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Finding Journal Articles

Quicksearch performing arts journal databases using Supersearch

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e.g., leon baskt costume design

• This quicksearch option searches across a number of science journal databases.
• It is useful for conducting an introductory search on a topic.
• To link to the full-text of articles (if available), click on the full text button :

Quicksearch will often retrieve a large number of hits. If you need to conduct a more sophisticated search, try searching one or more of the individual databases listed below :

• Art Full Text and Art Retrospective references to journal articles, yearbooks and museum bulletins. Its focus is on painting, sculpture, drawing and architecture - the "fine arts".
• Australian Public Affairs (APA) - Full text on Informit - index to thousands of social sciences and humanities articles, includes full text articles from 320 journal titles.
• AustLit - Australian Literature Index Index to Australian literature including poems, plays, novels and short stories.
• Design and Applied Arts Index An international index to current design and applied artt journals

Electronic Journals

Costume

• Audrey Gostlin's Inside Fashion
• DNR the Magazine
• Dress
• Folklore Journals available online through Swinburne Library
• Harpers Bazaar
• Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management
• Marie Claire (US Edition)

Theatre

• Artslynx list of Theatre Journals
• Theatre Journals available online through Swinburne Library

Performing Arts Subject Gateways

• Artsinfo provides links to many cultural activities and collections
• Arts Law Centre of Australia: provides legal advice for Artists and arts organisations
• Arts Victoria
• AusStage: Gateway to the Australian Performing Arts
• Australian Council for the Arts
• Australian Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
• Australian Entertainment Industry Association
• Australian Performing Arts Venues and Theatre Companies
• Theatre Materials: Supplies and Services
• cultureandrecreation.gov.au provides access to over 2,700 websites on Australia's culture and recreation
• Fuel4arts Ideas for artists and arts managers to develop marketing skills.
• International Index to the Performing Arts
• International Society for the Performing Arts
• Performing Arts and Artists Worldwide
• Performing Arts Links
• Performing Arts Online
• The Space: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's gateway to Arts and Culture

Theatre Subject Gateways

• Artslynx International Theatre Resources
• Australian Music Theatre
• CATHS Cinema and Theatre Historical Society (Australian)
• The Internet Theatre Database
• Justin's Drama and Theatre Links: over 5000 links
• Ken Mc Coy's Brief Guide to Internet Resources in Theatre and Performance Studies
• La Mama Theatre, Melbourne
• Melbourne Theatre Company
• New York Times Theatre Reviews
• Playbox Theatre
• Theatre Australia
• Theatre Award Databases
• Theatre and Dance Resources on the Internet
• Theatre and Drama WWW Virtual Library - hundreds of resources including
  • Theatre Companies Worldwide
  • Theatre Image Collections Online
• TheatreHistory.com
• Theatre History Resources
• Theatre History Sites on the WWW
• Theatre Related Internet Resources
• Theatre Reviews London
• UK Theatre Web
• Variety

Costume Subject Gateways

• Australian Costumers Guild - internet links
• Clothing and Costume Links
• Columbia College Fashion History Image Database
• Costume Australia - newsgroup
• Costume-Connections--The official site of Costume-Con Conferences
• The Costume Gallery Research Library
• The Costume Gallery-Online Costume Ball
• Costume Guild UK
• Costume History & Research Resources from Artslynx: links to 100's of resources
• Costume Image database
• The Costumers Manifest
• The Costume Page : costuming resources online
• The Costume Ring
• The Costume Source: online source for materials, books, accessories etc.
• La Couturiere Parisienne contains patterns for period costumes and over 4000 images
• Elizabethan Costuming Page
• Farthingales: mail order patterns and supplies
• The History of Costume
• Trimmings 'n' Remnants: online suppliers

Makeup Subject Gateways

• MakeUp Artist Magazine
• Makeup Artists Network
• The Makeup Artists webring
• The Makeup Gallery - over 5000 images
• Makeup links: The Costumer's Manifesto
• Makeup-FX excellent resources by Lars Carlsson a Swedish makeup artist
• Makeup-FX internet links
• Makeup-FX excellent resources by Lars Carlsson a Swedish makeup artist
• Makeup-FX internet links
• Masks Theme Page
• .A.P.S.E.M.A. - Society of Amateur and Professional Special Effects Makeup Artists.
• Special Makeup Effects great links to studios, artists and suppliers
• Stage Supply U.S. supplier

Organisations

• Australian Costumers' Guild
• Costume Designers Guild
• Costume Guild UK
• Costume Society of America
• International Costumers Guild
• International Federation for Theatre Research

Museums and Collections

Costumes

• Centre National du Costume, Montréal, Québec (in French)
• The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
• Costume Museum of Canada
• Museum of Costuming, Britain
• National Art Library at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
• U.S. Costume Museum and Galleries

Theatre

• British Theatre Museum
• Harvard Theatre Collection
• League of Historic American Theatres
• Manchester Theatre Collection
• Museums Australia: Performing Arts Special Interest Group
• Museum of the City of New York, Theatre Collection
• New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
• Performing Arts Multimedia Library via the Australian Centre for the Moving Image
• Victorian Arts Centre Performing Arts Museum

Conferences

• RMIT Intermesh Symposium
  Exchanges in Fashion and Textiles

Author: Mary Thorney (mthorney@swin.edu.au)