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The Library: Performing Arts

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Referencing your books

All of the sources you use in your work have to be referenced using the Leeds Beckett Harvard style. For example, a book you use needs to have a citation in the text:

(Schechner, 2020)

and a corresponding reference at the end of your work:

Schechner, R. (2020) Performance studies: an introduction. 4th ed. Abingdon: Routledge.

You can find guidelines and lots of examples on the Skills for Learning website:

Film and play scripts

eBooks

Individual eBook titles can be accessed online through Discover. The following eBook collections are also available:

Browse the bookshelves online

Request an item purchase

Staff and students can request new items for the Library collection.

See the Request It! page to find out more.

Finding books in other libraries

Request It!

  • If you can't find the item you need you can use our Request It! service and we will try and obtain it for you, either by purchasing it as an eBook or borrowing it from another library as an interlibrary loan.

Library Hub Discover

  • Provides free access to details of materials held in over 180 UK national, academic and specialist libraries. 

Visit other libraries

  • Students and staff can use other UK libraries through the SCONUL Access scheme, or by visiting the British Library reading room at Boston Spa.

Leeds Libraries

  • If you live in Leeds you can join Leeds Libraries for free and borrow books from public libraries across the city.

Get in touch

For support from the Academic Librarian Team
For support from the Library and Student IT Advice Team