The databases below are recommended by the Research Librarian for Theatre
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Videos of selected theatre performances accompanied by a range of invaluable educational resources for illustration, explanation, and critical reflection.
Citations to articles from key academic journals in the humanities (1984 - present), including art, communications, dance, gender studies, history, literature, music, philosophy, & theatre.
Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
The definitive index for the study of language, literature, linguistics, rhetoric and composition, folklore, and film, covering scholarly publications from the early 20th century to the present.
Multi-disciplinary, full-text database offering full-text articles, including peer-reviewed titles; also includes indexing and abstracts. This scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study.
Academic encyclopedia and dictionary entries defining and introducing topics in all disciplines.
Scholarly encyclopedias, dictionaries and other reference works in the arts, biography, business, education, history, law, literature, medicine, religion, science and social science.
Oxford Reference provides access to digitized entries across Oxford University Press’s Dictionaries, Companions and Encyclopedias. Results will range from short-entry, general reference to more in-depth articles on specialized subjects.
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