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Using Library resources for Drama & Theatre

30 October 2013

Kim Colesk.coles@rhul.ac.uk

http://libguides.rhul.ac.uk/Drama

DepartmentWhat do I need to find?

• Books• Journal articles• Performance recordings • Plays • Interviews• Performance reviews• Photographs • Archival records• ….

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Royal Holloway Library Collections

Founders Library:

• Aesthetics

• Theatre and theatre history (Britain, Europe, North America, Australia, Japan, Africa

• Play collections

• Literature

• Literary theory

Silent Study

Group study rooms

Viewing Rooms

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Royal Holloway Library Collections

Bedford Library:

• Aesthetics – philosophy

• Cultural theory

• Costume (everyday dress)

• Drama therapy

Group StudySilent Study

Group study rooms

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Royal Holloway Library Collections

Depository Library

• Off-site

• PhD theses

• Rarely-used material

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Special collections at RHUL

• Gay Sweatshop Collection

• Half Moon Collection

• Red Shift Theatre Collection

• Coton Collection

• Roy Waters Collection

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Senate House Library

• National research level collection for Humanities and Social Sciences

• Comprehensive back-runs of Arts and Humanities journals

• Strong collection of online resources (e.g.: International Index of Performing Arts)

• Theatre Archive Sources, including:

• Programmes of plays

• Costume designs

• Playbills and memorabilia

• Correspondences

• Reviews

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M25 Group of libraries

University libraries in the London area

SCONUL Access card: www.sconul.ac.uk/access

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British Library

Visit the Help for Researchers page: http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/

Collections of

• Playscripts

• Newspapers

• Sound recordings

• Correspondence

British Library Electronic Thesis Online Service: http://ethos.bl.uk

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Westminster Reference Library: Performing Arts Collection

Approximately 8000 books related to performing arts

Reviews and production details of many West End stage shows since 1890

Open to anyone for reference use

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Theatre Collection Victoria and Albert Museum

Theatre Collection reading room: Blythe House in Kensington Olympia

Video recordings collections:

• National Video Archive of Performance

• Interviews and Commercially Recorded Videos

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Laban Library and Archive

Library: Large collection of books on all aspects of dance

Archive: Manuscripts, photographs and papers on the work of Rudolph Laban

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National Theatre Archive

Administrative & technical records of the National Theatre

Collection covers the period from 1963 to the present day

Material includes programmes, posters, photographs, videos, press cuttings, prompt scripts, production drawings, costume, lighting, and sound information

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Joint Catalogues

COPAC: copac.ac.uk

WorldCat: worldcat.org

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Finding Information

librarysearch.rhul.ac.uk

Searches:

- Library catalogue (book and print journal holdings)

- Electronic databases

- E-journals

- Royal Holloway Research

- Royal Holloway Archives

- Access to the E-journal A-Z

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Drama & Theatre Subject Guide

libguides.rhul.ac.uk/Drama

Provides guidance on:

- Finding books

- Finding e-resources

- Resource recommendations

- Training

- References

- Access to the Databases A-Z

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Search techniques

What exactly is the topic you are searching for?

Example: Costume in Japanese and Balinese theatre

What are the main concepts or keywords for your topic?

Costume, japanese theatre, balinese theatre

Are there any similar words that describe each of these concepts?

Costume, dress, masks – drama, performance, theater

How might you combine these keywords together to search?

Combine keywords together using “operators “. The most common are AND and OR. Use quotation marks around words to search for a phrase “japanese theatre”

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Sifting and evaluating sources of information: identifying quality

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The REVIEW criteria

• RelevanceR• Expertise of AuthorE• Viewpoint of Author/OrganisationV• Intended AudienceI• EvidenceE• When publishedW

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What will happen if you apply the REVIEW test to this textbook?

Kotler, P and Keller, K (2011) Marketing management. Harlow: Pearson Education.

Relevance: Excellent. There is lots of useful information in the book.

Expertise: Very good. The authors are well-known marketing academics and the publisher is respected.

Viewpoint: Analytical. Addresses the dramatic changes in the marketing environment in recent years.

Intended audience: Good. Postgraduate university students and researchers.

Evidence: Excellent. The authors provide Marketing in Action mini-cases by leading organisations.

When published: Very good. Published recently.

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What will happen if you apply the REVIEW criteria to this Wikipedia article?

Wikipedia (2013) Marketing management [Online] Available from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marketing_management [Accessed 01/10/2013]Relevance: Very good. It’s an article specifically about marketing management, covering a range of topics in a structured way.

Expertise: Unknown. Anybody can edit Wikipedia, so you don’t know who wrote the information.

Viewpoint: The article aims to describe the approach to marketing management but we can’t always be clear on the viewpoint as the site is changing constantly.

Intended audience: Provided for the general public.

Evidence: There are a number of references listed. Wikipedia articles often refer to more authoritative sources, but the references need to be verified.

When published: Superb. Wikipedia is updated constantly.

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What will happen if you apply the REVIEW criteria to this peer review journal article?

Keller, K (2009) Building strong brands in a modern marketing communications environment. Journal of Marketing Communications, 15 (2-3), pp. 139-155.Relevance: Deals with building and managing a brand through the customer-based brand equity model

Expertise: Scholarly affiliation of the author is given. The research is original

Viewpoint: Objective, as the article has gone through a peer review process

Intended audience: Aimed at scholarly researchers, including students and academics

Evidence: Superb. The article was subject to peer review checking before publication and contains extensive references. However you should still research the alternate point of view.

When published: Recent research on the topic

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What will happen if you apply the REVIEW criteria to this newspaper article?

Sweeney, M. (2008) Google named world’s No 1 brand. Guardian. 21 April.Relevance: Pretty good. It’s an article about the world’s top 100 brands

Expertise: The credentials of the author are not specified

Viewpoint: Focuses on the findings of the BrandZ top 100 list

Intended audience: Aimed at the general public

Evidence: The article refers to a report but full reference information is not provided. Newspaper articles often refer to more authoritative sources but the references need to be verified.

When published: It’s published within the last 5 years but the information is already out of date in such a fast moving market.

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Reviewing your research

Do you have enough / too

much information?

Is it relevant to your

research?

Does it answer the

whole question?

Is the information

current / within the date you require

Do you need to review

your underlying research question?

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Zetoc Alerts

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Training and support

Book training throughout the year:

- Advanced Research Skills

- Citing and Referencing: libguides.rhul.ac.uk/referencing

- Using RefWorks

- Using EndNote

- The Library on Moodlemoodle.rhul.ac.uk

- One on One training

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Questions?

Kim Coles

Information Consultant

2-07 Bedford LibraryRoyal Holloway University of London

k.coles@rhul.ac.uk

01784 404107

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