Guides: Technical Theatre: Finding Books

Finding books

Books relevant to Technical theatre can be found at the following shelfmarks:

725.822 Theatre architecture

792 Theatre; the following specific shelfmarks may be especially useful:

792.023 Supervision
792.0232 Production
792.0233 Direction
792.024 Special effects
792.025 Setting

792.028 Actors & Acting

792.09 Theatre history and theatre in geographic areas (for example, 792.0941, British theatre)

792.1 to 792.8 Specific kinds of theatrical presentations (for example, 792.1 tragedy and serious drama and 792.6 musical plays)

792.9 Stage productions (specific shows, including production scripts, criticism of specific productions, etc.)

If you are having any trouble finding a book, please don't hesitate to get in touch or ask for help at the enquiries desk on the first floor.

Library Website

Use the Library website to search for books and ebooks:

https://library.lincoln.ac.uk/

Finding E-books

The library has a large collection of e-books which you can access by searching the library catalog. Select 'Electronic Resource' as the Library Location to limit your search to e-books only.

We also have access to e-book databases which give you access to a wide range of material. Please click on the links below to access these.

ACLS Humanities E-Books This link opens in a new window
ACLS Humanities E-Book (HEB) is a digital collection of over 5,400 seminal books in the humanities and related social sciences. Books in this collection have been recommended and reviewed by scholars and constituent learned societies of the American Council of Learned Societies.
BibliU This link opens in a new window
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Access to a collection of full-text study skills guides. Allows you to search and make notes within books and sync across devices.
Cambridge Companions Complete Collection This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive and accessible essays covering literature and classics, philosophy, religion and culture, and music. Includes useful reference material, chronologies and reading lists.
Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
Provides access to a huge collection of full-text eBooks across a range of subject areas.

On-campus:- You may see an OpenAthens login screen when accessing Ebook Central on-campus. See our FAQ - How do I login via OpenAthens?

If your book isn't in the library...

If we do not have a book you need in the library, please use our More Books and Inter Library Loan services and we will do our best to help you obtain what you need. More details (and links to the services) are below:-

Can't find what you need?

Inter-library loans

Inter library loans are requests for items not held in our collections. These requests can include loans of books or copies of journal articles, book chapters or conference papers.

In order to request an inter library loan, please fill in the form by clicking on the button below.

Please note: Inter library loans cannot be renewed.

Make an inter library loan request

Requesting Inter library loans

We now able to offer an inter library loan service for physical items, in addition to the existing digital service for articles and chapters.

Some physical items may still be difficult to obtain and there may be delays in supply due to the ongoing restrictions in place with postal services and at other libraries. Electronic (PDF or SED) versions of articles, conference papers and single book chapters will continue to be supplied where possible.

Please allow additional time (up to 10 days) for your request to be supplied.

If you are unsure what you can request please contact the Acquisitions team.

More Books

We really want to know what resources you can’t get hold of. Let us know and we’ll buy more books and e-books.

Complete the form with details of what you need and we’ll get in touch with you if we need any additional information. Most books will be supplied within 4 weeks and we’ll reserve the book for you when it arrives.