Library: Theatre: Databases & Websites

Journals & Magazines

American Theatre
Full text of the Theatre Communications Group publication dating back to 1992.
Theatre Topics
Full text 2003 - date (delayed 1 year). Theatre Topics focuses on performance at the border of theory and practice. Concise and timely articles on a broad array of subjects such as dramaturgy, applied theatre, and pedagogy keep readers informed of the latest developments on the stage and in the classroom.
New Theatre Quarterly
Full text 2002 to date (1 year delay). This journal publishes news, analysis and debate within the field of theatre studies.
Stage Directions
Full text 2001 to date.
Theatre Journal
Full text 1996 - date (1 year embargo). Theatre Journal features social and historical studies, production reviews, and theoretical inquiries that analyze dramatic texts and production.

Databases

ARTstor This link opens in a new window
ARTstor provides faculty and students with a complete image resource in a wide array of subjects with the breadth and depth to add context beyond the confines of your discipline.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Easy to access reference resources from encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographies, quotations and more.
eBook Collections (EBSCO)
EBSCO eBook Collections
eBook Collection | Academic Collection | Business Collection | Diversity & Ethnic Studies | High School Collection | K-8 Collection | Public Library Collection
Films on Demand
A comprehensive, curriculum-focused video subscription providing unlimited access to thousands of videos in 30+ subjects, including the humanities, science, business, literature, health, and more.
Films On Demand Audio Description Titles
Gale eBooks
A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
Gale Literature Resource Center
Up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews.
NAXOS Music Library
Naxos Music Library [NML] is the world´s largest online classical music library. It offers streaming access to more than 171,837 CDs with more than 2,687,603 tracks of both standard and rare repertoire.
Poetry & Short Story Reference Source
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Poetry & Short Story Reference Center comes with a dedicated search interface that allows users to browse content by categories such as most studied poems, poets, short stories and themes.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times with Index
This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.

For critiques of plays, performances, etc.

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Easy to access reference resources from encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographies, quotations and more.
Gale eBooks
A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
Literary Reference Source This link opens in a new window
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This resource provides information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and time frames.
Content includes:
More than 36,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews
More than 80,000 articles/essays of literary criticism
More than 250,000 author biographies
More than 450 literary journals
More than 900,000 book reviews
Nearly 100,000 classic and contemporary poems
More than 27,000 classic and contemporary short stories
Nearly 10,000 author interviews
More than 7,400 classic novels
Gale Literature Resource Center
Up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews.

New York Times (current)
Full text from 1985 to present

ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times with Index
This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
ProQuest Central
The largest single periodical resource available, bringing together complete databases across all major subject areas.

For historical information

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Easy to access reference resources from encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographies, quotations and more.
Gale eBooks
A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

Harlem Renaissance
from U.S. History in Context

History Reference Source
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U.S. and World History topics includes full-text articles featuring historical reference books, magazines, journals and thousands of primary source documents.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times with Index
This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.

Websites

Renaissance: The Elizabethan World
Explore the world of Elizabethan England

Search terms

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"costume design"
costume
theatre* OR theater*
"stage setting and scenery"
"production and direction"
"theatrical producers and directors"
"set designers"

What is Dramaturgy?
Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas

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