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Use the contact information below to ask a question or to schedule a research appointment with the librarian for Theatre.
Instruction Librarian
Michael Hughes
Contact:
Want to schedule a research consultation? Send me an email at mhughes@trinity.edu.
Related Guide
Search Broadly
As you begin exploring your subject, keep your search terms broad and narrow down as needed. When you fine useful or intriguing sources, make note of keywords used to describe the article and conduct additional, more narrow searches.
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One Search: basic searchStart with One Search to get a broad idea of what is available on your topic. Use this resource to find additional keywords to use when searching in other resources.
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Google ScholarUse Google Scholar to find sources, citing sources, and/or "search within citing works" to find related sources. Searches journal articles, white papers, student theses, book chapters, institutional reports, etc.
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WorldCat (TexShare)Use this catalog of libraries worldwide to find books available to borrow using the interlibrary loan system. Materials available in the Trinity Library are also included.
Search Specifically
Once you have a strong idea about the direction of your research, it may make sense to search in specific databases and remove the clutter from a larger resource. Remember that if the library does not own an article or book that will help you, start early so that you may borrow it from another library.
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Library CatalogSearch for books and media available in the library.
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JSTORThe JSTOR project seeks to develop online access to the full back files of selected journals. The database contains a digitized image of every page and is searchable by every word.
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Project MUSEFull-text articles from more than 100 scholarly journals published by Carnegie Mellon, Duke, Indiana, Johns Hopkins, MIT, Oxford and Penn State university presses, as well as the presses of the Universities of Hawaii, Texas, and Wisconsin.
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Academic Search Complete (TexShare)Scholarly, multi-discipline, full text journal database designed specifically for academic institutions. Covers the social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.
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Humanities SourceThe authoritative resource in all aspects of the humanities, with worldwide content pertaining to literary, scholarly and creative thought, providing access to more than 1,450 full-text journals dating back to 1907.
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MLA International Bibliography with Full TextThe definitive index for the study of language, literature, linguistics, rhetoric and composition, folklore, film and teaching with an extensive collection of full text.
Borrow Materials
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Interlibrary LoanUse the library's interlibrary loan service to borrow books and articles from other libraries.
Cite Sources
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Citing SourcesFind guidance in citing sources using MLA, APA, Chicago, and other styles. Even if you use an online generator for your bibliography, these are wrong a good 70% of the time, so you should always make sure to double-check against a source like this to make sure that yours citations are correct.