The default search in Omni is basic search and supports Boolean operators: AND, OR or NOT. They they must be entered in uppercase (e.g. theater OR theatre). Use quotations for phrases (e.g., "method acting").
For a specific play or playwright/dramatist, search Omni by title or author . The library might have the complete works or a selection e.g. Miller, Arthur. Collected Plays Crucible, a play in four acts
Try a Keyword Boolean search. to find plays listed in the table of contents of anthologies. Use quotations around the full title.
"memory of two mondays" moses AND almighty
Isolate specific types of plays using common terms: ghost plays, children's plays, Christmas plays, historical drama, dystopian plays, lesbian plays, one-act plays, monologues, soliloquy, etc.
Examples of databases with e-copy of plays:
(170+ plays from Canadian playwrights) Indigenous Canadian Playwrights| Use AND to tell the database that ALL search terms must be present in results. Narrows your search results |
theatre AND history AND england women AND (theatre OR theater OR drama) |
| Use OR between words for synonyms. Broadens your search results | plays AND (victorian OR 19th OR nineteenth) |
| Use NOT to exclude terms | dramatist* AND irish NOT shaw |
| Use quotation marks around phrases | "fin de siècle" |
| ? for single character wildcard (useful for variable spellings) | wom?n for woman, women |
| * for truncation (multiple character wildcard). Useful for variant endings of a root word. | theat* for theatre, theater, theatrical |
| brackets to group similar or possible terms (nested searching) | plays AND (inuit OR "first nations" OR metis OR indigenous) |
Canadian Drama
Canadian Drama -- 21st century -- history and criticism
Drama -- Canada
Indian theater -- Canada
Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Drama
Playwrights -- Canadian
Theater -- Canada-- History
Theater -- Canada -- History -- Periodicals
Theater -- Canada -- Periodicals
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