Guides: Theatre and Dance: Databases, Journals, and Articles

Databases

Theatre Databases
List of Film and Entertainment Databases

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Designed for academic institutions, this database provides complete coverage of multidisciplinary academic journals.

Streaming Video Collections
Here is a full list of streaming video available via TTU Libraries

American Drama This link opens in a new window
The American Drama collection is part of ProQuest's Literature Online (LION) database and contains more that 1,500 dramatic works from 1714 to 1915.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online This link opens in a new window
Over 180 thousand titles originally published in the UK during the 18th century.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR provides access to the highest-quality academic journals, books, and primary sources in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
Performing Arts Periodicals Database This link opens in a new window
Good for film reviews and finding general information. Indexing and abstracts for more than 260 international periodicals, plus full text for over 100 of the indexed journals. Currently includes a half million records, many with ten years archive from each journal.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Project MUSE is a leading provider of digital humanities and social science content for the scholarly community.
WorldCat This link opens in a new window
Search for books held at TTU and libraries around the world.

Bloomsbury Drama Online
This award-winning digital library has been created as a response to the need for a high-quality online research tool for drama and literature students, professors, and teachers. It is the only resource to combine exclusively available playtext content and scholarly publications with filmed live performances, film adaptations, and audio plays.
New Play Exchange
The world's largest digital library of scripts by living writers. Please note that TTU does not subscribe to this database. Individuals still have to subscribe.
Theatre in Video, Volume 1 - North America
Over 700 videos including live performances of the most popular and important plays, from antiquity to modern titles.
Theatre at Academic Video Online
The Theatre channel for Academic Video Online

Film & Television Literature Index This link opens in a new window
Covers the entire spectrum of television and film writing and produced for a broad target audience, from film scholars to general viewers. Subject coverage includes: film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews.

Journals and Articles

E-Journals A-Z This link opens in a new window
Search for specific journals by title.

The TTU Libraries hold a number of print journals, which can also be found through the Library Catalog. In addition to print, patrons can access several E-Journals online.

Library Catalog This link opens in a new window
Books, periodicals, and other materials available for use and check-out.

Performing Arts Journals
General List of Performing Arts Journals
Theater E-Journals
General List of Theater e-journals.

Newspapers and Magazines for Reviews

Historic New York Times This link opens in a new window
Historic New York Times Newspaper collection, 1851 to 2010.
Historic Chicago Tribune This link opens in a new window
Historic Chicago Tribune Newspaper collection, 1849 to 1990.
Historic Los Angeles Times This link opens in a new window
Historic Los Angeles Times Newspaper collection, 1881 to 1990.
Access World News Research Collection (NewsBank) This link opens in a new window
Extensive full-text coverage of local, state, national, and international newspapers.
Periodicals Archive Online This link opens in a new window
Hundreds of digitized journals published in the arts, humanities and social sciences.

Rob's Guides

Welcome, I am the personal librarian for The College of Visual and Performing Arts as well as Film Studies. I am also known as the Popular Culture Librarian.

Students, staff, or faculty are welcome to visit in person, by email, or by phone for any library or research questions.

So what do personal librarians do?

help with any questions you have about the library
help you find articles, books, and other resources
help you request materials through Document Delivery/Interlibrary Loan
help you create citations and use citation style guides
help distance students navigate library resources

These are the subject guides I manage:

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