Core databases for finding articles in this subject area.
Arts & Humanities Citation Index
     
Part of the Web of Science, Arts & Humanities Citation Index provides citations to journal articles in the arts and humanities, including architecture, art, classics, dance, literature, music, philosophy, film, religion, and theater.
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Humanities Full Text
 
Abstracts of scholarly literature in the humanities published since 1984. Full text is available for select content published
after 1994. Subjects covered include archaeology, history, philosophy, religion, art, music, literature, and film.
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JSTOR
 
Full text access to complete back runs of scholarly journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Journal
coverage begins with the first issue but does not include the last 3-5 years. Users can search across the entire database or
limit their search to journals in specific subject disciplines.
Click here for a search tutorial
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Literature Resources from Gale
Full text database for literature research that provides author biographies, bibliographies, reviews, and literary criticism. Search by author, title, or keyword.
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MLA International Bibliography
Database produced by the Modern Language Association containing citations to books, articles and dissertations on literature,
language, linguistics, folklore, and film from 1926 to present.
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Project MUSE
Full-text articles from scholarly journals in the humanities, arts, and social sciences primarily covering the fields of literature, history, cultural studies, political science, religion, and the arts.
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Related databases for finding articles in this subject area.
Academic Search Complete
Large multi-disciplinary database providing abstracts and select full text of scholarly and popular publications in a wide variety of subject disciplines, including art, literature, education, history, sociology, science, and engineering. Because of its broad subject and full text coverage, Academic Search Complete is a good starting point for research on virtually any topic.
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America: History and Life
Citations and abstracts of journal articles, book reviews, and dissertations covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. Includes major titles such as Journal of American History, American Historical Review, and American Quarterly. (For world history see Historical Abstracts).
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Art Index
Citations from over 400 leading art publications throughout the world covering the fields of art history, architecture,
graphic design, photography, sculpture, and museology. Find feature articles, artist profiles, exhibit reviews, and art
reproductions.
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Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Social Science & Humanities
Part of the Web of Science, Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Social Science & Humanities provides citations to papers and proceedings of social science and humanities conferences from 1990 to present.
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Film Literature Index
Citations to film and television literature from 1976-2001. Includes such titles as Camera Obscura, Screen, Variety, and Journal of Popular Culture.
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Historical Abstracts
Abstracts of articles, books, and dissertations on world history (excluding U.S. & Canada) from 1450 to the present. Covers all branches of world history, including political, military, economic, social and cultural, as well as the history of science, technology, and medicine. (For U.S. & Canadian history see America: History & Life)
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Literary Index
Index to literature reference books published by Gale. Find citations to author biographies and literary criticism published in books such as Dictionary of Literary Biography, Contemporary Authors, Novels for Students, and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Search by author or title of work.
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Encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, and other reference works available in print or online.
At This Theatre: 100 Years of Broadway Shows, Stories and Stars
A theatre by theatre history of Broadway in the 20th century.
Location: 1st Fl Reference PN2277.N5B46 2002
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Brill's New Pauly - Encyclopedia Of The Ancient World
Online edition of Brill's New Pauly, the authoritative encyclopedia of the ancient world. Fifteen volumes (Antiquity, 1-15) are devoted to Greco-Roman antiquity and cover more than 2,000 years of history, ranging from the second millennium BC to early medieval Europe. Five volumes (Classical Tradition, I-V) are uniquely concerned with the long and influential aftermath of antiquity and the process of continuous reinterpretation and revaluation of the ancient heritage, including the history of classical scholarship. Available in English and German.
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Cambridge Collections Online
Full text of the Cambridge Companions book series with over 320 titles and 70,000 essays, which provide introductions and overviews of major topics and figures in literature, art, philosophy, and religion. Also includes the Shakespeare Survey series, a compendium of Shakespeare criticism with each volume devoted to a particular theme or group of plays.
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Cambridge Guide to Theatre
Encyclopedia covering all aspects of theatre such as major playwrights, performers, works, companies, venues and events.
Location: 1st Fl Reference PN2035.C27 1995
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Cambridge History of American Theatre
3-volume history of theatre in the United States. Each volume includes an extensive overview and timeline followed by chapters on specific aspects of American theatre including vaudeville and popular entertainment, European influences, Broadway, modernism, stagecraft, and architecture.
Location: 1st Fl Reference PN2221.C37 1998
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Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama
Concentrates on drama in the literary sense rather than as performance. Focus is both global and interdisciplinary insofar as it places playwrights and plays within their social, cultural, and historical contexts.
Location: 1st Fl Reference PN1861.C65 2007
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Drama Criticism
Each volume of this resource covers four to eight significant dramatists or plays. For each play or playwright featured, a full range of critical opinion is presented, along with a biographical sketch, a chronological list of the writer's major works and more. Volumes include cumulative author, nationality, title and topic indexes.
Location: 1st Fl Reference PN1625.D72
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Drama for Students
Guide to understanding the most frequently studied plays in literature. Each entry includes an overview of the play; a brief biography of the playwright; a plot summary; a discussion of the play's principal themes; essays on the play's construction; excerpted critical commentary; and much more.
Location: 1st Fl Reference PN1601.D595
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Facts on File Companion to American Drama
Encylopedia of over 600 articles describing major plays, playwrights, directors, theater companies, and movements from the 18th century to the present.
Location: 1st Fl Reference PS330.F33 2004
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Gale Virtual Reference Library
Digital reference collection containing over 400 full text encyclopedias, almanacs, handbooks, and specialized reference books. Search all titles or browse titles by subject.
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Language of Theatre
Dictionary of theatre terms.
Location: 1st Fl Reference PN2035.H297 1998
