LibGuides: Stage Lighting: Finding Articles

Introduction

This page includes resources for finding articles about stage lighting. We've included some suggested article databases below as well as recommendations of specific publications to check out in the next box. For more information about searching for and accessing scholarly articles through the Library, check our our guide linked below.

Finding Journal Articles for Theatre Research
A Library Guide that provides an introduction (or a refresher) to searching for, accessing, and evaluating articles for theatre research.

Suggested Databases

The best place to find scholarly articles is in one of the library's databases. The University of Illinois subscribes to over a thousand different databases that can help you access the content you need. It can be overwhelming to know how to start searching, so we've pulled out a list of recommendations to get you started.

Art & Architecture Source This link opens in a new window
This database covers a broad range of related subjects from fine, decorative and commercial art, to various areas of architecture and architectural design.
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Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI) This link opens in a new window
The leading source of abstracts and bibliographic records for articles, news items, and reviews published in design and applied arts periodicals from 1973 onwards.
Performing Arts Periodicals Database This link opens in a new window
It indexes more than 200 international performing arts periodicals as well as performing arts related articles and obituaries appearing in The New York Times and The Washington Post.
International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Contains all of the content available in International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance as well as full text for 100 titles, including Canadian Theatre Review, Dance Chronicle, Dance Teacher, Modern Drama, PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art, Research in Dance Education, Research in Drama Education, Studies in Theatre and Performance, TDR: The Drama Review, Theater, and many more.
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Selected Journals

If you're just looking for a place to browse, check out the journals listed below. We've highlighted several publications that are particularly good for stage, set, and lighting design research.

Looking for a specific journal? Check the library catalog or our Journal and Article Locator tool to see if we have it in print and/or online.

Live Design
Live Design is the must-read creative and technical journal for live entertainment professionals in lighting, sound, staging, and projection. Each issue provides designers, programmers, and technicians with tips and trends, news and reviews of the latest gear.
Lighting Design and Application
LD+A is a magazine for professionals involved in the art, science, study, manufacture, teaching and implementation of lighting. LD+A is designed to enhance and improve the practice of lighting. Every issue of LD+A includes feature articles on design projects, technical articles on the science of illumination, new product developments, industry trends, news of the Illuminating Engineering Society, and vital information about the illuminating profession.
Entertainment Design
See also later titles for this journal including: Lighting Dimensions and Live Design
Performing Arts Resources
Features articles on resource materials in the fields of theatre, popular entertainment, film, television and radio, information on public and private collections, and essays on conservation and collection management of theatre arts materials. PAR also publishes rare historical documents and out-of-print works that might otherwise be lost to theatre scholarship.
Theater Design and Technology
Published by the United States Institute for Theatre Technology, this journal is focused on promoting dialogue, research, and learning among practitioners of theatre design and technology.