Primary Sources
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Shakespeare's Globe ArchivePrimary source materials of the reconstructed Globe Theatre, including prompt books, wardrobe notes, publicity material, annual reports, show reports, photographs and architectural plans.
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Shakespeare in PerformancePrompt books from the world-famous collection at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC. These prompt books tell the story of Shakespeare’s plays as they were performed in theatres internationally, between the seventeenth and twentieth centuries.
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Eighteenth Century Collections OnlineA fully text-searchable corpus of books, pamphlets and broadsides in all subjects published during the 18th Century in the United Kingdom with digitized images.
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Eighteenth Century Drama: Censorship, Society and the StageA unique archive of almost every play submitted for license between 1737 and 1824, as well as hundreds of documents that provide social context for the plays.
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Nineteenth Century Collections OnlineBooks, newspapers, pamphlets, manuscripts, maps, photographs, statistics, and other primary source documents from the 19th century. Focus is British.
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London Low Life: Street Culture, Social Reform and the Victorian UnderworldColor digital images of rare books, ephemera, maps and other materials relating to 19th and early 20th century London. Also includes secondary sources such as maps and essays.
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Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790–1920Primary source collection of documents on the evolution of crime and punishment. The archive's focus is on the nineteenth century- the most rapid period of evolution for crime and its associated legal/penal systems.
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Popular Culture in Britain & America, 1950-1975Explores the dynamic period of social, political and cultural change between 1950 and 1975 in Britain and the U.S. Full-text of documents, images, and video.
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ARTStorMore than one million digital images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences. With a registered account you can also curate groups of images, share them, and download them directly into presentations.
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Design & Applied Arts IndexBibliographic access to design, craft and applied arts journals and newspapers, and data on designers and studios. Coverage from 1973 to current.
Triadic Ballet, designed and created by Oskar Schlemmer. Photo by Karl Grill, c. 1922
Streaming Performances
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Digital Theatre+Streaming videos of current leading theater productions. Includes behind-the-scenes documentaries, as well as teaching and learning resources to facilitate a deeper understanding of theater productions and texts.
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Drama Online: National Theatre CollectionIncludes 30 filmed performances of National Theatre Live broadcasts, alongside high-quality archive recordings. We subscribe to Collection 1.
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Drama Online: Shakespeare’s Globe on ScreenIncludes 30 filmed live performances of The Globe stage from 2008-2018. We subscribe to Collections 1 & 2.
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Theatre in VideoA streaming video collection of live performances of theatre productions.
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Music Online: Opera in VideoA streaming video collection of the most important opera performances, captured on video through staged productions, interviews, and documentaries.
Suggest a Purchase
Anyone in the UTK community can "request a purchase": https://www.lib.utk.edu/collections/suggest-a-purchase/
Subject Guide
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Starting Points
For Books:
Check the library catalog.
Browse the PN1600-3307 areas in the circulating collection on 4th floor of the library.
For Articles:
For all areas of the Performing Arts: Performing Arts Periodicals Database (International Index to the Performing Arts)
For American and Canadian Theatre: North American Theater Online
For recent articles and reviews: Academic Search Complete
To watch a video:
Or find a DVD or VHS in our library catalog and watch it in The Studio or at home. Also investigate our streaming media guide.
Pro Tips
Make sure that you are signed in to OneSearch to get full results: https://www.lib.utk.edu/access/accounts/
Make sure that you are signed up for Interlibrary Services (ILS) to easily borrow materials from other libraries: https://www.lib.utk.edu/request/
Anyone in the UTK community can "request a purchase": https://www.lib.utk.edu/collections/suggest-a-purchase/
Use the "My Account" feature to renew books and keep track of items pinned from OneSearch: https://libanswers.utk.edu/faq/206395
Many databases will offer citation export. This is a handy feature when dealing with a large number of items, but make sure to double check the formatting: https://tiny.utk.edu/owl
Investigate the "recall" feature if a physical item that you need is checked out. (N.B. the other user has ten days to return the item, so make an ILS request if you need something more quickly): https://libanswers.utk.edu/faq/110102
If you are trying to access an ebook, but the item is "in use," simply wait for a few minutes and try again.
To get the most out of Google Scholar, authenticate via the UTK Libraries' link: https://libguides.utk.edu/databases/490
The Studio is a great resource for multimedia projects: https://www.lib.utk.edu/studio/