Women in the Arts (COMN ART - 272)

A Library Instruction Session

1. Goal: To successfully locate information on women in the performing arts.

2. Steps for locating information:

Consult Reference Sources
Consult Books
Consult Articles (magazine and newspaper)

3. Consult Reference Sources:

Encyclopedias (examples below)

The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre Ref PN1861 W67 1994
International Encyclopedia of Women Composers Ref ML105 C7 1987
International Encyclopedia of Dance Ref GV1585 I586 1998

Biographical Dictionaries (examples below)

Biographical Dictionary of American Women in the Performing Arts Ref PN 2286.8 S66 2002
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians Ref ML100 N48
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians Ref ML105 B16 1992

Other reference sources for a particular field (examples below)

Who's who in the Theatre Ref PN2012 W5 1981
Notable Women in the American Theatre Ref PN2285 N65 1989
Who was Who on Screen Ref PN1998 A2 T73 1983
Women in Particular: An Index to American Women Ref HQ1412 H47 1984
Chronology of Women's History Ref HQ1121 O47 1994

4. Consult Books:
- Cofrin Library Catalog: use to search for items that this library owns. - Universal Borrowing Through Other UW Libraries. Use the Cofrin Library Catalog to searchand order materials from other UW Libraries. Most materials arrive in 2-3 days. - WorldCat: use to search for and request items that are owned by libraries worldwide. Most requests are filled in 5-10 days.5. Consult Articles:

Note that in order to connect to these resources from off campus you must first access the "Off campus Access to E-Reserves and Online Databases" page from the library's home page and enter your username and password, the same username and password you use to log onto the campus network or to check your UW-Green Bay web account from off campus.

The links below will bring you to the library' home page. To arrive at any of the databases, select the down arrow next to "Online Databases" and select the desired database from the alphabetical list.

Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated: Contains almost 40,000 fulltext biographies.
GenderWatch: full text database that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas.
Academic Search Premier from EbscoHost: indexes journals in a variety of areas including the performing arts.
Humanities Full Text: indexes journals in a variety of areas including the performing arts.
ProQuest Newspapers -- Over 800 full text newspapers including the New York Times

If you have questions give us a call at 465-2303 or come see us at the reference desk. Click here for summer reference hours. You can ask a question via email by writing refdesk@uwgb.edu.