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BASIC SEARCH
Enter your search words
Enter some words for your search. A good way to start is to enter some words from the name of:
- a play, a production or an event
- a playwright, an actor, a director or an artist
- a venue or an organisation
- a genre or a subject
- ... or a combination of these.
Click the search button or hit enter to perform your search. AusStage will retrieve all the events which match your search words.
To focus your search, you may also select from the following options.
Search for
Select what you want to search for.
- All Records (default). This search retrieves a list of events matching your search words by searching across all events, and associated venues, contributors, organisations and resources.
- Events. An event is a discrete happening, defined by title, date and venue, typically a performance or run of performances at a venue. The search will retrieve a list of matching events.
- Contributors. A contributor is an individual involved in the conception, production and presentation of events. The search will retrieve a list of matching contributors.
- Organisations. An organisation is a group or company involved in the conception, production and presentation of events. The search will retrieve a list of matching organisations.
- Venues. A venue is place where an event happens. The search will retrieve a list of matching venues.
- Resources. A resource is a review, programme, photograph, video, book, article, or collection and the like. Resources record information about events, contributors, organisations and venues. The search will retrieve a list of matching resources.
Search words using
Select how you would like the words to be used in your search.
- and (default): to search for all of the words in any order
- or: to search for any of the words
- exact phrase: to search for the words in exactly the order you type them
Sort results by
Select how you would like the results to be sorted.
- Name to sort events, contributors, venues and organisations by their name.
- Date to sort events in chronological order, most recent first.
- Venue to sort events in alphabetical order by venue.
- State to sort events, organisations and venues in alphabetical order by state.
Restrict by year
Enter a year (for example, 1999) or year range (1876-2006) for the event or events you want to find. You can only enter dates when searching for Events and All Records.
SEARCH TIPS
Capitalisation
The word search is not case sensitive. Variations in capitalisation will not affect the search results.
Diacritics
AusStage does not use diacritics or letters which are not part of the basic Roman alphabet (A-Z, a-z). When searching for words in languages other than English, use English spelling and letters. For example, to search for 'Françoise' replace the 'ç' (with cedilla) with 'c' (without cedilla): 'Francoise'.
Wildcard / Truncation (%)
Use a percentage sign (%) as a wildcard to substitute for one or more letters in a search word. Wildcards may be used within a word or at the start or end of a word. With wildcards, you can match:
- both the singular and plural forms of a word
- words that begin with the same root
- words that can be spelled in different ways
Use % if you are not sure of exact spelling or want to search for various forms of a word, alternative spellings or endings, including singular, plural, and different tenses.
For example:
- H%let will find Hamlet;
- Will%m will find william and willem;
- Shake% will find Shakepeare and Shakespearian.
Resources
A resource is a review, programme, photograph, video, book, article, or collection and the like. Resource icons indicate when related resources are recorded.
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A grey resource icon indicates that there are resource records relating to an event, contributor, organisation or venue.
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A green resource icon indicates that there are online resources relating to an event, contributor, organisation or venue.
ADVANCED SEARCH
Event Search
An event is a discrete happening, defined by title, date and venue, typically a performance or run of performances at a venue. Multiple presentations of the same production at different venues (e.g. touring productions) are recorded as separate events.
Use Event Search to search for specific events. Provide enough information to identify the event or set of events you wish to retrieve.
- Event Name. The title or name of an event.
- Event ID. A unique number identifying an event in AusStage.
- First Date. The day, month and year of the event's first public presentation, including previews. Enter year or year and month if complete date is unknown.
- Last Date. The day, month and year of the event's first public presentation, including previews. Enter year or year and month if complete date is unknown.
- Venue Name. The name of the venue where an event happens.
- Venue ID. A unique number identifying the venue where an event happens.
- State. The Australian state or territory where the event happens.
- Umbrella. The festival or series in which an event is presented.
- Primary Genre. A category indicating the kind of event, as defined by its main mode of performance - select one.
- Secondary Genre. A category indicating the kind of event, or aspects of an event, as defined by the style, content and mode of performance - multiple-selections may be made using control or command key.
- Content Indicator. A subject term or keyword describing the topic of an event?s content - what an event is about, its narrative, theme, concerns and the like.
- Origin of Text. A country of origin for the text used in an event.
- Origin of Production. A country of origin of the production.
- Organisation Name. The name of an organisation associated with an event.
- Organisations Function. The function of an organisation associated with an event, such as 'Production company', 'Presenting company'.
- Organisation ID. A unique number identifying an organisation in AusStage.
- Contributor Name. The name of a contributor associated with an event.
- Contributor Function. The function of a contributor associated with an event, such as actor, designer, director, playwright and the like.
- Contributor ID. A unique number identifying a contributor in AusStage.
- Display: Select to display All Events (default), or to restrict the results to Events with Resources or Events with Online Resources
- Sort by: Select to sort the results by Title, Date, Venue or State.
The search returns a list of Events matching the information you provide. The more information you provide, the narrower your search. If your search retrieves no results, try providing less information.
Resource Search
A resource is a review, programme, photograph, video, book, article, or collection and the like. Resources record information about events, contributors, organisations and venues. Some resources exist as individual items stored in collections (like programs, posters, photographs and so on). Other resources exist as multiple copies in libraries (books, journals, articles and so on).
Use Resource Search to search for specific resources. Provide enough information to identify the resource or set of resources you wish to retrieve.
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Title. A name given to a resource. For example, the title of a book, a chapter or an article; a caption for a photograph or illustration.
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Creator. An individual or organisation responsible for contributing to the resource. For example, the editor of an anthology, the translator of a play script.
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Source. The resource from which the described resource is derived. Used for resources which are included within or part of other resources. For example, the newspaper is the source for a newspaper article; the journal is the source for a journal article; an anthology is the source for a chapter; a collection is the source for an item within that collection.
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Keywords. Search words from the title, alternative title, description or abstract of the resource.
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Date. The creation, publication copyright or accession date of a resource.
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Type. The type of resource - multiple-selections may be made using control or command key.
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Collecting Institution. The name of the organisation which holds the resource.
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Work. A work referred to by a resource. Work associations are created where a resource relates, for example, to a dramatic work, rather than to an actual production.
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Event. An event associated with or referred to by the resource. Event associations are created where a resource is created in the process of making or responding to an event.
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Contributor. A contributor referred to by a resource. Contributor associations are created where a resource depicts or describes a contributor.
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Venue. A venue referred to by a resource. Venue associations are created where a resource depicts or describes a venue.
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Organisation. An organisation referred to by a resource. Organisation associations are created where a resource depicts or describes an organisation.
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Sort results by Resource Type, Title, Source and Date - select one.
The search returns a list of Resources matching the information you provide. The more information you provide, the narrower your search. If your search retrieves no results, try providing less information.
