This guide lists a selection of print and electronic resources available at the Blinn College Library and on the Web.

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Background Information

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Whar source will help me think of play titles and playwrights?

Masterplots II: Drama
Location: R 809.204 M393t 2004
Volume four has an "Author Index" and a "Type of Plot Index." When you find a play or playwright that interests you search the library catalog by author or title respectively. This book set also contains summaries of plays.

 

Find Scripts in the Library's Collection

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The Blinn College Library has play anthologies, individual play scripts, and other types of literature that could be rewritten into a script. There are two ways to find this material in the library's collection:

1. Search the Library Catalog

2. Browse the Shelves

 

Search the Library Catalog

 

Useful Search Terms

American wit and humor	Children's literature
amateur plays	college and school drama
comedies	drama
fables	fantasy fiction
fairy tales	humorous stories
love stories	melodrama
motion picture plays	one act plays
short stories	television plays
screenplays	television comedies

 

How do I find books by a particular playwright?

1. Select Author

2. Type the last name, first initial or name (ex. Simon N)

3. Click on "Search" or press enter.

 

How can I request books that are only availabe from another Blinn College campus?

 

1. Click on the item's request button. Requests generally take 24 hours or less to arrive at your campus library.

2. Enter your Blinn student ID number.

3. Select the pickup location and click "submit."

Note: You can also follow these steps to place a book on hold if all copies (including those from other campuses) are checked out.

 

Browse the Stacks

Web Sites

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Movie Scripts and Screenplays: Web Ring Home Site - A comprehensive directory of links to scripts and screenplays.

Script Crawler - Offers a search engine for locating scripts by title, type, and writer. Links users to thousands of screenplays, teleplays, radio scripts, and stage plays.

Simply Scripts - Provides links to hundreds of free screenplays and scripts from television, motion pictures, radio, musicals, and animated movies and more. The site can be searched by title, writer, and script type.