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Theatre

This page provides access to recommended resources for research in theatre.

Finding Articles [help]

MLA Bibliography - Index of journal articles, books, and dissertations on literature, language, linguistics, and folklore

Essay and General Literature Index - Index of articles and essays in collections

Humanities Abstracts - Index of articles and other materials published in humanities-related journals

JSTOR - full image, full-text archive of business, humanities, and social science journals

LexisNexis - Includes play reviews and articles about current and recent productions. Under “Guided Search,” choose “Arts & Sports News”

Literature Online (LION) - Digital library of English and American prose, poetry, and drama, as well as criticism, biographies, and bibliographies
Project MUSE - Full-text journals, humanities & social sciences
Web of Science - Citation index for all disciplines (1977-present)
World Shakespeare Bibliography (WSB) - Citations to articles, books, book reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions, production reviews, and other materials, scholarly and non-scholarly, related to Shakespeare

Finding Books and Locating Plays

HopeCAT - Materials in the collections of Hope College Libraries and Western Theological Seminary. Tips on Locating Plays, Scenes and Monologues
MeLCat - Materials in participating Michigan libraries
WorldCat - Materials in U.S. and international libraries

Online Reference Sources

including: Oxford Companion to American Theatre (2004), Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre (1993), and others
Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film (2007)