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Kalamazoo College Upjohn Library

Asian Theatre
Theatre 290
Theatre 290 Syllabus (PDF)
Theatre 290 Reserve Readings
Theatre Research Guide

How to Find:
Books | Book Chapters | Journal Articles | Web Sites | Citing Sources


Finding Books

Using Catalogs to locate books:

    1.) Ariadne
    • Search by Keyword
    • Find and Use Subject Headings
    • Browse the shelves by Call Number
    2.) MeLCat - (Western now a part of MeLCat)
    • Search by Keyword
    • Find and Use Subject Headings
    • About MeLCat
    3.) WestCat - Western Michigan's catalog
    • Search by Keyword
    • Find and Use Subject Headings
    • Browse the shelves by Call Number
    • Waldo Library: Hours and How to get to Western
    4.) WorldCat and 5.) Interlibrary Loan
    • Search by Keyword
    • Find and Use Subject Headings
    • Order item through Interlibrary Loan

See the Theatre Research Guide: Finding Books.

Useful Reference sources in the Library - Asian Theatre:

  • The Cambridge guide to Asian Theatre, PN2860 .C35 1993
  • Encyclopedia of Asian Theatre, PN2860 .E53 2007
  • The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre, 4 vols., PN1861 .W67 1994, Volume 5: Asia/Pacific
  • Dictionary of Traditional South-East Asian Theatre, PN2860 .G48 1994
  • The Kabuki Handbook, PN2921 .H3
  • New Kabuki Encyclopedia, PN2924.5.K3 L44 1997
  • Kabuki Costume, GT1745.J3 S5

Useful Reference sources in the Library - General Theatre:

  • The Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama, PN1861 .C65 2007
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Plays, PN1625 .P38 2005
  • The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre & Performance, PN2035 .O94 2003
  • The Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre, PN2035 .C65 2002
  • The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre, PN1861 .W67 1994
  • Modern World Drama; an Encyclopedia, PN1851 .M36
  • Analytical sourcebook of concepts in dramatic theory , Z5781 .B84

General Sources from Professor Menta's Bibliography:

Books in the Kalamazoo College Library, by Subject Heading:

See also: Library of Congress Classification...


Finding Book Chapters, also called Book Articles:

To find chapters within books, do a keyword search on your topic, whether your topic is an idea, a period of history, or a person. A keyword search will search multiple fields of the record for a book, such as title, author, contents note, etc.

Example: kabuki

A keyword search on kabuki returns 40 records. The following book is one of them:

War, occupation, and creativity : Japan and East Asia, 1920-1960 / edited by Marlene J. Mayo and J. Thomas Rimer with H. Eleanor Kerkham, NX582 .W37 2001

Kabuki doesnt appear in the title or in the subject headings, but it does appear in the following chapter title, which may be of interest:

"To be or not to be: Kabuki and Cultural Politics in Occupied Japan" / Marlene J. Mayo

In keyword search in Ariadne, you can also search for your topic specifically in the contents note field, where chapter titles are listed. To search the contents note field, your search would look like this:

Example: n:kabuki

A keyword search on n:kabuki returns 20 records; all of them have kabuki in the contents note field.

You can also find book chapters in the MLA Bibliography and Essay and General Literature Index.
In the MLA,you can limit your search to book chapters by choosing "book chapter " in the Publication Type box.

MLA International Bibliography < about >
Produced by the Modern Language Association.
Critical works on literature and languages.
Covers publications from 1925 to the present.

In the Essay and General Literature Index, you can limit your search to book chapters by choosing "chapter" in the Document Type Phrase drop down box.

Essay and General Literature Index < about >
Cites essays contained in anthologies and collections published in the United States, Great Britain and Canada.
Coverage spans the humanities and social sciences, including literary works, art history, drama, and film.

Note: Don't forget to use Print and Online Bibliographies


Finding Journal Articles

Off-Campus Access to Licensed Resources

Scholarly Journals and Popular Magazines/Newspapers

Scholarly Journals (Theatre Journal)

  • Authors are scholars or researchers in their fields.
  • Authors cite their sources in footnotes, endnotes, and bibliographies.
  • Individual issues have little or no advertising.
  • Articles must go through a peer-review process.
  • Articles usually report original scholarly research.
  • Most illustrations are charts, figures, or graphs.
  • Authors use the specialized language or jargon of the discipline.

