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Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre - has 2,500 entries. This version of the acclaimed Oxford Companion to the Theatre covers all aspects of theatre worldwide and throughout the ages. From a vast range of theatrical styles, dramatists, performers, and directors, as well as information on theatres, festivals, and such technical topics as lighting, sound, and method acting.

Print References

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Companion to Theatre in Australia
International Dictionary of Theatre
Continuum Companion to 20th Century Theatre
New Penguin Dictionary of the Theatre

Costume

Costume Language
Guide to Historic Costume
Survey of Historic Costume

Technical

Backstage Handbook
Dictionary of Puppetry
Encyclopedia of Stage Lighting
The Worldwide Art of Puppetry

List of Useful Books @ VCA Library by subject

Books on Costume @ VCA Library
Books on Puppetry @ VCA Library
Books on Stage Lighting @ VCA
Books on Stage Management @ VCA
Puppetry Books at Swinburne University

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Useful databases:

APAFT - Australian Public Affairs- Full Text provides Internet access to the scanned images of journal articles from published material on the social sciences and humanities.

APAIS - (Australian Public Affairs Information Service) Database provides links to articles from hundreds of leading Australasian journals.

Arts and Humanities Citation Index - Web of Science - a citation index that includes social sciences and science.

Expanded Academic ASAP - indexes across all academic disciplines access to abstracts and some full text articles.

ERIC - Education database. Full text access dependant upon contributor permission. Covers articles in Education including the arts.

JSTOR - is an archive of scholarly journals covering a wide variety of disciplines. JSTOR does not include articles published in recent years, but may provide a link to them.

MLA International Bibliography - a classified listing and subject index of scholarly books and articles on modern languagges, literatures, folklore, and linguistics since 1926

Project Muse - is an online resource which indexes a range of full-text scholarly journals. Subjects covered include the arts humanities and social sciences.

All e-journals are accessed via Supersearch. Login and select Find an e-journal. Enter the title you want to look at.

Some available titles:

American Theatre
Asian Theatre Journal
Back Stage
ID: Magazine of International Design
Lighting Design & Application
Sound and Video Contractor
Theatre Journal
Theatre Topics

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At VCA
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In Australia
Australian Digital Theses Project - contains digital versions of theses produced by the postgraduate research students at the participating 7 Australian institutions - also links to relevant Electronic Theses & Dissertations sites.

Internationally
Index to Theses - Index to Theses accepted for Higher Degrees by the Universities of Great Britain and Ireland and the Council for National Academic Awards.

Proquest Digital Dissertations - Online access to citations and abstracts for every title in the Dissertation Abstracts Database.

Coolcat - Victorian Academic Libraries Catalogue, including RMIT Library Catalogue and the State Library of Victoria

Libraries Australia - Academic, State and Public Libraries in Australia

Serials in Australian Libraries (SIAL) - lists the locations of over 478,300 serials in Australian libraries and can be searched to locate journals not held by The Victorian College of the Arts. Login to Supersearch and click on Find a Database, then search for SIAL

For a full list of Production-related websites click here

ANU (Australian National University) - provides links to valuable websites through the creative arts libraries.

Arts Hub  Online information for Australian arts workers, jobs worldwide, and industry news from Australia and the world.

AusStage - Gateway to the Australian Performing Arts. Information about events, artists, organisations and venues

Picture Australia - consists of links to over 450,000 digitised images from Australia's leading cultural heritage insitutions including the Australian War Memorial, National Gallery of Australia, National Library of Australia, and the State Libraries of NSW, Tasmania, and Victoria.

Citing and Referencing -  University of Melbourne guide
Endnote - Guide from University of Melbourne on how to use Endnote, how to download it etc.
Copies are available from the VCA Library Loans Desk.

Finding Information on the Internet
Searching and Evaluating -  University of Melbourne guide
Internet Tutorials -  Onilne guides from the University at Albany, NY
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