Other Theater Guides
THEA 316 Course Guide
Biography
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Biography In ContextBiographical information on over 480,000 people throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.
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Dictionary of Literary Biography CompleteProvides in-depth biography in the literary context.
The best entries for this assignment will look like:
Arthur Miller (17 October 1915 - )
Gotthold Emphraim Lessing (22 January 1729 - 15 February 1781)
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Theatre in VideoVideos, including documentaries and definitive performances of the world’s most important plays.
News and Reviews from Newspapers
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America's Historical Newspapers: 1690-1922Cover-to-cover digitized historic newspapers from every state in the US.
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Illustrated London News Historical Archive, 1842-2003Digitized full run of the world's most iconic illustrated newspaper from 1842-2003.
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Nexis UniContains several full-text databases: current news, laws and legislation, business and company information, country and state profiles, tax information, biographies, and more.
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New York Times: HistoricalFull page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue to about 3 years ago.
News and Reviews from Journals and Magazines
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19th Century UK PeriodicalsFull text of journals, magazines, and specialty newspapers that portray British life in the Victorian Age. Subscription includes Series 1: New Readerships and Series 2: Empire.
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Performing Arts Periodicals DatabaseFull text and indexing for the performing arts, including film, theatre, dance, stagecraft, and television
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Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982Indexes the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States from 1890 to 1982.
Books at JMU & Worldwide
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WorldCatCatalog of over 62 million titles cataloged by libraries worldwide that includes manuscripts written as early as the 1000 B.C., books, audio visual media, and internet source
Research Databases
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Essay and General Literature IndexIndex of essays in the humanities and social sciences on topics including literary works, art history, drama, film, and more.
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Performing Arts Periodicals DatabaseFull text and indexing for the performing arts, including film, theatre, dance, stagecraft, and television
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International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance Full TextIndexes journal articles, books, book chapters and dissertations covering all aspects of theatre and performance for over 126 countries.
