Theatre Studies
Main content
At the University Library you will find an extensive collection of theatre studies and resources, as well as access to digitised subject resourses and other digital sources. With the library's search engine Oria, in the search box above, you will be able to search for literature, articles, references both inprint and digital.
If you are unable to locate a book you may make a purchase request or interlibrary loan. For assistance in literature search please contact your academic librarian below.
Shelving at the Library of Humanities
Theatre Studies: 792
Drama as literary genre: 809.2
Plays, all languages: S 1 - S 120
General
Databases
ISI Web of Science
Project MUSE
JSTOR
ArtStor - Database of 1.9 million pictures
Oxford Art Online (Grove Online)
Oxford Handbooks for literature
BORA Master- og PhDs from Bergen
Electronic resources in Theatre Studies
Encyclopedia
Kunnskapsforlagets teater- og filmleksikon
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
The Literary Encyclopedia
MLA International Bibliography
Reference styles
Electronic resources
Poetry Foundation - Poetry database
JSTOR - Journal database
Project MUSE - Journal database
Early English Books Online (EEBO)
MLA International Bibliography
ISI Web of Science - Research articles
Oxford Reference - Referance books in literature
Colombine - Nordic theatre publisher
Doolee - Modern playwrights written or translated into English
Dramas - Norwegian Council for Drama - Database of manuscripts
Tutorial
If you find yourself stuck on a library related question, you may request an appointment for guidance ('Order a librarian'). We are happy to visit research groups or other groups in need of an update on our services. Please find the contact address at the bottom of this page. We (in cooperation with other specialists at the university library) will be able to answer questions regarding:
- An overview of relevant databases and platforms with their respective strengths and weaknesses
- Use of thesauri and controlled vocabularies in the databases
- The use of search builders/command searchinng
- How to document your searches
- Exhaustive and precise searching
- Finding and using e-books
- Citing correctly
- EndNote
- Copyrights and publishing
- Publication fees and funding
- Analysing scientific literature using bibliometric methods
- Measuring citations - methods and use for evaluation purposes
- The national system for registering, evaluating and reporting of research and research documentation (CRIstin)
