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Drama and Performing Arts resources for collaborative partners

 

 

It is recommended that all users from our collaborative partners use the Remote Desktop for accessing the LRC electronic resources. Information on using the Remote Desktop can be found by clicking here.

    Key resources

Key resources for finding books, journals and journal articles:

International Index to Performing Arts, with full text - IIPA FT is a performing arts journal resource with over 465,000 indexed articles, plus detailed abstracts and full text from 1864 to the present, covering film, theatre, and dance.

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International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance, with full text (via EBSCOHost Research Databases) - IBTD full text contains all of the content available in International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance as well as full text for 100 titles, including Canadian Theatre Review, Dance Chronicle, Dance Teacher, Modern Drama, PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art, Research in Dance Education, Research in Drama Education, Studies in Theatre and Performance, TDR: The Drama Review, Theater, and many more...

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eJournals A to Z at QMU - an alphabetical listing of all the electronic journal titles available to QMU students and staff. Search by journal title or browse by subject. Note this database is best searched by journal name.

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Electronic books - access the full text of books online

ebrary Academic Complete - a multidisciplinary collection of electronic books.

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Guide - QM Single User Guide

MyiLibrary - eBooks purchased on an individual basis from various publishers.

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It is recommended that all users from our collaborative partners use the Remote Desktop for accessing the LRC electronic resources. Information on using the Remote Desktop can be found by clicking here.

  Recommended resources
More useful resources for finding journal articles in the drama and performing arts field.

Art Bibliographies Modern (via CSA) - ArtBibliographies Modern provides full abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, PhD dissertations, and exhibition reviews on all forms of modern and contemporary art, with entries dating back as far as the late 1960s.

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Arts and Humanities Citation Index (via Web of Science/Web of Knowledge) - AHCI is a multidisciplinary index containing details of every substantive item in 1100 arts and humanities journals, as well as references to books included in book reviews, and live performances, films, records, and television and radio broadcasts, from 1975 to date. Contains over 2 million references; abstracts are not included.

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BHI British Humanities Index (via CSA) - BHI indexes over 370 humanities journals and weekly magazines published. Subject coverage includes: Materials science,Environmental sciences & pollution management,Biological sciences ,Aquatic sciences & fisheries, Biotechnology,Engineering,Computer science, Sociology,Art history & Linguistics.

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Communication and Mass Media Complete (via EBSCOHost Research Databases) - CMMC complete offers full text for over 200 titles and contains citation coverage for additional sources in all aspects of communication and mass media.

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Design and Applied Arts Index (via CSA) - DAAI is the leading source of abstracts and bibliographic records for articles, news items, and reviews published in design and applied arts periodicals from 1973 onwards.

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IngentaConnect - A multi-disciplinary resource

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MLA International Bibliography (via EbscoHost) - MLA International Bibliography offers a detailed bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations.

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Web of Science (via Web of Knowledge) -

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  Newspapers

NewsUK - database of all UK national and regional newspapers.

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Newspapers and news services on the web - QMU page of links to newspaper web sites.

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  Reference works

Credo Reference (formerly Xreferplus) - online reference library. Credo includes general encyclopedias, dictionaries and thesauri as well as a range of subject-specific titles covering everything from art to accountancy and literature to law. Find out about the titles in Credo Reference.

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Help with searching for information
QMU LRC resources - links to resources on our Study Skills pages

Using Library Resources - a range of tutorials and presentations to introduce to you some of the Library's resources

Using the Internet - a range of tutorials designed to help you search the Internet and evaluate the resources that you find

Referencing - includes a guide to Harvard referencing style and further information about referencing software

Guides - links to printable 'how to search' guides for individual databases.

For help with essay writing, presentations and other study skills:

Intute Virtual Training Suite - free Internet tutorials to help you learn how to get the best from the Web for your education and research.

The OpenLearn website gives free access to course materials from The Open University. The LearningSpace is open to learners anywhere in the world.
Choose from a range of modules covering different subject areas or select from the list below. These are information searching modules from the Study Skills section.
Safari - skills accessing, finding and reviewing information (LDT_6) Living with the internet: learning online (T180_9)
 
 

 

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