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Theatre Research Databases
All of these article databases and indexes can be of value to Theatre research.
- MLA International Bibliography with Full TextProduced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), the electronic version of the bibliography dates back to the 1920s. The database contains millions of citations as well as full text for 1,000 journals.
Note: to watch the video on how to search, go to MLA International Bibliography on EBSCO - Drama OnlineDrama Online is an award-winning digital library of nearly 4,000 playtexts, over 700 hours of video, over 400 audio plays, and over 500 books of criticism and performance practice from leading theatre publishers and companies. UIC subscribes to the Core Collection and Critical Studies & Performance Practice.
- JSTORDigitized back issues of scholarly journals with a rolling date of five years ago. Covers a wide variety of disciplines.
- Project MuseJournals in literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others.
- IBDB | The Official Source For Broadway InformationThe official database for Broadway theater information. Provides records of productions from the beginnings of New York theater to present
- American TheatreAmerican Theatre delivers exclusive online-only content in addition to stories found in print, including breaking news in the theatre field, video coverage of live events, podcasts, play texts, and more.
- Film & Television Literature Index with Full TextFilm and television books, articles, reviews, essays, and more.
- Film Scripts OnlineThe Film Scripts Online Series contains over 1,100 scripts and makes available, for the first time, accurate and authorized versions of copyrighted screenplays. Now film scholars can compare the writer’s vision with the producer’s and director’s interpretations from page to screen.
Find articles and background information
The following databases and reference sources can all be of value to Theatre research.
- Credo ReferenceProvides access to a collection of aggregated and integrated reference books from high-quality publishers.
- Oxford Reference OnlineOxford Reference Online is a digital reference shelf of topical encyclopedias, handbooks, thesauruses and dictionaries with emphasis on Literature and Western Civilization . Limited to 5 simultaneous users.
- Historical AbstractsHistorical study of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the U.S. and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life).
- Art Full Text (H.W. Wilson)Featuring full-text articles plus abstracting and indexing of an international array of peer-selected publications, Art Full Text is a useful database for art students and art historians. It covers many topics from fine, decorative and commercial art to photography, film and architecture. The database also includes Art Index Retrospective which covers index from 1929-1984.