Library Guides: Film, Television and Theatre: Books

Books: Notre Dame and Beyond

ND Catalog
ND Catalog searches the holdings of the Hesburgh Libraries. Includes print and electronic books, databases, and journal titles (but not individual articles).
OneSearch
Differs from ND Catalog by including additional content in the form of selected articles and databases. Not comprehensive, and stronger in some disciplines than in others.

WorldCat This link opens in a new window
A worldwide union catalog of thousands of libraries. Books can be borrowed from other libraries using Interlibrary Loan.

Digital Collections

Google Books This link opens in a new window
Especially helpful in finding information on specialized topics, including the exact pages within a book where a subject is discussed.
HathiTrust Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Digitized materials from major research libraries.

Locating Print Volumes

On Hesburgh Library's Fifth Floor:

PN 1560-1590
The performing arts
PN 1600-1692
Drama, dramatic theory, playwriting, composition
PN 1990-1992
Broadcasting
- PN 1991
  Radio
- PN 1992
  Television (history, theory, shows, writing for television)
PN 1993-1999
Motion pictures
- PN 1993
  Film journals/film history
- PN 1994-1995
  Film theory
- PN 1996-1997
  Screenplays and screenplay writing
- PN 1998
  Directors (biographies and criticism)

PN 2000-2900
Actors, biographies and studies
- PN 2061-2071
  Art of acting
- PN 2067
  Costume design and history
PN 2085-2091
The stage and accessories
PN 3000-3299
Dramatic representation, theatrical management, staging

On Hesburgh Library's Lower Level:

GT 500-6390
Clothing and dress, fashion
GV 1469.15-1469.62
Video Games
TS 545-TT 850
Handicrafts, costume construction

Theses and Dissertations

These resources will help you find unpublished theses and dissertations, which present an author's research and findings as part of their degree candidacy or professional qualification.

ProQuest Digital Dissertations This link opens in a new window
Provides information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses, with subject, title, and author access to almost all American dissertations accepted at an accredited institution since 1861. Offers full text for most dissertations (Notre Dame and other) added since 1997. Access info: Access to full text (PDF) of Notre Dame dissertations since 1997, restricted to users with valid Notre Dame NetIDs.

CurateND
Collect your work in CurateND and share it with a worldwide audience.