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Theatre Arts Resources
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Featured Reference Books:

The Oxford Companion to American Theatre

Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre & Performing Arts 2 volumes. 2003.

Critical Survey of Drama (2nd ed.). 8 volumes. 2003.

Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004.

The Grey House Performing Arts Directory. 2003.

The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre. 6 volumes. 1994.

 

 

 

 

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Essential Resources:
Theatre Arts Dept at UW-L
Theatre Periodicals
Citation Guides
Scholarly v. Popular Journals
Includes full text JSTOR: More information Access to the full text of over 490 scholarly journals. Coverage: varies (some 19th century) to 2001. Updated: quarterly. 
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Includes full text MLA International Bibliography (EBSCOhost): More information  Citations from more than 4,400 journals & series, and 1,000 book publishers. Subjects: literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, dramatic arts, historical aspects of printing and publishing, rhetoric, composition, and the teaching of language and literature. Coverage: 1926 to present. Updated: monthly.
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Includes full text Brought to you by: University of Wisconsin System Project Muse: More information Includes the full text of over 100 scholarly journals in the fields of: literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, and many others. Coverage: 1993 to present. Updated: monthly.  
 
Additional Resources:
Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Web of Science): More information A multidisciplinary database covering the journal literature in the arts and humanities. Coverage: 1987 to present. Updated: weekly. 
Guides: Tutorial
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Includes full text Brought to you by: University of Wisconsin System Black Drama - 1850 to present: (Alexander Street Press): More information Black Drama contains the full text of 1,200 plays written from the mid-1800s to the present by more than 100 playwrights from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African Diaspora countries. The plays are accompanied by reference materials, significant ancillary information, a rich performance database, and images.
 
Includes full text Brought to you by BadgerLink LitFINDER: More information  A resource where one can search for poems, stories, essays, speeches, and plays. Over 125,000 full text national and international poems are available, along with thousands of short stories that are complemented by biographies, explanations, and images. Additionally, 20th century essays, more than 1,000 complete plays from various time periods, and speeches from the past 2,500 years are included. Updated: quarterly
Multidisciplinary Library Databases:
 These full-text resources also include information related to this subject area:

Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost). Includes full text of scholarly and popular periodicals.

MasterFile Premier (EBSCOhost). Includes full text of mostly popular periodicals, some scholarly, newspapers, and more.

LexisNexis Academic. Includes full text of popular, scholarly, trade, and professional periodicals, and much more.

CQ Researcher. For in-depth reports on current and past topics in all subject areas.

JSTOR. For reliable access to full text of articles from more than 490 periodicals more than 2-5 years old.
Public Websites:
The following web resources were selected by librarians:

Filmsound.org

Theatre Arts Web sites A directory listing of related sites.

Internet Broadway Database

Performing Arts in America, 1875-1923

Virtual Library of Theatre and Drama
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