Graduate Playwriting Research at Hollins (2023)
This page provides guidance to students in Hollins University's graduate playwriting program: how to find materials in the library, and how to do research using sources both in and beyond the library. Welcome!
Online Encyclopedias
OneSearch
OneSearch includes online articles from dictionaries and encyclopedias. Search for your topic, then limit your results to these articles by using the "Refine my results" list on the left:
- scroll to "Resource Type," then
- choose "Reference Entries."
Credo searches encyclopedias, dictionaries and other reference sources.
The Cambridge History of American TheatreCall Number: E-Book (3 vols.)
The Cambridge History of British TheatreCall Number: E-Book Vol. 1 -3
Browsing the Reference Books
Reference books are located on the first floor of the library, with the call numbers:
- PN's, especially PN 1580-3300
- Literature - organized by country in other areas, e.g.:
- PQ = France, Italy, Spain
- PR = Britain
- PS = United States
- PT = Germanic countries
- Z5780-5782 - bibliographies
Theatre Encyclopedias: a sample
Oxford Dictionary of PlaysCall Number: Reference - PN1625 .P38 2005
Dictionary of the theatre : terms, concepts, and analysisCall Number: Reference - PN2035 .P2913 1998
Historical Dictionary of Contemporary American Theater, 1930-2010Call Number: Reference - PN2266.3 .F575 2011
World encyclopedia of contemporary theatreCall Number: PN1861 .W67 1994
She also wrote plays : an international guide to women playwrights from the 10th to the 21st centuryCall Number: Reference - PN6119.8 .C76 2001
Broadway : an encyclopedia of theater and American cultureCall Number: PN2277.N5 B62 2010
