LibGuides: Theatre: Find Articles

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Use the Discovery Search to cast a wide net among our resources, or to search for a specific citation, copy and paste the title of your article in the search bar.

(Note: Discovery does not search everything, but it does include most of our databases!)

eBooks at Fant Memorial

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Our eBook Collection includes numerous titles on fiction, poetry, and drama. Use the Search Bar below to get started with a keyword search or browse our collection of eBooks on Theatre.

Subject Databases

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Drama Online Library This link opens in a new window
The original Drama Online core collection features 1200 titles from the pre-eminent theatre lists from Bloomsbury's Methuen Drama and Arden Shakespeare imprints, as well as and Faber and Faber Ltd. Production photos from the Victoria and Albert Museum Performance Archive and The American Shakespeare Center are also included.
Humanities International Complete This link opens in a new window
Humanities International Complete provides full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world. Produced by Whitston Publishing (an imprint of EBSCO Publishing), this database includes all data from Humanities International Index (over 2,000 titles and 2 million records) plus unique full text content, much of which is not found in other databases.
International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance with Full Text This link opens in a new window
International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text is the definitive research tool for the study of theatre and the performing arts. This database was initiated by the American Society for Theatre Research, and since 1984, the Theatre Research Data Center (TRDC) at Brooklyn College has published 14 volumes of the IBTD. These volumes comprise a fully indexed, cross-referenced and annotated databank of over 60,000 journal articles, books, book chapters and dissertation abstracts on all aspects of theatre and performance in 126 countries. International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text contains more than 490 full-text titles, including more than 170 full-text journals, and more than 360 full-text books & monographs.

Other Databases

British Literary Manuscripts Online This link opens in a new window
British Literary Manuscripts Online presents facsimile images of literary manuscripts, including letters and diaries, drafts of poems, plays, novels, and other literary works, and similar materials.
Gale Literary Sources This link opens in a new window
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. Content includes Literature Resource Center, Twayne's Authors Series, and Scribner Writer Series
Google Arts and Culture This link opens in a new window
Explore collections from around the world with Google Arts & Culture, created by Google Cultural Institute.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles.
Often Google Scholar will find an article for you, but ask you to pay for it to view the entire article. To access the article for free, ask for help finding it in Fant Library's holdings, or request an Interlibrary Loan.

Kanopy
Streaming video content for academic institutions including documentaries, files, performances, procedurals, and more.

Journals

American Theatre
Articles, commentary, review articles, theatre reviews on all aspects of national theatre.
Contemporary Theatre in Education
Charts the creation and adaptation of the 'hybrid' of performance and child-centered learning through the changing political, economic and educational environment.
Southern Theatre
Spotlights people, places, and organizations within the region and beyond that are paving new paths in theatre.
Theater
Articles, commentary, plays, and book reviews about theater.
Theatre Annual
Journal of performance studies.

Interlibrary Loan

Interlibrary loan is the borrowing of materials (books or photocopies) that are not found within the MUW collection for current faculty, staff, and students of Mississippi University for Women. Click "Request through Interlibrary Loan" to submit the request with your online account.