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Theatre: Finding Books

Locating Different Types of Books

Use the Library Catalog to focus on books that Fordham owns.

Plays & Anthologies

To find individual plays, plays within anthologies, or works by a particular playwright in book format, try the following:

  • Search by the name of the play in the Title field (i.e. "Uncle Vanya")

And/Or

  • Search by playwright name in the Author field (i.e. Chekhov, Anton)

Author and title search sample in Library Catalog

Criticism & Interpretation

To locate criticism or interpretation of the works of specific playwrights in book form:

  • Search the playwright name in the Subject field.

Subject search example in the library catalog

Get Books Delivered to Your Campus

At Lincoln Center but need a book from Rose Hill? Place a book on hold and have it delivered to your campus.

► See Borrowing at Fordham for more information.

Interlibrary Loan

Need books or articles that are not available at any of the Fordham University Libraries? Use our Interlibrary Loan Service. ILLIAD is the name of our interlibrary loan platform.

Requesting Book Chapters & Print Journal Articles

Sometimes, you only need a portion of a book or a single article. If you cannot get to the library to scan print content in our collection, you can request that we scan the content for you.

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