are to use use full book reviews from theatre journals
              These reviews are likely to be a couple of pages (or more)
              These reviews are likely to be critiquing the ideas/approach of the author
   Do not use reviews as found in Amazon.com, Choice Magazine, Library Journal, and popular or pulp magazines. 
▪ Book Review Digest 1983-present date (Wilson)  Reference Z1219 .C96
  Book Review Digest Retrospective 1905-1982 (Wilson)
  Book Review Index (paper only)  Reference Z1035.A1 B71
  A Guide to Book Review Citations: a Bibliography of Sources, compiled by Richard A. Gray
           4th floor South, (paper only) Z1035.A1 G7

► All sources of information are to be cited: Student Guide to Avoiding Plagiarism        

Pollak Library Quick Guide to the MLA Citation Style Diana Hacker: Humanities Documenting Sources and Sample Paper MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th ed. 2003        a copy of this book is kept at the Reference Desk

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