LIPA Learning Services

Learning Services - General resources - Electronic Resources

The LIPA LRC has a growing collection of electronic resources. For help and advice on using these resources take a look at the Electronic Resources section of LIPA Moodle, or ask at the LRC, staff will be happy to help! LRC@lipa.ac.uk 0151 330 3111

Online Databases

JISC Media Hub
Over 3,000 hours of film and television news content from across the 20th Century and into the 2000s, delivered in downloadable form.

The International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance - Full Text
Contains more than 250 full-text titles, including more than 120 full-text journals. You will need a LIPA username and password to access this database outside of LIPA.

International Index to Performing Arts - covers a broad spectrum of the arts and entertainment industry-including dance, film, television, drama, theater. You will need a LIPA username and password to access this database outside of LIPA. Please ask at the LRC Help Desk.

Web of Science
Web of Science comprises of the Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index. You will need a LIPA username and a password to access Web of Science. Please ask at the LRC Help Desk.

Digital Theatre Plus
Contains unique filmed recordings of leading British Theatre productions and exclusive behind-the-scenes documentaries and interviews, as well as useful learning resources. Please note this database is currently on trial. You will need a username and password to access it. Please ask at the LRC Help Desk.

LION - Literature Online
A searchable library of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, 192 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources. You will need a LIPA username and password to access this database outside of LIPA. Please ask at the LRC Help Desk.

English Drama
A unique collection of more than 3,900 plays in verse and prose tracing the development of drama in English from the medieval mystery cycles to the comedies of Oscar Wilde. You will need a LIPA username and password to access this database outside of LIPA. Please ask at the LRC Help Desk.

American Drama 1714 - 1915
Containing more than 1,500 dramatic works from the early eighteenth century up to the beginning of the twentieth, American Drama 1714–1915 reflects American dramatic writing in all its richness and diversity. You will need a LIPA username and password to access this database outside of LIPA. Please ask at the LRC Help Desk.

BIDS IBSS Service
BIDS interface to The International Bibliography of the Social Sciences. You will need a LIPA username and a password to access BIDS . Please ask at the LRC Help Desk.

Ingenta Journals
Electronic journals from leading publishers.

Zetoc - Allows the user to search the contents pages of over 20,000 journal titles and conference proceedings. Requires a LIPA username and password, please ask at the LRC Help Desk.

TRILT - The Television and Radio Index for Learning and Teaching. An extensive online database of UK television and radio programmes including terrestrial, cable, and satellite television (with regional variations), all national and many local radio stations. Data is available at least 10 days before transmission. You will need a LIPA username and password to access this database, please ask at the LRC Help desk.

EBooks

The LRC has a growing collection of electronic books, a small selection are listed below. Click here for a full list.

These can be read on screen or downloaded to your laptop. You can search within the text of the book, add notes, and print or copy sections within copyright limitations.

The EBooks are accessed through the ipac www.lipa.ac.uk/ipac. You need a LIPA username and password to access them

Anna Halprin By, Libby Worth & Helen Poyner	Beyond structural listening: postmodern modes of hearing By, Alberto Dell'Antonio
The Cambridge companion to blues & gospel music By, Allan Moore & Jonathan Cross	Cultural industries and the production of culture By, Dominic Power & Allen J. Scott
Cultural work: understanding cultural industries By, Andrew Beck	Dangerous border crossers: the artist talks back By, Guillermo Gomez-Pena
Designing sound for animation By, Robin Beauchamp	The Economics of art & culture By, James Heilbrun & Charles M. Gray
Europe dancing: perspectives on theatre, dance& cultural.. By, Andre Grau & Stephanie Jordan	Event Marketing By, Leonard Hoyle
Event risk management & safety By, Peter E. Tarlow	Event sponsorship By, Bruce Skinner
Fan cultures By, Matthew Hills	Fast second: how smart companies bypass radical innovation By, Paul A. Geroski & Constantinos Markides
Fifty key theatre directors By, Shomit Mitter & Maria Shevtsova	Final Cut Pro HD for dummies By, Helmut Kobler
Flash 8 ActionScript bible By, Joey Lott & Robert Reinhardt	Hacking MySpace: customizations and mods to make... By, John Pospisil
Hearing cultures:essays on sound, listening & modernity By, Veit Erlmann	An introduction to theories of popular culture By, Dominic Strinati
Jazz cultures By, David Andrew Ake	Judson Dance Theatre: performative traces By, Ramsay Burt
Media, gender & identity: an introduction By, David Gauntlett	Media audiences & identity: self-construction in the fan... By, Steve Bailey
Multi Platinum Pro Tools: advanced editing, pocketing & ...By, Nathan Adam & Brady Barnett	Musical meaning: toward a critical history By, Lawrence Kramer
Musical performance: a guide to understanding By, John Rink	Popular music: the key concepts By, Roy Shuker
Scenic design & lighting techniques: a basic guide for... By, Chuck B. Gloman & Rob Napoli	Secrets of screen acting By, Patrick Tucker
Showmakers: great directors of American musical theatre By, Lawrence Thelen	Strip show: performances of gender & desire By, Katherine Liepe-Levinson
Web Marketing for Dummies By, Jan Zimmerman	What is scenography? By, Pamela Howard