Popular Magazines (Time, Atlantic Monthly)

  • Authors are free lance writers or magazine staff members.
  • Authors may mention sources, but rarely cite them in notes or bibliographies.
  • Individual issues contain many advertisements.
  • There is no peer review process. Articles are reviewed by editors or publishers.
  • Illustrations are numerous and colorful.
  • Articles are meant to inform and entertain an educated audience.
  • Language is written for the general adult audience (no specialized jargon).

Scholarly or Not?
Ulrich's Periodicals Directory Online < about >
Use Ulrich's Periodicals Directory (Ref. Desk Z6941 .U5)
Look for section called "Document Type"
Document Type MUST say "Academic/Scholarly Publication" to be considered scholarly!


Journal List

Useful journals:

  Name Indexed By Online Journals at K - Full Text Access
  Asian Theatre Journal MLA, Arts&Hum.Search Full Text Access
  Comparative Drama MLA, Humanities Abstracts, A&H Search Full Text Access
  Theatre Journal MLA, Humanities Abstracts, PerAbstracts, A&H Search

Full Text Access

  Theatre Survey MLA, Humanities Abstracts, PerAbstracts, A&H Search

Full Text Access

  Theatre Research International MLA, Humanities Abstracts, PerAbstracts, A&H Search Full Text Access
  The Drama review (TDR) MLA, Humanities Abstracts, PerAbstracts, A&H Search Full Text Access

Japanese Studies Periodicals in Ariadne and in Full Text:

Japan Quarterly, DS801 .J274 Full Text Access
The Journal of Japanese Studies, DS801 .J7 Full Text Access
Japan Echo, DS801 .J256
The East = Higashi, DS801 .E2 Full Text Access
Monumenta Nipponica, DS821.A1 M6 Full Text Access
Nihongo j anaru = The Nihongo Journal, PL501 .N55
Japanese language and literature  Full Text Access
Japan Focus Full Text Access

What Journals does the Library Own?

  • In paper - Check Ariadne - search on your discipline or subject area, and in Step 2, limit the location to "Periodicals"
  • Online - Check Online Journals at K - to find out what online journals the Library subscribes to

Which index includes the journal I'm looking for?

Do you have access to a journal?  

    1.) Ariadne (print)
    • Title search on Title of the Journal to locate print journal
    2.) Online Journals at K
    • Title search on Title of the Journal to locate article in a Full Text Database

Journal Indexes

MLA Bibliography < about >
The Modern Language Association International Bibliography indexes 3,000 English language and foreign periodicals as well as books, book chapters, and dissertations. Its subject matter includes critical works on literature, language, linguistics, and folklore. Reviews of literary and scholarly works are not included. There are no abstracts.
Coverage: 1925 - Present.

Some Theatre Journals indexed in the MLA Bibliography:
Asian Theatre Journal Studies in Modern Drama
American Drama TDR: Drama Review
Comparative Drama Text and Performance Quarterly
Drama and Theatre Theater: TheoryTextPerformance
Drama Review Theater
Drama Survey Theatre History Studies
Drama and Theatre Theatre Journal
JTD: Journal of Theatre and Drama Theatre Research International
Modern Drama Theatre Studies
Modern Dramatists Theatre Survey
Performing Arts Journal Theatre Topics
Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism Theatre Annual
Literature in Performance

Arts and Humanities Search < about >
Arts & Humanities Citation Index is a multidisciplinary index to more than 1,100 journals spanning 25 disciplines. Records referencing many of the world's leading arts and humanities journals. Includes all aspects of visual and performing arts plus humanities.
Coverage: 1980 - Present.

Some Theatre Journals indexed in Arts and Humanitites Search:
Asian Theatre Journal Theatre Notebook
Comparative Drama Theater History Studies
Modern Drama Theatre Journal
PAJ - A Journal Of Performance And Art Theatre Research International
TDR -The Drama Review Theatre Studies
Theatre Theatre Survey

Arts & Humanities Citation Index < about > (from Web of Knowledge)
Provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information and cited references found in nearly 1,150 of the world's leading arts & humanities journals. Cited reference searching.
Coverage: 2003 - Present

Historical Abstracts < about >
Historical Abstracts is a reference guide to the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life). Published since 1954. Currently over 2,000 journals published throughout the world are covered in the database.

