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Databases
JSTOR
Coverage: Coverage varies (Full text)
Access to archival issues of journals with coverage usually ending three to five years before present. Back issues of over 600 journals in the arts, humanities, science, and social sciences with links to current issues available in Project Muse.
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Coverage: Coverage varies (Full text)
Access to archival issues of journals with coverage usually ending three to five years before present. Back issues of over 600 journals in the arts, humanities, science, and social sciences with links to current issues available in Project Muse.
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MLA International Bibliography
Coverage: 1926 to present (Index)
Produced by the Modern Language Association. Provides access to scholarly research in over 7,000 journals and series as well as monographs, working papers, proceedings, bibliographies etc in the fields of literature, language, linguistics, and folklore.
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Coverage: 1926 to present (Index)
Produced by the Modern Language Association. Provides access to scholarly research in over 7,000 journals and series as well as monographs, working papers, proceedings, bibliographies etc in the fields of literature, language, linguistics, and folklore.
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Project Muse
Coverage: Coverage varies (Full text)
Includes over 300 journals from over 70 scholarly publishers covering the fields of literature and criticism, history, visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others.
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Coverage: Coverage varies (Full text)
Includes over 300 journals from over 70 scholarly publishers covering the fields of literature and criticism, history, visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others.
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Dictionaries
Annotated Dictionary of Technical, Historical, and Stylistic Terms Relating to Theatre and Drama: A Handbook of Dramaturgy
This practical handbook of terms, theories and styles relevant to the study and practice of dramaturgy encompasses textual, performance and production conventions as they have appeared throughout the history of drama and theatre.
This practical handbook of terms, theories and styles relevant to the study and practice of dramaturgy encompasses textual, performance and production conventions as they have appeared throughout the history of drama and theatre.
Historical Dictionary of Postmodernist Literature and Theater
Examines the different areas of postmodernist literature and the variety of forms that have been produced.
Examines the different areas of postmodernist literature and the variety of forms that have been produced.
International Dictionary of Theatre
International and historical in scope, this reference includes nearly 1,500 entries and is divided into three volumes: Plays; Playwrights; and, Actors, Directors and Designers.
International and historical in scope, this reference includes nearly 1,500 entries and is divided into three volumes: Plays; Playwrights; and, Actors, Directors and Designers.
Key Concepts in Drama and Performance
This book is intended for undergraduates taking courses in drama, theater or performing arts, providing an informative and accessible guide to the subject.
This book is intended for undergraduates taking courses in drama, theater or performing arts, providing an informative and accessible guide to the subject.
Shakespeare’s Theatre: A Dictionary of His Stage Context
Reviews current knowledge of the character and operation of theatres in Shakespeare's time, with an explanation of their origins. Coverage includes the practices of Elizabethan actors and script writers: methods of characterisation; gesture, blocking and choreography, including music, dance and fighting; actors' rhetorical interaction with audiences; and use of costumes, stage props, and make-up.
Reviews current knowledge of the character and operation of theatres in Shakespeare's time, with an explanation of their origins. Coverage includes the practices of Elizabethan actors and script writers: methods of characterisation; gesture, blocking and choreography, including music, dance and fighting; actors' rhetorical interaction with audiences; and use of costumes, stage props, and make-up.
Encyclopedias
Cambridge Guide to Theatre
This guide offers a wealth of information on the history and present practice of theatre in all parts of the world. It clearly depicts the dynamic interaction of performance traditions from all cultures in present-day theatre.
This guide offers a wealth of information on the history and present practice of theatre in all parts of the world. It clearly depicts the dynamic interaction of performance traditions from all cultures in present-day theatre.
Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre
Includes overviews of major concepts, topics and issues, surveys of theatre institutions, countries, and genres, biographical entries on key performers, playwrights, directors, designers, choreographers and composers, and articles by leading professionals on crafts, skills and disciplines including acting, design, directing, lighting, sound and voice.
Includes overviews of major concepts, topics and issues, surveys of theatre institutions, countries, and genres, biographical entries on key performers, playwrights, directors, designers, choreographers and composers, and articles by leading professionals on crafts, skills and disciplines including acting, design, directing, lighting, sound and voice.
Oxford Companion to American Theatre
The Oxford Companion to American Theatre provides an up-to-date guide to the American stage from its beginnings to the present.
The Oxford Companion to American Theatre provides an up-to-date guide to the American stage from its beginnings to the present.
Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre & Performance
This encyclopedia views theatre and performance as "human expressions with large cultural significance." These expressions extend beyond traditional theater to include opera, film, dance, radio, and even circuses, rituals, and parades.
This encyclopedia views theatre and performance as "human expressions with large cultural significance." These expressions extend beyond traditional theater to include opera, film, dance, radio, and even circuses, rituals, and parades.
Performing Arts Handbook
This handbook contains a series of activities that are structured around four ready-made frameworks that should enable students and teachers to work towards a play, video, musical event, or exhibition.
This handbook contains a series of activities that are structured around four ready-made frameworks that should enable students and teachers to work towards a play, video, musical event, or exhibition.
New Zealand Databases
Index New Zealand (INNZ)
Coverage: 1987 to present (Index)
Contains abstracts of selected New Zealand serials, including newspapers, about New Zealand and the South Pacific. Subjects covered include general interest material, social research, current affairs, the arts and humanities.
Coverage: 1987 to present (Index)
Contains abstracts of selected New Zealand serials, including newspapers, about New Zealand and the South Pacific. Subjects covered include general interest material, social research, current affairs, the arts and humanities.
New Zealand National Union Catalogue (via Te Puna)
Coverage: Index
Contains bibliographic records for books and journals published worldwide, and indicates which New Zealand libraries may have copies.
Coverage: Index
Contains bibliographic records for books and journals published worldwide, and indicates which New Zealand libraries may have copies.
Websites
Artslynx International Theatre Resources
Includes information on a variety of topics such as directing, lighting design, makeup design, mime, musical theatre, performance art, production and props and links to online theatrical journals.
Includes information on a variety of topics such as directing, lighting design, makeup design, mime, musical theatre, performance art, production and props and links to online theatrical journals.
Internet Broadway Database
The official database that provides records of productions from the beginning of Broadway theatre to the present.
The official database that provides records of productions from the beginning of Broadway theatre to the present.
McCoy's Guide to Theatre and Performance Studies
Gives access to Internet resources in theatre and performance studies.
Gives access to Internet resources in theatre and performance studies.
