Welcome to my Research Sources Page for Modern and Postmodern Theatre! Chao Chen, Humanities Research and Instruction Librarian This COVID-19 edition emphasizes e-sources. |
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I. JumboSearch for Books
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The library's catalog includes ebooks from the following collections, which you can search separately as well:
- Double check in the e-book collections below:
- ACLS Humanities E-Book
- Library Stack (independent ebooks on art, architecture, media studies, ...
- SAGE Knowledge (social Sciences)
- All Subjects:
- eBook Collection (in EBSCOhost)
- JSTOR
- Project MUSE
- ProQuest EBook Central
Note: WorldCat (renamed to be Libraries Worldwide on the Tisch Library homepage) is still a better place to get a fuller picture of books on a topic, even though interlibrary loan service is currently very limited.)
2. Check the Boston Public Library's catalog for eBooks (and sign up for a BPL , Tufts students and faculty eligible)
3. "Digital books" on Internet Archive
4. Open Educational Resources (OER)
online alternatives that are accessible and free to all students
II. Academic Journal Articles
- In EBSCOhost databases, you can select to search across the following databases, among others:
- America: History & Life
- Bibliography of Asian Studies
- Historical Abstracts (World History and Culture)
- MLA International Bibliography (for drama criticism & theater history)
- Women's Studies International
The database below is on a different platform:
- Performing Arts Periodicals Database
(for reception:
-- "dramatic criticism" in Scholarly journals
-- "theatre reviews" in popular press and trade publications.)
More Sources Current Production Reviews
III. Magazines, Newspapers and the Companies' Websites
- Access World News (rich regional news)
- Factiva (more international coverage of news)
- Internet Broadway Database
- the Lortel Archive (Off-Broadway)
- Ticketmaster
For past theatre reviews
Historical Magazines and Newspapers
- American Periodicals (1740 - 1940)
- British Periodicals (1680s - 1930s)
- New York Times Online Archive (1851 - three years before the current date)
- Readers' Guide Retrospective (1890-1982)
- Times of London (1785 - 1985)