Research Resources: Theatre & Dance Books
How to find books, videos, and other Materials in Steely Library
These are suggestions only and do not reflect the full range of materials that may be useful to you. For additional assistance, Ask a Librarian.
For locating specific items, including videos in the Media Collection, using the library's catalog, NKUIRE, is recommended. Keyword, Author, Title, and Subject are among the ways you can search.
Here are some tips on locating plays.
Browsing for books in Steely's Reference and Circulating collections can be very useful.
For Theatre, the following call number areas are suggested:
- GT 513 - Costume
- GV 1580-1799 - Dance
- ML 1711 - Musical Theatre
- NK 4700-4890 - Costumes
- PN1530 - Monologues
- PN1551 - Dialogues
- PN 1600-3307 - Drama
- PN 1660-1693 - Playwriting
- PN 1865-1999 - Special types of drama (tragedy, comedy, vaudeville, etc.)
- PN 2000-3307 - Technical theater (directing, stagecraft, lighting, makeup, etc.)
- PN1720-1861 - Theatre History
- PN 2055 - Employment
- PN2061-2071 - Art of acting
- PN2131-2145 - Ancient Theatre
- PN2152-2160 - Medieval Theatre
- PN2171-2179 - Renaissance Theatre
- PN2181-2193 - Modern Theatre
updated: Tuesday, 15-Nov-2005 12:53:02 EST