Citation style guides for Music Theatre
The most often used citation styles for the Theatre Arts are MLA Handbook for Writers and the Chicago Manual of Style, both of which are located at the library service desk. For more assistance, please consult a librarian or your professor.
Two good resources are:
ZoteroBib: the quickest way to build an accurate bib
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- go to https://zbib.org/
- enter a URL (website), ISBN (book), DOI (online article), PMID (PubMed), arXiv ID (author), or title
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Reading & writing about Music Theatre
Backwards and ForwardsCall Number: 792.95 B21ba
How plays workCall Number: 808.2 Ed33ho
The American stage : writing on theater from Washington Irving to Tony KushnerCall Number: 792.0973 Am35se
A Short Guide to Writing about TheatreCall Number: 808.2 F381sh
Writing Musical TheaterCall Number: 808.066792 C66wr
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Writing Center
The Writing Center offers online, real-time appointments. Students can make appointments as usual via http://elon.mywconline.com and meet with a consultant via video and text chat. Appointments will be available during the usual hours and all appointments will be scheduled for eastern standard time. For more information: https://www.elon.edu/u/academics/writing-excellence/the-writing-center/.
Elon's Writing Center will help you understand an assignment, as well as brainstorm, draft, revise, edit & document sources.
- Schedule an appointment at the Writing CenterYou can pick the day, time, duration and the WC consultant
- Writing Center websiteVisit the WC website for current hours and locations