Research Subject Guides: Theatre & Performing Arts: Welcome

Welcome!

This guide is intended to help you with your research in Theatre, Dance and Performing Arts. You'll find a list of major databases in the field as well as tips on finding books, films, articles and other sources. If you have trouble finding what you need or have questions or suggestions about this guide, please contact me.

Related Guides

Related NU Departments

NU Theatre Department
Offering several choices of major, dual majors, minors, and a graduate certificate in Arts Administration and Cultural Entrepreneurship.
Center for the Arts at Northeastern University
Professional arts programs, residencies, and public performances, under the auspices of the College of Arts, Media, & Design.
NU Media and Screen Studies Program

Key Resources

Digital Theatre+
Digital Theatre Plus offers video of full-length performances from the English stage, including Shakespeare, modern dramas, musicals, and adaptations, as well as supplementary material such as interviews, behind-the-scenes documentaries, and study guides.

Arts and Humanities Citation Index This link opens in a new window
Citations and abstracts from over 1,160 of the world's leading journals in archeology, architecture, dance, music, film and theater, history, humanities, literature, and religion.
New Play Exchange (National New Play Network) This link opens in a new window
A product of the National New Play Network, the New Play Exchange is a digital library of scripts by living writers.
BBC Shakespeare Plays Online This link opens in a new window
The entire BBC Shakespeare, produced in the 1970s and 1980s, now viewable from any computer or other device connected to the internet. These productions include some of Britain’s most distinguished performers, and productions range from quite traditional to more adventurous. View the plays in their entirety, or link to specific Acts for teaching and presentation; turn Closed Captioning on or off with a single click.
World Shakespeare Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Annotated citations for all important books, articles, book reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions, reviews of productions, audiovisual materials, electronic media, and other scholarly and popular materials related to Shakespeare and published or produced between 1960 and 2011.
Communications & Mass Media Complete (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Scholarship in areas related to communication and mass media, including new media, rhetoric, film, broadcasting, and more.
Humanities International Complete (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources, including all data from Humanities International Index (over 2,000 titles and 2 million records) plus unique full text content.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
One of the most trusted sources for scholarly books and historical journal backfiles.
Most journals include extended historic backfiles and not current issues. Arts and Sciences collections 1 thru XV are available, plus the Life Sciences collection, and Business III.

The Northeastern Library also purchases individual e-book titles from JSTOR. The books are available chapter-by-chapter as PDFs.

Arts and Sciences IV content is available courtesy of the Northeastern School of Law Library.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Project Muse allows searching of articles from journals in the humanities, including religion, literature, philosophy, cultural studies, women's studies, film and the arts.

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