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Dramaturgs, behold: a wealth of sources, sites, and tips to help you with your research and analysis endeavors.

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Intro and Basics

USEFUL NOTE:

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ideal backing size for new actor headshots is 5.5" wide by 7" high,

for production team with labels it is 5.5" wide by 8" high

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**if you choose to put labels with the actor headshots, you should use the production team backing size so they fit and look the same

Books and Articles

BOOKS AND ARTICLES

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Open Library

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Project Gutenberg

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Forgotten Books

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JSTOR (via library login for full access)

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History Daily

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​NYT Print Editions Archive

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The Collector

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BBC History Magazine

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Art and Images

ART AND IMAGES

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Art Resource

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Art in Context

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Getty Images

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New York Public Library Digital Collections

Dictionaries and Translators

DICTIONARIES AND TRANSLATORS

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Shakespeare's Words (online lexicon)

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Online Foreign Language Translator

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Translating Latin Phrases

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Phrase Finder (2500 idioms, phrases, and proverbs explained)

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Online Music Dictionary

Info Collections

LARGE INFORMATION COLLECTIONS

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National Archives

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Library of Congress

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ProPublica

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Times Topics

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US Supreme Court Archive

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Cornell Legal Institute

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Crime Statistics

Time Resources

EXAMPLES OF TIME PERIOD RESOURCES

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Victorian Web

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Elizabethan England Life

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History Research Guides

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American Social History by Eras and Decades

Sample Sites
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