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Guide to Sources for Technical Directing, January 2000

 
Lucie Stylianopoulos, Fine Arts Reference 924-6604. lws4n@virginia.edu
 

 
FULL TEXT Sources
 
Expanded Academic ASAP [2K newspapers and journals -- half of which are FULL TEXT]
Sample Search: (technical or technology) and theat* and direct*
[* = truncation]
 
Lexis / Nexis Academic Universe [newspapers worldwide -- all Full Text]. click on News and then General News
Sample Search: [keyword] theat! and computer!
Sample Search: [keyword] theat! w/2 technical
Sample Search: [keyword] theat! [...additional terms] (technical or technology) w/3 (directing or director)
[! = truncation] [w/2 = the two keyword terms must be within two words of each other]

[NOTE: the "FirstSearch" search engine used for the following databases does NOT provide truncation nor allow more than two "or's" in a search.]
Art Index [citations to journal articles from 300 art and performance periodicals]
Sample Search: (theater or theatre) and (technical or technology) [subject]
RILM Abstracts of Musical Literature. (Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale) [citations to articles from 3500 music periodicals worldwide]
Sample Search: (theater or theatre) [subject]
Applied Science & Technology Index [citations to journal articles from 350 periodicals]
Sample Search: (theater or theatre) [subject]
WorldCat [citations to 40 Million books, documents, reports, videos in libraries' collections worldwide]
Sample Search: (theater or theatre) and (technical or technology) [subject]
NetFirst! [citations to 100K+ online/internet resources -- direct links to web sites]
 Sample Search: (computer+ or technology) AND (stage or drama)

Web Search Engines
 
Google
Sample Search:technical theater theatre
Metacrawler
Sample Search: technical theatre theater
 
AltaVista -- Arts & Entertainment
Sample Search: technical theatre theater


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