Other Theater Guides
THEA 316 Course Guide
Biography
- Biography In Context This link opens in a new windowBiographical information on over 480,000 people throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.
- 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)
- Theatre in Video This link opens in a new windowVideos, including documentaries and definitive performances of the world’s most important plays.
News and Reviews from Newspapers
- Access World News This link opens in a new windowFull text collection of international and local news sources.
- America's Historical Newspapers: 1690-1922 This link opens in a new windowCover-to-cover digitized historic newspapers from every state in the US.
- Illustrated London News Historical Archive, 1842-2003 This link opens in a new windowDigitized full run of the world's most iconic illustrated newspaper from 1842-2003.
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowContains several full-text databases: current news, laws and legislation, business and company information, country and state profiles, tax information, biographies, and more.
- New York Times: Historical This link opens in a new windowFull 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
- 19th Century UK Periodicals This link opens in a new windowFull 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.
- Performing Arts Periodicals Database This link opens in a new windowFull text and indexing for the performing arts, including film, theatre, dance, stagecraft, and television
- Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982 This link opens in a new windowIndexes the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States from 1890 to 1982.
Books at JMU & Worldwide
- WorldCat This link opens in a new windowCatalog 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
- Essay and General Literature Index This link opens in a new windowIndex of essays in the humanities and social sciences on topics including literary works, art history, drama, film, and more.
- Performing Arts Periodicals Database This link opens in a new windowFull text and indexing for the performing arts, including film, theatre, dance, stagecraft, and television
- International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance Full Text This link opens in a new windowIndexes journal articles, books, book chapters and dissertations covering all aspects of theatre and performance for over 126 countries.
