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Technical Theatre |
This guide surveys the
broad area of technical theatre. See the companion
research guide titled Theatre.
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Background
Information | Facts & Figures
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Find Books | People | Organizations
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Background
Information (Overview Sources)
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Encyclopedias, other reference
works, and subject directories such as
Librarians' Internet Index, are an excellent place to start
a research project or simply learn more about a particular
topic. They can provide topic summaries, context, and
bibliographies for further reading.
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& Figures (Fact Sources) |
Use
dictionaries, statistical works,
atlases, handbooks and similar works to
find and check facts about topics,
people, or events. Sources with
call #s preceded by R, are located in
Kent Reference, third floor.
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Find Articles |
Search indexes, abstracts, and databases
to find journal, magazine, and newspaper articles. For
a complete list of Kent Library's online indexes and databases
& to access these online resources,
see the Find:
articles page (http://library.semo.edu/find/articles.asp).
To find articles and scholarly/peer-reviewed articles
use the following print indexes and online databases:
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Find General
Collection Books |
Use the Kent
Library Catalog (http://library.semo.edu/find/books.shtml)
to find books, periodicals (journals, magazines, & newspapers),
videos, government documents and other materials.
Keyword searches allow you
to use your own words as search terms.
Subject heading searches use Library of Congress subject
headings. Printed volumes of these headings are located near
the Reference Desk.
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Browse the shelves by call
number. Use the Dewey
Decimal chart to get you in the right subject areas or try the following:
391s fashion / costume
646s dressmaking, clothing and dress
792s costume design, lighting and
scene design, theater / theatre in general, theaters
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| People |
Learn about important people related to
this topic or field.
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Organizations |
Professional organizations and/or
societies often provide very useful topic related information.
American Alliance for Theatre and
Education
ACTS (Arts,
Crafts & Theater Safety)
Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC)
Theatre Communications Group
United States Institute for
Theatre Technology (USITT)
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| Other |
Costumes
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Costume construction |
687.16 St815c |
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Costume design |
792.026 An23c2 |
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Costume design: techniques of modern masters |
792.0260922 P337 |
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Costume designer's handbook |
792.026 In43c2 |
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Costume Gallery |
Web resource |
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Costume in detail, 1730-1930 |
R 391.00942 B727c 1997 |
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Costumer's Manifesto |
Web resource |
| Costume technician's handbook |
646.47 In4c3 |
| Designing and making stage costumes |
792.026 M857d 1992 |
| Designing stage costumes |
792.026 T3936d |
| Fairchild's dictionary of fashion |
R 391.00321 C125f2 |
| More costumes for the stage |
792.026 J138m 1998 |
Lighting, Sound, and
Stagecraft
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Google
Directory - Stagecraft |
Web resource |
| Handbook of scenery, properties, and lighting |
792.0250202 Sw36h |
| Introduction to technical theater (video) |
IM/DV 565 |
| Lighting for theater (video) |
IM/DV 567 |
| Scene design and stage lighting |
792.025 P229s8 |
| Scenographic imagination |
792.025 P293s3 |
| Set design |
IM/DV 570 |
| Stage crafts |
792.023 H6797S2 |
| Stage design and properties |
792.025 H742s |
| Stage lighting design |
792.025 P641s |
| Stage rigging handbook |
792.025 G488s |
| Stagecraft handbook |
792.025 Io6s |
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Theatre Design & Technology |
Web resource |
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theatrecrafts.com |
Web resource |
| Theory and craft of the scenographic model |
792.0250228 P293t |
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USITT design and technology links |
Web resource |
Make-Up
| The complete make-up artist |
792.027 D3731c2 |
| Period make-up for the stage |
792.027 Sw64p |
| Stage makeup |
792.027 C818s7 |
| Stage makeup: step-by-step |
792.027 Sw64s |
| Theatrical FX makeup |
792.027 Sa773t |
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created 04/06; updated 11/06 |
