Annotated Bibliography - Arts Version - GESM 110 - I Too Am American: Theatre and Cultural Literacy - Research Guides at University of Southern California

Search tips for Creative Works

Use the advanced version of the Libraries' Search by clicking "Advanced Search" under the search box on the libraries' website (libraries.usc.edu). Use the pull-down menu to choose "Author," then type the name of the artist you're interested in.

Suggested Databases:

Literature Online (LION)
Litfinder
LitFinder also includes biographies, work summaries, photographs and a glossary. A subject navigator provides more than 10,000 subject headings, and basic and advanced search modes allow users to search by keyword, author, subject, work title, work date, nationality, gender, timeline and more. International in scope, LitFinder covers all time periods and contains a wealth of primary literature content, including more than 125,000 full-text poems, 850,000 poem citations and excerpts, and thousands of full-text short stories, essays, speeches and plays. LitFinder also includes biographies, work summaries, photographs and a glossary.
ARTstor
CAMIO: Catalog for Art Images Online
Every work in CAMIO is represented by at least one high-resolution image and a description. Many have additional views of the work, sound, video and curatorial notes. CAMIO art images span the following categories:
- Costumes
- Decorative Arts
- Jewelry
- Paintings
- Photographs
- Prints
- Posters
- Sculptures
- Utilitarian objects
Dance Online: Dance in Video
Selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as forerunners of the forms and the pioneers of modern concert dance. Included are classic performances from top ballet companies; experimental works from up-and-coming dance troupes; documentaries by and about leading choreographers; videos on dance training; and other items covering a wide range of 20th century dance styles.

Search tips for Reviews

Many databases, including the libraries' Search, allow you to limit your results to the source type Reviews. Try searching for a work or an author/artist and using this limiter in your search.

Suggested Databases:

International Index to the Performing Arts Full Text
The database currently includes half a million records, the majority from the most recent ten years of each journal. IIPA covers a broad spectrum of the arts and entertainment industry - including dance, drama, theater, stagecraft, musical theater, circus performance, opera, pantomime, puppetry, magic, performance art, film, television and more.
ProQuest - Multiple Databases
It simultaneously searches dozens of subject areas, indexes thousands of general and scholarly titles, and provides full-text for a significant number of the articles included from a variety of contemporary research databases. It is an excellent starting place for research for a paper, particularly if one isn't sure where to begin their research.
Project MUSE
As of January 2012, Project Muse has added thousands of University Press ebooks to its collection. However, USC DOES NOT have access to them. If you are interested in one of these titles, please search Homer or Quick Search to see if we have a copy.

Search tips for Critical Works

Use the advanced version of the Libraries' Search by clicking "Advanced Search" under the search box on the libraries' website (libraries.usc.edu). Use the pull-down menu to choose "Subject terms," then type the title of a work you're interested in. This should give you books and articles about that work.

Suggested Databases:

Literature Criticism Online
Covers not only novels but also poetry, short stories, and drama. Entries are in-depth and include bibliographies. Search by key words, author, title, or browse by works, authors, and topics.
Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text
It is a comprehensive bibliographic and full-text database covering the entire spectrum of television and film. Subject coverage includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews. The database provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for 350 publications (and selected coverage of nearly 300), as well as full text for more than 100 journals and nearly 100 books
Literature Resource Center
Covers more than 90,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists and other writers. Integrating the Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Shakespearean Criticism, Drama Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Short Story Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, and Children\'s Literature Review, this database is augmented with full-text critical material. Biographical information is also included for screenwriters, journalists, and nonfiction writers. For copyright reasons, some material from the print resources listed above may not be available in full-text.
The Literature Resource center includes the full text of Merriam-Webster
JSTOR
Some backfiles date back to the early 1800s. Fields covered include: anthropology, ecology, economics, education, finance, mathematics, philosophy, political science, sociology, literature, biology.
Click here for a complete list of periodicals available in full text.

Browsing for Books

Try a starting search for your topic in the main search box on the libraries' home page. Once you have some search results, use the "Material Type" limit on the left-hand side to limit to Books - then click on a title.

Note the call number, or book's location, at the bottom of the page. Try going to this call number in the book stacks of whatever library is indicated, and take a look at the books NEAR that book to discover some other angles on the same topic.

GESM 110 - I Too Am American: Theatre and Cultural Literacy: Annotated Bibliography - Arts Version

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