Theatre History
Very Short Introduction Ebooks from Oxford
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Very Short IntroductionsBrief ebooks written by experts across the board - on physics, art, communism, beat poetry - almost anything!
CLA Librarian
Brett Bodemer
Subjects: Anthropology, Art and Design, Art History, Asian Studies, Child Development, Communications, Country Information, English, Ethnic Studies, Feminism, Geography, Government Information, Graphic Communication, History, Interdisciplinary Studies, Journalism, Linguistics, Music, Performing Arts, Philosophy and Religious Studies, Political Science, Primary Sources, Psychology, Queer Studies, Science, Technology and Society, Social Sciences, Sociology and Social Work, Theater and Dance, Women's and Gender Studies, World Languages and Cultures
Purpose of this Guide and Research Help Options
This guide gives you great pointers on the best databases and resources for your field. Don't forget that you can find help on 24/7 live chat at any time of day or night. You can also email the CLA librarian, Brett Bodemer, at bbodemer@calpoly.edu.
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Chat and other Research HelpIf you want live help now, click on the chat icon at the lower right corner of this page! For further options click on "Chat and Other Research Help" link above.
Articles - Search Many Databases at Once
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Academic Search PremierIN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER, WHERE IT SAYS 'CHOOSE DATABASES' CLICK AND SELECT 'ALL DATABASES' - this will let you search ALL the EBSCO databases at once.
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ABI/INFORM CompleteIN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER, CLICK ON the "three line" icon, select CHANGE DATABASES, check the box for SELECT ALL, then scroll to bottom and click on USE SELECTED DATABASES. You will now be searching all Proquest databases at once.
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Google ScholarBy going via the Kennedy Library Link you can link out to full text in a variety places. If you don't see "Find It at Cal Poly" on the results, click the "More" dropdown and it should be there.
Search Ebook Central, SpringerLink, JSTOR, Project Muse and Wiley for ebooks, chapters and articles
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Ebook Central150,000 ebooks, most are keyword searchable!
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SpringerLinkBook chapters, books, journal articles.
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JSTORScholarly books and articles, with some current content and lots going way back.
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Project MUSEScholarly books and articles. To get books click Books on left column.
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Wiley Online LibraryBooks and Articles. To get books, after first keyword search, click BOOKS in right column.
Find historic Book Reviews/Art Reviews/Play Reviews/Movie Reviews
Limit your search by date, type your subject in "quote marks " and add the word review.
Example 1: "Armory Show" review
Example 2 "Jackson Pollock" review
This trick works well in the following:
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Academic Search PremierBe sure and select ALL databases on this page and then you will search 15 EBSCO databases at once.
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ProQuest Historical NewspapersBe sure and pick ALL the databases so you can seach ALL the Proquest databases.
Good Databases to Search One at a Time
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JSTORJSTOR is a full-text database of back issues for scholarly journals as well as eBooks, primarily in the social sciences and humanities. eBook content reflects current scholarship in most cases while journal content starts with volume one, but because JSTOR is an archival database, the most recent 3-5 years of journal issues are not available in JSTOR.
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Project MUSELots of scholarly, interdisciplinary journals and ebooks.
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Academic Search PremierMany full-text articles, some from core scholarly journals, but others from popular magazines in a wide variety of subject areas.
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Academic OneFileAccess scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers across a breadth of disciplines.
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Gale Virtual Reference LibrarySearches many online encyclopedias and reference works at once.
Find Older Magazines via Google Books
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Google BooksTo Find Older Magazines:
1) Enter keyword search
2) Select Tools
3) Under ANY DOCUMENT TYPE - choose MAGAZINES