History of Western Theatre (Com 330)

A Guide to Resources

A. C. Buehler Library, Elmhurst College

 
 

 

Background Information

History

    Britannica Online ~ The Encyclopedia Britannica. Also includes Britannica's Internet Guide.

    Atlas of the Greek World. 1980.
    A. C. Buehler Library, Reference R 938 L664a

    Cambridge Historical Encyclopedia of Great Britain and Ireland. 1985.
    A. C. Buehler Library, Reference R942.003 C178.

    Daily Life in Elizabethan England. 1995
    A. C. Buehler Library, Reference R 942.055 S617d

    Dictionary of American History. 1976-78. 8 vols.
    A. C. Buehler Library, Reference R 973 D554 1976.

    Encyclopedia of African-American Literature and History. 1996. 5 vols.
    A. C. Buehler Library, Reference R 973.0496073 E56

    Medieval England: An Encyclopedia. 1998.
    A. C. Buehler Library, Reference R 942 M489.

    Medieval France: An Encyclopedia. 1995.
    A. C. Buehler Library, Reference R 944.003 M489
     

Theatre History
    Cambridge History of American Theatre. 2 vols.
    A. C. Buehler Library, 792.0973 C178.

    Companion to the Medieval Theatre. 1989.
    A. C. Buehler Library, Reference R 792.09 C737

    History of the Theatre.  1999.
    A. C. Buehler Library, Reference R 792.09 B864h 1999.

    The History of World Theater; From the Beginnings to the Baroque. 1999. A. C. Buehler Library, Reference R792.09 B542h 1999 V.1.

    The History of World Theater; From the English Restoration to the Present. 1999. A. C. Buehler Library, Reference R792.09 B542h 1999 V.2.

    Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre. 1995.
    A. C. Buehler Library, Reference R792.09 O98

Finding Books

  • Use Illinet Online to find books held in the Elmhurst College library as well as books owned by 56 other Illinois academic libraries.
  • Sample Browse Subject terms (Library of Congress Subject Headings):

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      Civilization, Medieval
      Europe--History--476-1492
      France--History
      Germany--History
      Greece--History
      Great Britain--History
      Great Britain--History--Medieval Period, 1066-1485
      Middle Ages--History
      Social History--Medieval, 500-1500
      Spain--History
      Theater--History
      Women--England--History
      United States--History

  • Ordering books from other libraries ~ Illinet Online allows you to request books held by 56 academic libraries in Illinois. 
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Finding Articles

 

  • JSTOR ~ JSTOR is an online library currently containing more than 100 journals in 15 different disciplines. JSTOR does not include current issues of journals, but is an electronic archives of titles, often going back to the first issue of a journal's existence. All full text. (To access this resource from off campus, go to the Electronic Journals and Newspapers page, and choose JSTOR).
  • Dictionary of Literary Biography ~ More than 6000 entries on the lives and careers of authors from all eras and genres. Includes biographical and critical studies, bibliographies of each author's work' and sources for further reading. To access this database from off campus, you will need to enter the following ID, "elmhurst" (without the quotation marks), when prompted at the next screen. Then click the "Proceed" button.
  • Twayne Authors Series ~ This series provides criticism of the works of major U.S., English, and world authors from Aristophanes to the present. Author entries range from 175-200 pages

    To access this database from off campus, you will need to enter the following ID, "elmhurst" (without the quotation marks), when prompted at the next screen. Then click the "Proceed" button.

Internet Resources

History

Theatre History

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Evaluating & Citing Internet Resources

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This page was created 11/1/1999 by Anne Jordan Baker and was last updated September, 2003.
Donna Goodwyn, Associate Librarian, Elmhurst College.