Open Textbooks
- Theatrical Worlds [Beta version] ed. by Charlie Mitchell (2014)
- Painting with Light: The Stage Lighting Textbook by Russ Behrens (2013)
- Modern Drama and the Rhetoric of Theatre by W.B. Worthen (1991)
Open Textbook Collections
- UC Press E-Book Collection
- ACLS Humanities E-Books
- Open Culture Meta Collection
- MERLOT
- Open Textbook Library
- Cool 4 Ed
- OpenCourseWare
- Ebooks Directory
- Searchable by keyword or topic.
- HathiTrust
- A collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world, including many of the great philosophy texts.
- Project Gutenberg
- Project Gutenberg offers thousands of free ebooks. Books can be searched by title or by category.
- Open Library searches a variety of sources for print and online books. Many ebooks are freely available for online reading or download.
Multimedia
- YouTube
- Search YouTube by keyterms and try filtering by channel or “Creative Commons” license (these videos are specifically labeled for reuse).
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- Tip: try searching YouTube by name of your favorite theatre company to see if they have a YouTube channel.
- TED Talks –Art / Comedy / Creativity / Culture / Film / Entertainment / Media / Movies / Performance / Performance Art / Social Change / Spoken Word / Storytelling / Television / Theatre / World Cultures / Writing
- A collection of TED Talks and playlists on Theatre and related topics.
- Films for Action
Films For Action has cataloged over 1,500 of the best films and videos that can be watched free online. These films address social, environmental, and media-related issues.
- Open Video Project
Collection of links to sites offering a wide variety of freely-available filmed content. - Prelinger Archives
Part of the Internet Archive, this is a major portion of the site’s moving image content. - Videos through the CSUSM Library
- Select “Books & More” tab and use these limits: Full Text Available Online and Audio Visual.
- Library Media Reserves, including Video on Demand option (allows you to stream videos to CSUSM students). Keep in mind that you should leave at least 1 week of lead time for processing these requests.
Ebooks in the Library (including monologues and playscripts)
The CSUSM University Library has an extensive collection of ebooks on a variety of topics. To find what’s available:
- Go to the University Library homepage
- Choose “Books and More”
- Enter keywords or subject and search (for monologues, use monolog* and playscripts, use playscrip*)
- Use the limiters to narrow by “Full Text Online” to ensure all results can be accessed directly from your computer
- Limit by “Books” to filter out journals and media
Journal Articles
Consider including journal articles as required or supplemental reading for your courses. Search through our Theatre databases for articles. Just be sure to direct students to the article by permalink (or static URL) rather than posting the PDF directly in your Cougar Course. This will ensure two things: 1) that we are complying with copyright and publisher restrictions, and 2) that our journal usage is counted (this allows us to justify maintaining our subscriptions).
This page provides examples illustrating how to find permalinks in the Library’s databases.
Please contact your librarian if you are still unsure of how to find the permalink.
Open Access Journals
- Directory of Open Access Journals – search Open access journal titles
Other CSUSM Library Resources
More information about finding and using library resources can be found on the Theatre submenu of the Visual and Performing Arts Research Guide.
Suggestions
Have a good idea for a free resource? Tell us about it! Email your subject specialist.
Open Courseware
Searchable by discipline and academic level, this site provides a broad range of instructional materials, including texts, images, videos, primary sources and more.
Other Open Educational Resources
–Theatre
Providing links to digitized collections and exhibits as well as bibliographies. Both searchable and browseable to explore the rich variety of resources.
Focused on the theatre instructor in K-12, many links are useful links for anyone interested in theatre.
–Film & Television
–Radio