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Core Indexes and Databases

Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Subjects: Arts and humanities.
Contains: Citations and abstracts to journal articles. Citation mapping. Some non-English language material included.
Coverage: 1990-present
Film Literature Index
Subjects: Film Studies
Contains: Citations to articles on film and television.
Coverage: 1976-2001
Humanities (Abstracts &) Full Text (1984- )
Subjects: All fields of the Humanities.
Contains: Citations and abstracts to journal articles. Some Non-English language materials included. Some full text articles available from 1994-.
Coverage Dates: 1984-present.
Literature Resource Center
Subject: Literature
Contains: Criticism, biographies, bibliographies, work overviews and explications, Web sites, periodical articles, compare and contrast pages, full-text author's works.
MLA International Bibliography
Subjects: Literature, folklore, language, and linguistics.
Contains: Citations to books, journal articles, essay collections, and theses. Non-English language materials included.
Coverage: 1923 to present.
Play Index
Subject: Plays written or translated into English from antiquity to present. Includes classic drama, radio plays, puppet performances, etc.
Contains: Citations to plays in books and collections.
Coverage dates: publication dates 1949 to present

Websites

Provides links to a number of websites related to theater. Resources are organized by subject, such as an Introduction to theater, actors/acting, stage acting/technical theater, plays/playwrights, Shakespeare, non-profit theater/arts organizations, and regional resources. Also provides links to other online theater guides. Indexed in Web of Science.

BUBL: Media Studies
A directory of internet links on Media studies. Provided by BUBL Link Information Service operating out of the Andersonian Library, Strathclyde University, Glasgow.
Digital Librarian: Performing Arts
Maintained by Margaret Vail Anderson, a librarian in Cortland, New York. Divided into subject categories. No keyword searching
Internet Theatre Database
Searchable database within formation (opened, closed, performances, etc.) on most Broadway shows since 1975, and most Broadway musicals for the past 50 years. Complete cast and production lists are available for selected year
Literary Resources
This page is part of the Literary Resources collection maintained by Jack Lynch of Rutgers – Newark
NYU Theater and Performance Studies Resource
A guide for students and professors interested in Theatre and Performance Studies topics LibGuide from
NYU librarian Pamela Bloom
Performing Arts Encyclopedia
A digital library of music, theater, and dance at the Library of Congress. Formerly known as I Hear America Singing and LC Presents: Music, Theater and Dance.
Theater, Drama, Performance Art Web sites (New Zealand site)
The history of theater by country, theatres, and genres.
Voice of Shuttle: Media Studies
Covers media theory and history, journalism, TV, film, radio, comics, cyberculture, and more.
WWW Virtual Library
Theater and Drama
This gateway site features a simple and appealing homepage listing 17 clickable categories leading to a multitude of links, lists, and archives in addition to a free-text search feature. Categories include international theater companies and schools; book dealers; announcements of conferences; mailing lists and news groups; a list of scholarly dramatic books; play, monologue, and image archives, and more."—Choice (a llibrary review journal)