Humanities Abstracts < about >
Humanities Abstracts is a bibliographic database that covers English language periodicals in the diverse subject areas of the humanities. Humanities Abstracts offers detailed abstracts describing the content and scope of source articles. Feature articles are indexed, as are interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, and reviews of plays, operas, ballets, dance, musicals, movies, television and radio.
Coverage: Indexing - 1984 - present; Abstracting - 1994 - present.

Some Theatre Journals indexed in Humanitites Abstracts:
American Theatre Theatre History Studies
Performing Arts Journal Theatre Journal
Comparative Drama Theatre Notebook
Drama Theatre Research International
Modern Drama Theatre Survey
The Drama Review  

Essay and General Literature Index < about >
Cites essays contained in anthologies and collections published in the United States, Great Britain and Canada. Coverage spans the humanities and social sciences, including literary works, art history, drama, and film. Indexing: 1985 to present.

 


Full Text Databases

Online Journals at K

Online Journals at K - Drama titles

JSTOR < about >
JSTOR includes the complete runs of significant journal titles in several disciplines. JSTOR's focus is on being a trusted archive and does not publish current issues of the journals. JSTOR's agreements with publishers include an updating provision referred to as a "moving wall." The moving wall is a fixed period of time ranging, in most cases, from 2 to 5 years, that defines the gap between the most recently published issue of any journal and the date of the most recent issue available in JSTOR.

Theatre journals in JSTOR: (full-text)
  Asian Theatre Journal 1984-2005 TDR 1988-2003
  Asian Music 1968-2003 The Drama Review: TDR 1968-1987
  Theatre Journal 1979-2003 TDR (The Drama Review) 1967-1968
  PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art 1998-2003 Performing Arts Journal 1976-1997

Project Muse < about >
Project MUSE offers the full text of Johns Hopkins University Press scholarly journals via the world wide web. Journals from these disciplines are included: the humanities, social sciences and mathematics.

Theatre journals in Project Muse: (full-text)
  Asian Theatre Journal Theatre Journal
  PAJ - A Journal of Performance & Art Theatre
  Theatre Topics TDR (The Drama Review)

Wilson Select < about >
Contains indexed and abstracted articles in ASCII full text. The database is comprised of records from Readers' Guide Abstracts, Social Sciences Abstracts, Humanities Abstracts, General Science Abstracts and Wilson Business Abstracts.
(Please note that each periodical can begin on a different month and year.)
Coverage: 1994-Present.

Theatre Journals indexed in Wilson Select: (full-text)
  Theatre History Studies 01/01/1998-present
  Theatre Survey 01/01/1995-present
  TDR: The Drama Review 04/01/1998-present

Proquest < about >
Proquest Research Library is a fulltext database providing access to over 2,000 periodicals. Graphics are included with the fulltext for many articles. Users may search the entire database or select specific subject modules (examples include Arts, Women's Studies and Humanities). Users also may select to search peer-reviewed journals only.

Theatre journals in Proquest (go into Arts Module):
  American Theatre Theatre
  Asian Theatre Journal Theatre Journal
  Comparative Drama Theatre Research International
  Drama TDR (The Drama Review)
  Modern Drama Theatre Survey

Note: Don't forget to use Print and Online Bibliographies!


 Websites

To find Web sites, use search engines and web indexes. See Finding Web Sites and Web Indexes and Directories.
See also Finding Web Sites on Theatre.

WorldCat < about >
WorldCat contains bibliographic citations for high-quality Web sites on a variety of subjects. When you search WorldCat for Web sites, remember to check the box for "Internet Resources" in the section called "Limit type to". Sites are selected according to a collection development policy that emphasizes quality, authoritativeness, and durability.

Theatre Web Sites:

Use these points to evaluate the credibility of Websites:

1. Accuracy
How reliable is the information? Are there editors and fact checkers?
2. Authority
What are the author's qualifications? Is the publisher reputable?
3. Objectivity
Is the author trying to sway opinion? Is the information free from bias?
4. Currency
Is the publication date indicated? Is the source up to date?
5. Coverage
Does the site cover the topic comprehensively, or are there information gaps?

Sites that provide guidance on evaluating Websites:


 Citing Your Sources

See: How to Cite Sources

See also Citing Sources for help in citing print and electronic resources in various bibliographic styles (MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.)

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
5th ed., New York : Modern Language Association of America, 1999.
Reference, LB2369 .G53 1999.

ALWAYS check the style manual!! DO NOT rely on other guides!