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SUBJECT & REFERENCE GUIDES

The subject and reference guides below have been created by the reference librarians at the University of the Arts Libraries in order to assist students in the initial stages of research. We are always in the process of evaluating, updating, and uploading the following guides. If the link to your topic is not active, please see the reference librarians for a paper copy.


SUBJECT GUIDES
Subject guides include: reference material; subject headings for finding books; periodical indexes; and selected Web sites.
Looking for music material? In addition to these subject guides see also the commentaries on Music Reference Sources in the University of the Arts Music Library.

For the First-Year Writing research assignment:
Guide to the Library Catalog
Guide to Finding Articles

African American Theater
Animation
Art Education
Artists Biography Ready Reference
Artists Biography Research
Art Terms and Materials
Book Arts
Careers in the Arts
Character Research for Theater
Commercial Art Annuals in Greenfield Library
Communication
Copyright and Art Law
Costume
Crafts
Dada and Surrealism
Dance
Decade Research: the 1980s
Education
Financial Aid and Scholarships
First-Year Writing Resources
Grants and Funding
Graphic Design
Industrial Design
Iraq 2003
LACR 210 02 Texts & Contexts/Baker
LAPI 935: Spain After Franco
Museum Studies
Mythology
Philosophy and Aesthetics
Photography
Printmaking
Resumes, Portfolios, and Auditions
Script Analysis THEA152
September 11, 2001
Shakespeare
Signs and Symbols
Theater Research
Typography

MUSIC SUBJECT GUIDES

Acoustics and Psychoacoustics
Music and Art
Music and Poetry
Music Career Management
Music Recording and Reproducing
Popular Music Studies



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