Finding Images in the Library DFTT 209

1
Finding Images in the LibraryDFTT 209
LIBRARIES

• Monday, September 19, 2016
• Vince Graziano
• Theatre Librarian
• Vince.Graziano_at_concordia.ca

2
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

3
North American Theatre Online

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

4
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 work
• Good resource for photographs

5
Theatre in Video

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

6
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.

7
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)

8
Help is Available

• At the Reference Desk
• Library website
• Theatre Research Guide
• Ask a Librarian
• E-mail form
• Chat with a Librarian
• Ask Vince
• 514-848-2424, ext. 7689
• vince.graziano_at_concordia.ca
• Office hours by appointment

9
(No Transcript)