Performing Arts
The Library and Learning Centres provide a wide range of resources and this guide highlights those which are relevant to your course.
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Online resources
These resources are available on and off campus. If asked, select UK Federation login, Home Institution and/or Shibboleth, enter New College Lanarkshire then log on to the resources using your college username and password.
ClickView
This is a video collection of over 19,000 titles including current TV recordings.
Articles, statistics, personal accounts and links to websites on a wide range of topics.
To access the Complete Issues site, click the link above. You will then be taken to the Moodle Home screen – click on the top right-hand corner of the page to log in with your college email and password. A page will then be displayed which contains a link to click to access Complete Issues, and below the link the Username and Password required to access the site are also displayed.
Drama Online
The award-winning Drama Online introduces new writers alongside the most iconic names in playwriting history, providing contextual and critical background through scholarly works and practical guides.
Gale News, Business and Reference
Access to a large range of online reference materials including journals, newspaper archives and e-books.
A range of databases from the National Library of Scotland. They cover many subject areas and include e-books, newspapers, journals, audio-visual resources and images. You need to register on the website to gain access to the resources.
Expert authors combine facts, analysis, new insights, and enthusiasm to offer concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects.
Useful websites and Open Access resources
American Theatre Wing invests in brave work, supports creative growth, and celebrates excellence to bring inclusive stories to our national culture through theatre.
Access to the latest news on arts, cinema, drama and literature performances and events, clips and videos of interviews.
Contacts allows you to connect with more than 65,000 Spotlight members from the established, to up-and-coming actors and young performers across all areas of the industry, thousands of top agents and the cream of UK casting professionals as well as anyone who is interested in a career in entertainment.
Contemporary Music Score Collection
The Contemporary Music Score Collection is published by the UCLA Music Library. The collection includes the digital, open access scores from the Contemporary Score Edition series, the first open access edition of new music published by a library, and scores from the Kaleidoscope 2020 Call for Scores, an open access collaboration with the UCLA Music Library.
Website of the UK trade union for professional performers and creative practitioners, providing guidance, access to resources and career information.
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Website for the national and international centre for excellence for performing arts education. Provides information on undergraduate, postgraduate and lifelong learning courses based in Glasgow.
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Books & Electronic books (e-books)
Most of the print books for your course can be found in the Music (shelf mark 780 and above), Performing Arts (790 and above) and Literature (800 and above) sections of the LLC.
The following books are a useful reference source for your course:
Actors and Performers Yearbook 2022 shelf mark 792.028
A guide for actors and anyone working in television, film and theatre.
Contacts 2015 shelf mark 790.2025
Contains listings for over 5000 companies, services and individuals across all branches of Television, Stage, Film and Radio.
After 2015, continued online at Contacts by Spotlight.
All books on performing arts can be found on the LLC catalogue.
Click here for a guide to using the Library Catalogue.
The LLC also has a range of ‘English for speakers of other languages (ESOL)’ books, as well as a selection of fiction books.
E-books for Performing Arts can be found on the catalogue or through our providers Ebook Central, VLe Books and E-books for Further Education. Further e-books are available through the ‘Useful websites and Open Access resources’ section above.
Below are just a few of our most popular e-books – click on the title or image to access the book. If asked, select UK Federation login, Home Institution and/or Shibboleth, enter New College Lanarkshire then log on to the resources using your college username and password.
Theatre Studies: The Basics by Robert Leach
Respect for Acting by Uta Hagen
Twentieth Century Actor Training by Alison Hodge
Get the Callback: The Art of Auditioning for Musical Theatre by Jonathan Flom
Musical Theatre: A History by John Kenrick
JJournals
Journals provide up-to-date information about a subject. We have access to many online titles on Gale News, Business and Reference and Emerald Insight.
Further journals are available through the ‘Useful websites and Open Access resources’ section above.
Accessibility
Our campus libraries have lots of resources to assist you with your accessibility needs – click here to learn more.
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