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Theatre Design and Production

Academic Search Complete - EBSCO

Academic Search Complete includes more than 8,992 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format

Artslynx International Arts Resources

Library of online theatre resources

Costume Gallery

"A Central Location on the Web for Fashion and Costume since 1996."

Costume Page

"Costuming Resources Online"

Cowles Online Catalog - Theatre design & production

There are many books about Theatre design and production in the online catalog of Drake University

ebrary (eBooks)

Online database consisting of thousands of electronic books. Must access

Elizabethan Costuming Page

Online design resource for costumes from the Elizabethan period.

Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance

Available on-line through Oxford Reference Online this encyclopedia "provides authoritative and up-to-date information about theatre and performance from ancient Greek theatre to the latest developments in London, Paris, New York, and around the globe. In addition to performances in playhouses, it covers dance, opera, radio, film, television, and popular performance, including carnivals, circus, and public executions."

Playbill On-Line

Complete on-line resource for all theatre happenings ... "serving theatre since 1884"

WorldCat - OCLC

WorldCat is a catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. If you are unable to find something in the Cowles Library collection using the I-LINK catalog, this is an excellent place to continue your search. Use the Interlibrary Loan link on this page to obtain materials from other collections.