Course Guides

Databases

Scholarly, peer-reviewed journals are available from our subscription databases. Listed below are suggestions for starting your research. A complete list of our Digital Resources are available from the Databases link.

• Academic Search Premier [INFO]
• Humanities International Index (many full-text) [INFO]
• JSTOR Arts & Sciences I Collection (full-text backfiles) [INFO]
• MLA Directory of Periodicals [INFO]
• World History Collection (all full-text) [INFO]
• New York Times Digital Archive, 1851-2003 (all full-text) [INFO]

Books and More

The Library catalog is a collection of books and other print materials, such as videos/DVDs, music CDs, and scores. The catalog offers a variety of searches - Keyword, Subject, Author, Title, and Call Number. Examples of searches are below:

• Subject search for acting
• Subject search for theater

This subject heading may be subdivided by time period and/or geography: theater japan, or theater england history 16th century

• Subject search for drama
• Subject search for improvisation acting
• Subject search for monologues
• Subject search for musical theater
• Subject search for theater and society
• Subject search for theaters stage setting and scenery

If you cannot locate the item you are looking for, try WorldCat, a catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. We may be able to obtain materials not owned by Plymouth State University through our Document Delivery system.

Reference Material

Reference sources may provide a good starting point for research and include encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, and statistical sources. Some key resources are listed below. Additional titles may be located by seaching the Library catalog

• Show time : a chronology of Broadway and the theatre from its beginnings to the present
• McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of world drama : an international reference work in 5 volumes
• Guide to great plays
• The World encyclopedia of contemporary theatre
• An annotated dictionary of technical, historical, and stylistic terms relating to theatre and drama : a handbook of dramaturgy
• The theatregoer’s almanac : a collection of lists, people, history, and commentary on the American theatre
• Drama criticism
• Directory of theatre training programs : profiles of college and conservatory programs throughout the United States
• American drama criticism : interpretations … of American drama since the first play produced in America

Web Sites

• Didaskalia: Ancient Theatre Today
• ACTS: Atlantic Canada Theatre Site
• The Internet Broadway Database
• Musicals.net
• Theatrecrafts.com
• Playbill.com
• Shakespeare’s Web

More…

• Ask a Librarian
• Subject librarian: Bill Kietzman

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