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Theatre Databases

Digital Theatre+ This link opens in a new window
Digital Theatre Plus provides online access to streaming video of over 450 classic, contemporary and international productions. Includes behind-the-scenes documentaries as well as teaching and learning resources to facilitate understanding of the productions and texts. in-depth interviews exploring the creative, technical theatre-making processes, as well as experimental, post-dramatic and applied theatre.

eBooks on Sound or Lighting

Automated Lighting by Richard Cadena
ISBN: 9781138850903
Publication Date: 2017-11-23
Stage Lighting Second Edition by Richard E. Dunham
ISBN: 9781138672178
Publication Date: 2018-11-16
Mixing a Musical: Broadway Theatrical Sound Techniques by Shannon Slaton
ISBN: 9781138491441
Publication Date: 2018-07-09
Theatre Noise by Lynne Kendrick
ISBN: 9781443837200
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Sound Effect by Ross Brown; Joslin McKinney (Series edited by); Scott Palmer (Series edited by); Stephen A. Di Benedetto (Series edited by)
ISBN: 9781350236004
Publication Date: 2021-08-26
Sound and Music for the Theatre by James LeBrecht; Deena Kaye
ISBN: 9781138023437
Publication Date: 2015-10-05
The Ultimate Live Sound Operator's Handbook by Bill Gibson
ISBN: 9781538133170
Publication Date: 2020-07-15

Library Search ( nearly everything )

The Illusion, by Pierre Corneille, adapted by Tony Kushner

The Illusion by Pierre Corneille; Tony Kushner (Adapted by, Translator)
ISBN: 9781559360906
Publication Date: 1994-10-01
ebookTony Kushner's free adaptation of Pierre Corneille's most original, theatrical comedy, L'Illusion Comique, blends magic and truth, obsession and caprice, romance and murder, into an enticing exploration of the greatest illusion--love.

Visual Resource Databases

ARTstor This link opens in a new window
Useful for inspiring design. Get a sense of the dress, the mood, and the events that could influence the sounds & lighting of a production. ARTstor is the ultimate image collection, containing hundreds of thousands of images covering art, architecture, archeology, and history. Useful for research not only in the arts, but in social history, sociology, and history.
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Archives of American Art This link opens in a new window
A huge collection of primary source materials (diaries, letters, photos, audio & video recordings, etc.) documenting American culture for the past 200+ years.
Art & Architecture Complete This link opens in a new window
Includes thousands of images and full-text articles from an array of journals, books and more. International in scope, Art Source includes periodicals published in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish and Dutch and is designed for use by a diverse audience, including art scholars, artists, designers, students and general researchers. Includes full text from 630+ journals; 220+ books; and 63,000+ images.
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Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art & Architecture ( Oxford ) This link opens in a new window
The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture contains 1100+ entries on the visual arts of the Classical period. It features an abundance of in-depth articles on this field - from biographies to thematic entries on architecture, ceramics, metalwork, mosaics, painting and sculpture.
Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts ( Oxford ) This link opens in a new window
Contains 3,000+ entries covering thousands of years of decorative arts production throughout western and non-western cultures. Includes entries on the qualities and historical uses of materials, concise definitions on art forms and styles, and in-depth articles discussing the history of armor, jewelry, furniture, textiles, and ceramics.

Shorpy
Shorpy.com | History in HD is a vintage photo archive featuring thousands of high-definition images from the 1850s to 1960s. This is a for profit site. Their goal is to sell pictures. However, for the purposes of this class you may find inspiration in the photos for your designs.

US Government Photos and Images This link opens in a new window
A vast collection of photos and images from the U.S. Government, many of which are in the public domain and free to use.

Audio Resources

Databases & Websites to Assist with Sound Design

Sound/ Sound Effects

BBC Sound Effects
The 16,000 BBC Sound Effects are made available by the BBC in WAV format to download for use under the terms of the RemArc License. The Sound Effects are BBC copyright, but they may be used for educational or research purposes, as detailed in the license.
Find Sounds
This free search tool crawls the web to locate sound and sound effects files.
SoundBible
SoundBible.com has thousands of free sound effects. Browse their extensive sound library. Sounds are updated 3x a week or more.
YouTube Audiolibrary
ZapSplat
On their free sounds page you will find categories and a keyword search. According to their site, If you can't find the free sound effect yo need, you can put in a request via their Q&A forum. They state that the requests are typically fulfilled within a day or two (depending on the difficulty of the request).

Music

Open Educational Resources (OER)

FreeSound
Lots of sounds with creative commons licenses. The organizational structure is a bit lacking.
Funky Remixes
The music on this website is licensed under Creative Commons. You can download, rip, remix and share most these songs, free and legally. See the specific license agreement for each remix for any restrictions that may apply.
Internet Archive Community Audio
The Internet Archive lets users upload their music with Creative Commons licenses. The music is free to use, but you must provide credit.
KCAI SFX & Sound Arts Library
The KCAI SFX & Sound Arts Library contains 1,039 high-quality sound effect and music tracks for your production needs, royalty free. This library of sound was created as an open resource by KCAI students working in the Sound and Interactive Arts production facilities. It is licensed through Creative Commons. You are free to copy, distribute, transmit the work, and use the SFXs in your own productions under condition of Attribution--Please credit SFXs used in your production to “KCAI SFX & Sound Arts Library."
OER Image & Video Resources
This link takes you to the image, audio video resources page on the Open Educational Research Guide at Millersville.
Understanding Creative Commons Licenses
Full explanation of creative commons licensing so you know how you can legally use resources that have a creative commons license

Library ebooks

EBSCOHost ebooks This link opens in a new window
700,000+ ebooks on all topics.
EBook Central This link opens in a new window
350,000 ebooks on all topics.
Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new window
SAGE Knowledge This link opens in a new window
Oxford Reference This link opens in a new window
Search thousands of dictionary and encyclopedia articles across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
Cambridge Histories This link opens in a new window
ebooks in history, literature, music, philosophy, religion, theatre, and other areas of the humanities.
http://universitypublishingonline.org/cambridge/histories/
Oxford Scholarship Online This link opens in a new window
Access 16,000+ academic works from Oxford University Press, covering subjects across the humanities, social sciences, sciences, medicine, and law.

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Copyright and Fair Use

The websites listed in this guide are for reference and research purposes only.

Usage guidelines vary widely by resource. Some images and sounds are open-access and free to use, while others may require a licensing fee. It is every student’s ethical responsibility to evaluate the usage guidelines when choosing to reproduce any image to avoid copyright violation.

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ENTC 220 - Lighting & Sound

Pericles - Performed at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey