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Academic Search Premier over 4,600 journals  more
Art Full Text full text version of Art Index  more
Biography Reference Bank biographical information from periodicals and reference works   more
Communication and Mass Media Complete over 200 journals   more
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Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) over 150,000 books  more
Essay & General Literature Index indexes essay collections   more
Gale Virtual Reference Library 200 reference books   more
Grove Music music encyclopedia    more
Humanities Full Text indexes journals since 1984   more
Humanities International Complete 814 journals    more
JSTOR 420 scholarly journals   more
Literature Resources from Gale biographies & criticism   more
MLA (Modern Language Association) International Bibliography literature & language index   more
Netlibrary 2,594 scholarly books  more
New York Times Full Text 1851-2003   more
Oxford Reference Online over 100 reference works   more
Project Muse over 240 scholarly journals   more
Readers' Guide Full Text indexes popular periodicals  more
Readers' Guide Retrospective indexes periodicals since 1890   more
RILM Music Abstracts indexes over 300 journals   more
RIPM: Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals 1800-1950   more
RISM: International Inventory of Musical Sources after 1600 manuscripts, libretti, etc.   more
Twayne's Author Series biography & criticism   more
WorldCat holdings of thousands of libraries   more
World Shakespeare Bibliography index of criticism since 1969   more
Unrestricted, Open-Access Databases

Directory of Open Access Journals
Film Literature Index
Open WorldCat

Databases at New York Public Library

NYPL Online Databases and Indexes--Theatre

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Journals

Subject list of electronic journals in theatre
Subject list of electronic journals in film
Subject list of electronic journals in literature
Searchable alphabetical list of electronic journals in all subjects
CUNY+ search for Graduate Center print journals in theatre and film

Full-Text Journals and Newspapers--Unrestricted Access
Arts and Letters Daily
Early Modern Literary Studies
New York Times Theater Reviews

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Reference Sources

CUNY+ search for Graduate Center reference books in theatre
 

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Analytical Sourcebook of Concepts in Dramatic Theory. GC Ref Z5781.B84
Bibliography of the English Printed Drama to the Restoration. GC Ref 2014.D7 G78 1970
A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers, and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800. GC Ref PN2597.H5
British Theatre: A Bibliography, 1901-1985. GC Ref Z2014.D7 C38 1989
Cambridge Guide to American Theatre. GC Ref PN2220.C35 1993
The Crown Guide to the World's Great Plays: From Ancient Greece to Modern Times. GC Ref PN6112.5.S45 1984
English Theatrical Literature, 1559-1900. GC Ref Z2014D7 A74 1970
The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre. GC Ref ML102.M88 G3 2001
The Female Dramatist. GC Ref PN471.P37 1998
The Great Stage Directors. GC Ref 2205.L44 1994
International Bibliography of Theatre. GC Ref Z5783.I57
International Dictionary of Theatre. GC Ref PN2035.I49 1992
The London Stage: A Calendar of Plays and Players, 1890-1949. GC Ref PN2596.L6 W37
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama. GC Ref PN1625.M3 1983
Modern Drama: Scholarship and Criticism, 1981-1990. GC Ref PN1851.C37 1997
A New Companion to Greek Tragedy. GC Ref PA31.B76 1983
The New York Times Theater Reviews. GC Ref Folio PN1581.N4
The Oxford Companion to the Theatre. GC Ref PN2035.H3 1983
The Parisian Stage: An Alphabetical Index of Plays and Authors. GC Ref PN2636.P3 W5
Profiles of African American Stage Performers and Theatre People, 1816-1960. GC Ref PN2286.P46 2001
Records of Early English Drama. GC Ref PN2596.C48 C4
Theatre Companies of the World. GC Ref PN2052.T48 1986
World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre. GC Ref PN1861.W67 1994

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Academic Web Sites

Drama, Theater, and Performance Arts Studies (Voice of the Shuttle; Univ. of California, Santa Barbara)
Graduate Center Ph.D. Program in Theatre
Performing Arts Encyclopedia (Library of Congress)
Quick Guide to the Net for Theatre History and Dramaturgy Students (Towson State Univ.)
Theater Connections (Univ. of North Carolina, Charlotte, Library)
Theatre History on the Web
Theatre History Sites on the WWW
 

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Special Topics

All the World's a Stage: WWW Links for Theatre History and Early Music (Centre for Research in Early English Drama)
American Variety Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment, 1870-1920 (Library of Congress)
Applied and Interactive Theatre Guide
BBC Audio Interviews: Actors
BBC Audio Interviews: Playwrights
Broadway Photographs: Art, Photography, and the American Stage, 1900-1930 (Univ. of South Carolina)
La Comedie-Francaise
The English Renaissance in Context (National Endowment for the Humanities and Univ. of Pennsylvania Library)
Internet Broadway Database
London Theatre Guide (Society of London Theatre)
Musicals 101: The Cyber Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre, TV, and Film
The New Deal Stage: Selections from the Federal Theatre Project, 1935-1939 (Library of Congress)
New York Theatre Experience
Report on the Status of Women: A Limited Engagement? (New York State Council on the Arts Theatre Program)
Touring West: 19th-Century Performing Artists on the Overland Trail (New York Public Library)

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Associations

American Society for Theatre Research
Association for Theatre in Higher Education
Centre for Performance Research
Centre for Research in Early English Drama/Records of Early English Drama (REED) (Univ. of Toronto)
Comedia (Association for Hispanic Classical Theater)
International Federation for Theatre Research
International Theatre Institute
International Theatre Institute U.S. Center
League of Historic American Theatres
Performance Studies International
SIMBAS: International Association of Libraries and Museums of the Performing Arts
SIMBAS: International Directory of Performing Arts Collections and Institutions
Society for Theatre Research
Theatre Historical Society of America
Theatre Library Association (preserving theatrical materials; Univ. of North Texas Libraries)

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