Armacost Library: ENGL 213: Drama: Find Articles and Reviews

What is a database?

A database from the library is usually a collection of information describing publications such as journal articles, books, theses or newspapers.

You can search by keyword or author or title, and when you get the results, which show articles or books on your topic , there will usually be a link [Search for Full-Text] to our library contents so that you can check if the item is on the shelves, or available electronically. In many cases the full text of the article will be directly available. If not, the full-text of an article or a book can be attained through interlibrary loan. Ask us about this.

Most of our databases include materials not freely available on the internet.

Remember: it is not possible to identify individual articles by searching our library catalog - you need databases for this.

Useful Links for Journals and Articles

Listed below are some ways you can find out if particular full-text articles and journal titles are available at Armacost Library.

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Databases: Articles, Books, Reviews

Use these databases to find academic/scholarly resources and production information on theatre performances.

International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance Full Text This link opens in a new window
Includes reviews and scholarly articles on the performing arts, maintained by the Theatre Research Data Center at Brooklyn College.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Citations to books and articles in the humanities.
ProQuest Research Library This link opens in a new window
All purpose database with magazine, newspaper, and scholarly articles. Also contains the full-text of the New York Times starting in 1851!
Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window
Access biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline.

Internet Broadway Database
IBDB (Internet Broadway Database) archive is the official database for Broadway theatre information. IBDB provides records of productions from the beginnings of New York theatre until today.
Playbill Vault: the Largest Broadway Database on the Internet
Comprehensive database of Broadway history from Playbill Inc.

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Full text of scholarly journals.
Project MUSE - Standard Collection This link opens in a new window
Access to 100+ scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, social sciences and mathematics.
WorldCat This link opens in a new window
Catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide.
World Shakespeare Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Lists annotated entries for important books, articles, book reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions, reviews of productions, audiovisual materials, electronic media, and other scholarly and popular materials related to Shakespeare. Licensed for on campus use only.

Journals @ Armacost Library

American Theatre PN2000 A437. This is a monthly, nonacademic journal that covers current productions and theatre artists in the not-for-profit theatre. Audience: theatre students and working professionals. Published by Theatre Communications Group.

Asian Theatre Journal Dedicated to the performing arts of Asia, focusing upon both traditional and modern theatrical forms.

TDR The journal for performance studies. Covers performance in everyday life, ritual, media, dance, theatre, performance art, popular entertainments, and sports—emphasizing the experimental, the anthropological, the intercultural, and the inter-disciplinary.

Theatre Journal (continues Educational Theatre Journal) PN3171 E38. Features historical studies, production reviews, and theoretical inquiries that analyze dramatic texts and production.

Theatre Survey PN2000 T716 A theatre history journal. Its theatrical and historical orientations are both broadly conceived. Published by the American Society for Theatre Research.

Theater PN2000 Y34 Focuses primarily on experimental theater—American and international—and theater that touches on political and cultural debates. Continues Yale/Theatre .

Theatre Topics focuses on performance studies, dramaturgy and theatre pedagogy. Practical, performance-oriented, covering latest developments on stage and in the classroom