Theatre Books & Videos: Online Versions & Excerpts

The following is a list in call number order of some encyclopedias, dictionaries, directories, handbooks, texts, video documentaries, and other resources for which the UCF Libraries provide online access. Another list covering other subjects is Reference Books: Online Versions & Excerpts. Neither list is comprehensive.

Sources for the titles listed below include the following databases: Biography Resource Center, Credo Reference, Gale Virtual Reference Library, International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance, Literature Resource Center, Magill on Literature, NetLibrary, North American Theatre Online, PsycBooks, and Theatre in Video.

There are many other online resources available through the UCF Libraries, including those available at:

• Articles & Databases

  NetLibrary - over 59,000 online books are available. A small selection of NetLibrary titles are included in the list below. Most of the NetLibrary titles are listed in the UCF Library's online catalog and can be browsed by call number.

  NOTE: Only one person at a time can access a specific online title in NetLibrary, so the NetLibrary titles should not be included in lists of assigned reading for a course.

  • NetLibrary Research Guide

• Early English Books Online - most of the titles are listed in the UCF Library's online catalog and can be browsed by call number. NOTE: Many of the titles are simply grouped in the classification "Z - Bibliography" because specific call numbers were not readily available, but other aspects can be used to group the titles in the catalog display, e.g., subject topics, time period, geographic area, etc.

Some print versions include additional material not available in the online versions, e.g., photographs, charts, maps, and other topics. Some of the online sources only include very selective portions, e.g. Biography Resource Center only provides the biographical sections from the print titles.

Links in the "Title" column below provide direct access to the specific title. Links in the "Source" column below are for those online databases which can be searched by topic, but which do not necessarily provide a means of browsing the content of a specific title. For those titles labeled below as "(online only)" there may be earlier or later print editions available in the UCF Libraries.