Research on Theatre History Seminar Topics

Date:______________________________<strong>Research</strong> onTheatre HistorySeminar Topicsfor ADA 3MName:_____________________________http://lisgar.ca/library.phpA good starting point for research on any topic is a general encyclopedia. These can be found in the reference sectionof the library. The most comprehensive encyclopedia in the Lisgar Library is the Encyclopedia Britannica; start bylooking up your topic in the index volume. Other sources of general information include on-line encyclopedia. The username «_ _ _ _ _ _ _» and the password «_ _ _ _ _ _ _» will give you access to Grolier On-line at «http://goontario.grolier.com» and a similar French language resource, L’Encyclopèdie Hachette Multimédia is accessible fromthe links on the on-line resources page at the Lancer Library Web site or by going to«http://hachette.demarque.com/osapac/ index.php» and entering the same user name and password. Informationrelating to Canadian drama or dramatists (not relevant to this assignment) can be found by accessing The CanadianEncyclopedia on-line at «http://www. Thecanadianencyclopedia .com» or from the link at the Lisgar Library web site.Periodicals and journals may contain feature articles about theatres, dramatists and productions. They may alsohave books and drama reviews as well as scholarly articles. Rather than wasting time searching randomly for relevantinformation, it is a good idea to use a database such as EBSCO’s Canadian Reference Centre or Thomson-Gale’sInfotrac Databases. They are accessible via links from the Lisgar Web Site at «http://lisgar.ca/library.php». To accessEBSCO Host from outside of the school use the user name «_ _ _ _ _» and the password «_ _ _ _ _ _ _». Be sure to selectthe "Full Text" box to avoid getting titles for articles that are not accessible. Click on the Peer Reviewed box to limityour search to articles from scholarly sources. To access Infotrac databases from outside of the school use the password“trillium”. To find academic articles, click on the Academic Journals tab.Today’s First Task:Find one article relevant to your theatre history seminar topic. Copy the bibliographic information and three keypoints in the space below.Periodical (Newspaper or Magazine) Source:Author of Article: (last)___________________________, (first)___________________________. (Blank if no author is named.)Title of Article: _________________________________________________________________. (Put this in quotation marks.)Title of the Newspaper / Magazine / Journal: _____________________________________________________. (Underline this.)Date of Publication: ______________________________: Page Numbers: _________________________.Name of Database: _________________________________________________________________________. (Underline this.)Name of Database Publisher: ______________________________________________________________________________.Place of Access: ________________________________. Date of Access: ________________________________ Page # _____1. -__________________________________________________________________________________________________2. -__________________________________________________________________________________________________3. -__________________________________________________________________________________________________If additional space for notes from any source is required, use additional sheets of regular paper. Write continued on . . . at thebottom of your notes on this sheet. For additional sources of information search the library’s on-line catalogue and the on-lineresources page on the library website. Blank note-taking forms can be downloaded from the library’s <strong>Research</strong> Tools page.

Book Source:Name of the Author or Editor: (last)______________________________, (first)______________________________.Title of the Book: __________________________________________________________________________. (Underline this.)City of Publication: _________________________________: Publishing Company: __________________________________,Year of Publication: _________________________________.Page #_____-_______________________________________________________________________________________________________-_______________________________________________________________________________________________________-_______________________________________________________________________________________________________-__________________________________________________________________________________________________Encyclopedia Source:Author of Article: (last)___________________________, (first)___________________________. (Blank if no author is named.)Title of Article: _________________________________________________________________. (Put this in quotation marks.)Title of the Encyclopedia: ____________________________________________________________________. (Underline this.)Year of Publication: ___________________________________.Volume#: Page #_____-_______________________________________________________________________________________________________-_______________________________________________________________________________________________________-_______________________________________________________________________________________________________-__________________________________________________________________________________________________Web Site Source #1:Author of Article: (last)____________________________, (first)____________________________. (Blank if no author is named.)Title of Article: ___________________________________________________________________. (Put this in quotation marks.)Title of the Web Site: _________________________________________________________________________. (Underline this.)Date of Article or Last Revision or Copyright: ___________________________________.Publisher of Web Site: _______________________________________.Date of Access: ______________________________.U.R.L. (Internet Address): ._____-_______________________________________________________________________________________________________-_______________________________________________________________________________________________________-__________________________________________________________________________________________________

Web Site Source #2:Author of Article: (last)____________________________, (first)____________________________. (Blank if no author is named.)Title of Article: ___________________________________________________________________. (Put this in quotation marks.)Title of the Web Site: _________________________________________________________________________. (Underline this.)Date of Article or Last Revision or Copyright: ___________________________________.Publisher of Web Site: _______________________________________.Date of Access: ______________________________.U.R.L. (Internet Address): ._____-_______________________________________________________________________________________________________-_______________________________________________________________________________________________________-_______________________________________________________________________________________________________-__________________________________________________________________________________________________Web Site Source #3:Author of Article: (last)____________________________, (first)____________________________. (Blank if no author is named.)Title of Article: ___________________________________________________________________. (Put this in quotation marks.)Title of the Web Site: _________________________________________________________________________. (Underline this.)Date of Article or Last Revision or Copyright: ___________________________________.Publisher of Web Site: _______________________________________.Date of Access: ______________________________.U.R.L. (Internet Address): ._____-_______________________________________________________________________________________________________-_______________________________________________________________________________________________________-_______________________________________________________________________________________________________-__________________________________________________________________________________________________Periodical (Newspaper or Magazine) Source:Author of Article: (last)___________________________, (first)___________________________. (Blank if no author is named.)Title of Article: _________________________________________________________________. (Put this in quotation marks.)Title of the Newspaper / Magazine / Journal: _____________________________________________________. (Underline this.)Date of Publication: ______________________________: Page Numbers: _________________________.Name of Database: _________________________________________________________________________. (Underline this.)Name of Database Publisher: ______________________________________________________________________________.Place of Access: ________________________________. Date of Access: ________________________________ Page # __________-_______________________________________________________________________________________________________-__________________________________________________________________________________________________