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Performing Arts

A research guide for music and theater arts.

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Because theatre can touch on many subjects in many ways, we might find articles in many different places. We might search for theatre (or theater) history in a general database, but theatre education in an education database.

Here is a short list of databases to begin your search, but if you have a more specific topic, ask a librarian which database might yield the most relevant results.

Library resources are organized by subject. This means we group all of the books and resources on a topic under the same heading or link. In the catalog box on this page, set the drop-down menu to "Subject" and try some of these terms:

  • Acting
  • Acting-Study and teaching
  • Drama
  • Method acting
  • Monologues
  • Production and direction
  • Stage-setting and scenery
  • Theater
  • Theater-History

You may also want to search for specific actors or influential people like this: Stanislavsky, Konstantin or Shakespeare, William


To cite this LibGuide use the following templates:

APA: Northern Essex Community College Library. (Date updated). Title of page. Title of LibGuide. URL

MLA: Northern Essex Community College Library. "Title of Page." Title of LibGuide, Date updated, URL.