FINE & PERFORMING ARTS

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Information Literacy Modules - online tutorials to help you build your research skills

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     Books

       LCSC Library Catalog - Find the materials (including plays) owned by the LCSC Library and other North Idaho Academic Libraries, including North Idaho College and the University of Idaho.  

Virtual Reference Library - Search a collection on online reference books from Gale, a respected publisher of subject-focused encyclopedias and dictionaries.

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Drama for students:    presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas.

            Volume 21

            Volume 22

            Volume 23

 

Encyclopedia of rap and hip-hop culture / Yvonne Bynoe.

The Greenwood encyclopedia of rock history

Volume 1:  The Early Years, 1951-1959.

Volume 2:  Folk, Pop, Mods, and Rockers, 1960-1966.

Volume 3:  The Rise of Album Rock, 1967-1973.

Volume 4:  From Arenas to the Underground, 1974-1980.

Volume 5:  The Video Generation, 1981-1990.

Volume 6:  The Grunge and Post-Grunge Years, 1991-2005.

The Greenwood encyclopedia of world popular culture :

                    Volume 1:  North America

                    Volume 2:  Latin America

                    Volume 3:  Europe

                    Volume 4:  North Africa and the Middle East

                    Volume 5:  Sub-Saharan Africa

                    Volume 6:  Asia and Pacific Oceania

       

St. James encyclopedia of popular culture / editors, Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast : with an introduction by Jim Cullen.

 

 


 

    Articles from Magazines, Journals, and Newspapers:

newspapersAcademic OneFile - Find articles from magazines and journals.   Funding-short.gif: Funded By LiLI Graphic

 

newspapersProQuest Newstand (find full-text articles, including play reviews, from major newspapers, including the New York Times)  Funding-short.gif: Funded By LiLI Graphic

 

Web Sites:

The Costumer’s Manifesto: Contains information about costume and its history, and links to other sites about costume.

Internet Broadway database:  IBDB provides records of productions from the beginnings of New York theatre until today.

Voice of dance - Offers news, interviews, calendar listings, a message board, merchandise, information on dance education, video clips, and a world-wide directory of dance-related services and organizations.

 

ART MUSEUMS:

Guggenheim Museum Online : Modern art

Metropolitan Museum of Art : Traditional and modern art

National Gallery of Art  : Traditional and modern art

Smithsonian American Art Museum : Focus on American art

 

 

 

APA Citation Style - examples of citations in APA Format for your list of References.

Bibliographies : MLA Format - Guidance provided by the University of Illinois Writers' Workshop.

Knight Cite -- An automatic generator of citations in either MLA, APA, or Chicago style.  Registering for the service allows you to save citations to generate a bibliography.  A free service provided by the Hekman Library at Calvin College.

Test Prep Review -- Free access to sample questions from many standardized tests, such as graduate school entrance exams and certification exams.

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Page Author:  Barbara Barnes

Last updated:  November 12, 2007