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Masterplots II: Drama Series
Plot summaries of major plays. Each entry covers major themes, dramatic devices, critical context, and suggestions for further reading.
Location: 1st Fl Reference PN6112.5.M37 1990
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New Biographical Dictionary of Film
Biographical dictionary of major actors, directors, screenwriters, and producers in film history.
Location: 1st Fl Reference PN1998.2.T49 2002
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Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre
An illustrated history of world theatre covering everything from Greek tragedy to contemporary drama.
Location: 1st Fl Reference PN2111.O95 1997
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Oxford Reference Online
Digital collection of online reference books in all fields of study including dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, and subject reference works. Search by keyword or browse titles by subject.
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Quinlan's Character Stars
Biographical dictionary of film actors. Each entry includes a photograph, biographical sketch, and list of film credits
Location: 1st Fl Reference PN1998.2.Q56 2004
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Shakespeare for Students
A useful study guide to the plays of Shakespeare. Each entry offers a plot synopsis, principle characters, major themes, critical essays, and an annotated bibliography.
Location: 1st Fl Reference PR2987.S47 1992
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Resources freely available on the Internet.
Artslynx: Theatre Resources
Categorized directory of theater resources on the web. Includes resources for actors, playwrights, set designers, make-up artists, and more.
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Cleveland Press Shakespeare Photographs 1870-1982
Collection of about 1400 publicity photographs from theatrical, motion picture, and television productions of the plays of William Shakespeare.
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Dramatists Play Service
Purchase and license scripts of thousands of plays in the English-speaking theatre. Site includes brief plot summaries and author biographies.
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Infomine: Visual and Performing Arts
Searchable index of scholarly Internet resources in the visual and performing arts.
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Internet Broadway Database
Provides records of Broadway theatre productions from the beginnings of New York theatre until today. Includes information about shows, performers, songs, and theaters.
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Internet Movie Database (IMDB)
Database of movie information including plot summaries, cast and crew information, release date, trailers, reviews, and awards.
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Internet Shakespeare Editions
Full text of Shakespeare's plays and poems.
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Inter-Play
Searchable index to plays published in printed collections, anthologies and periodicals.
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McCoy's Guide to Theatre and Performance Studies
Categorized directory of internet resources in theater and the performing arts.
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Musicals101
This "Cyber Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre, TV, and Film" includes a detailed history of musical theatre, photo gallery, biographies, and many performance reviews and essays.
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Performing Arts Encyclopedia
Guide to performing arts resources at the Library of Congress including scores, sheet music, audio recordings, films, photographs, and other materials. Users can find digitized items from the collections; articles and biographical essays; finding aids to collections; databases for performing arts resources; and a guide to other library collections, websites, databases and exhibits.
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Performing Arts in America, 1875-1923
NYPL's digital collection of textual, audio, and visual materials related to the performing arts of the early 20th century. Includes newspaper clippings, photographs, publicity posters, playbills, and sheet music.
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Playbill
News, features, and performance listings for Broadway, Off-Broadway, London and Regional theatre. Check out "Theatre Central" for a huge directory of theater-related information on the web.
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Playscripts
Commercial catalog of play scripts available for purchase. Users can search by specific criteria (theme, casting, genre, setting, etc.), read script samples, and buy scripts and performance rights online.
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Theater Playbills and Programs
146 theater playbills and programs from the Library of Congress providing information about a variety theater productions, including performers, acts, and production credits.
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Theatercrafts.com
Offers an extensive list of links on technical information for producing a play. Topics include lighting, make-up, costume, rigging, marketing, and more.
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Journals available online or in print at the CSI Library.
Music, Dance, Drama & Film Journals
All music journals available in print or online via the CSI Library. Click on a subject heading to see all of the journals associated with that subject.
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Anthologies of monologues and scenes for drama students and actors.
Actor's Book of Classical Monologues
Monologues from classical drama. Includes works by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Artistophanes. Each monologue is accompanied by a brief plot synopsis as well as practical tips on preparing each scene for audition or performance.
Location: 1st Fl Reference PN2080.A283 1988
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Actor's Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues
Monologues from contemporary theater concerning a wide variety of subjects and covering the gamut of dramatic styles and moods. Includes works by Christopher Durang, Lanford Wilson, Tina Howe, David Mamet, and many others.
Location: 1st Fl Reference PN2080.A284 1987
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Actor's Book of Movie Monologues
Monologues from a variety of classic films such as Things to Come, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Dr. Strangelove, and Annie Hall.
Location: 3rd Fl Stacks PN1995.A259 1986
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Guide to Monologues, Men
An index of over 800 male character monologues from classical and modern plays.
Location: 1st Fl Reference PN2080.G84 1988
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Guide to Monologues, Women
An index of over 800 female character monologues from classical and modern plays.
Location: 1st Fl Reference PN2080.G85 1988
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Monologues for Actors of Color: Men
Monologues excerpted from contemporary plays specifically geared for male actors of color.
Location: 3rd Fl Stacks PN2080.M535 2000
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Monologues for Actors of Color: Women
Monologues excerpted from contemporary plays specifically geared for female actors of color.
Location: 3rd Fl Stacks PN2080.M536 2000
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Monologues, Men, 3: Speeches from the Contemporary Theatre
Monologues from contemporary theatre for male actors.
Location: 3rd Fl Stacks PN2080.M55 1989
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Monologues, Women, 3: Speeches from the Contemporary Theatre
Monologues from contemporary theatre for female actors.
Location: 3rd Fl Stacks PN2080.M56 1989
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Speak the Speech!: Shakespeare's Monologues Illuminated
Over 150 Shakespeare monlogues arranged by genre and complete with plot synopses, explanations of unfamiliar vocabulary and expressions, and performance tips and suggestions.
Location: 3rd Fl Stacks PR3091.S45 2002
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