LibGuides: Visual and Theatre Arts: Theatre Databases

About Article Databases

Electronic Databases are used to find information about entries in periodicals. Some entries will be full text and others will just be a summary. The information will be listed on where and in what publication you can find the original article.

Film and Theatre Databases

American Film Institute Catalog of Feature films
Includes entries on American feature-length and short films produced from 1893-2011.
Doollee
"The free online guide to modern playwrights and theatre plays which have been written, adapted or translated, into English since 1956."
Internet Broadway Database
IBDB (Internet Broadway Database) archive is the official database for Broadway theatre information. IBDB provides records of productions from the beginnings of New York theatre until today.

Biography

Literature Resource Center
Use Person Search, or limit "by content type" Biographies.

General and Multidisciplinary Databases

Academic OneFile
A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social sciences, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles.

Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Developed to meet the increasing demands of scholarly research, Academic Search Ultimate offers students an unprecedented collection of peer-reviewed, full-text journals, including many journals indexed in leading citation indexes.

Taylor & Francis
The Taylor & Francis Social Science & Humanities Library includes the following subjects: Anthropology & Archaeology; Arts & Humanities; Behavioral Science; Business, Management & Economics; Criminology & Law; Education; Library & Information Science; Media, Cultural & Communication Studies; and many more.

Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Over 7,000 academic-level educational streaming videos covering most subject areas, from Films Media Group.

Art Databases

ArtStor This link opens in a new window
Covers over 1.5 million high-quality images of art from around the world.

Contains wide range of types of art (paintings, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, etc.) from ancient times to the present.
Fine Arts and Music Collection (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Fine Arts and Music Collection provides access to scholarly journals and magazines that support research in areas including drama, music, art history, and film-making. The database emphasizes full-text content for publications included in the Wilson Art Index and RILM bibliography.
Arts and Humanities Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Titles covering art, architecture, design, history, philosophy, music, literature, theatre and cultural studies.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Covers literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, etc. Contains current full text scholarly journals which cover these fields and a significant collection of recent scholarly books.