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Research Databases
(Consult this list for interdisciplinary databases)
ARTstor
ARTstor is an image collection which documents artistic traditions across all times and cultures and embraces architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design as well as many other forms of visual and material culture.
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Communication & Mass Media Complete
Communication & Mass Media Complete incorporates the content of CommSearch and the Mass Media Articles Index along with other journals in communication and mass media to create a resource with scope and depth encompassing the breadth of the communication discipline.
CMMC offers complete indexing and abstracts for over 370 journals and select coverage of 230 more for a combined coverage of over 600 titles. Full text articles are available for more than 240 journals.
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General OneFile (formerly InfoTrac Onefile)
General OneFile, formerly called InfoTrac Onefile, is a large, multi-subject database, with records from 1980 to the present. More than 11,000 sources are indexed, most with full-text coverage. Sources include U.S. and international newspapers, popular magazines, academic journals, trade and professional publications, multimedia, and general reference sources.
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Hekman Digital Archive
The HDA contains digital collections related to Calvin College & Calvin Theological Seminary in the academic departments of Art, Biology, CAS, and History.
- Art: images relating to Art History as well as instructional aids including images of famous
buildings around the world, fiber arts, maps, and ceramics.
- Biology: images of seedless plants, gymnosperms, and
angiosperms.
- CAS: images of costumes through the
ages and theater buildings from various countries.
- History: images of life in 11 Turkish cities from Adana to
Tarsus and China through the ages.
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Humanities Abstracts
Humanities Abstracts contains abstracts (summaries) of feature articles, book reviews, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction (including dramas and poems), and reviews of plays and television and radio programs. It indexes nearly 600 journals covering a variety of subjects in the humanities, including philosophy, film, folklore, religion, music, and the performing arts.
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LexisNexis Academic
LexisNexis Academic is an extensive set of full-text electronic databases of news, business, company, and legal information. It contains major archives of federal and state case law, media transcripts, and other full-text material. For more information consult the LexisNexis Academic help documents and/or search tutorial.
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MLA International Bibliography
The MLA International Bibliography is a subject index for books,
articles and websites published on modern languages, literatures,
folklore, and linguistics. MLA International Bibliography dates back
to 1925 and contains over 2 million citations from more than 4,400
periodicals and 1,000 book publishers. Subscription to the MLA International Bibliography also includes access
to the MLA Directory of Periodicals database.
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Reference Materials
Backstage Handbook: An Illustrated Almanac of Technical Information, 3rd ed. - PN2091.S8 C32 1994
This handy reference book brings together an incredible variety of information useful to designers, technicians, and students who work behind the scenes in theatre, film, and television.
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Critical Survey of Drama - PN1625 .C74 2003
Provides 538 profiles of dramatists. Each entry includes a brief biography of the playwright, a short analysis of his or her major works, and an annotated bibliography.
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Drama Criticism - PN1601 .D59
This resource contains criticism of the most significant and widely studied dramatic works from all the world's literatures.
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Encyclopedia of Stage Lighting - PN2091.E4 B66 2003
Contains detailed entries on the designing and methods of stage lighting.
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International Dictionary of Theatre - PN2035 .I49 1992
A three-volume resource. Volume one studies plays, volume two focuses on playwrights, and volume three is devoted to actors, directors, and designers.
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New York Times Theater Reviews - PN2266 .N48
Features a compendium of every theater review and awards article published in The New York Times about the theater.
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Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance - PN2035 .O94 2003
From ancient Greek theatre to the latest developments in stage design, this two volume encyclopedia provides information across the entire scope of theatrical activity.
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Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism - PN94 .T83
Excerpts from criticism of the works of novelists, poets, playwrights, and short story writers who lived between 1900 and 1960.
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World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre - PN1861 .W67 1994
Covers the period from 1945 to the present and is divided up into 150 nations, with each entry divided up into twelve sections, including History, Artistic Profile, Music Theatre, Design, and Further Reading.
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Web Sources
Indexes to Internet Theatre Resources
A select list of websites that leads to hundreds of other links on theatre and the performing arts. Collected by the New York Library for the Performing Arts.
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International Theatre Resources - Artslynx
This comprehensive portal for theatre and the performing arts is a great place to begin your research.
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Internet Broadway Database
The official database for Broadway theatre information. IBDB provides records of productions from the beginnings of New York theatre until today. Details include pertinent people involved as well as interesting facts and production statistics.
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