UMGC Library: Theater: Resources

Recommended Databases for Theater

ProQuest One Literature
Full-text English and American poetry, drama, and prose, as well as literary criticism and author biographies. (Upgrade from Literature Online, with expanded content.)
Humanities Source Ultimate
Subjects include archaeology, the arts, communications, gender studies, history, journalism, literature, philosophy, and religion.
JSTOR
Articles and books from many subject areas (anthropology, art, business, education, history, literature, science, etc.) from the 1900s - present.
Academic Search Ultimate
Arts, humanities, science, social sciences, business, and technology journals, ebooks, and other resources from 1887 - present.
MasterFILE Premier
Full-text articles, reference book entries, primary source documents, and more, in a variety of subject areas, from 1975 - present.
OmniFile Full Text Mega
Multi-disciplinary resource that covers several core subjects, including art, education, ethnic studies, history, humanities, law, social sciences, technology, and women's studies.
Scopus
Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature.
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Terms and Conditions
Elseiver Scopus Terms of Use.

Library of Congress - Performing Arts Encyclopedia
Music, theater, and dance at the Library of Congress
Theatre Library Association
The Theatre Library Association's webpage.
Victoria and Albert Museum - Theatre Collections
UK national collection of material about live performance in the UK since Shakespeare's day. Covers drama, dance, musical theatre, circus, music hall, rock and pop, and other forms of live entertainment.
Performing Arts at NYPL
New York Public Library's Performing Arts Collections.
Internet Broadway Database
The Internet Broadway Database archive is the official database for Broadway theater information.

Articles

UMGC Library OneSearch
Simultaneously searches multiple Library research databases. Note: Does not include all databases.
Databases by Title (A-Z)
Alphabetized list of research databases.

Ebooks

eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
Searches approximately 90% of the Library’s ebook collection. Ebooks can be read online, and in some cases, downloaded.
Additional Ebook Collections
Access to additional Library ebook collections.

Print Books

Library Catalog
Searches the 17 University System of Maryland and Affiliated Institutions (USMAI).

Skene - Journal of Theatre and Drama Studies
An open access journal on issues, questions and specifics of drama and theatre texts from antiquity to the present.
TheMA – Open Access Research Journal for Theatre, Music, Arts
A peer-reviewed open access research journal dedicated to the history of performing and visual arts.
Didaskalia
A peer-reviewed electronic journal dedicated to the study of all aspects of ancient Greek and Roman performance.

For more OER Resources (including multidisciplinary and textbooks), see the Open Educational Resources LibGuide

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Oxford Reference
Subject, language, and quotations dictionaries, as well as in-depth subject encyclopedias and other reference books.
ProQuest One Literature
Full-text English and American poetry, drama, and prose, as well as literary criticism and author biographies. (Upgrade from Literature Online, with expanded content.)
Gale eBooks
Encyclopedias and other background reading in a variety of subject areas.