Originally developed for theatre arts stage directing course students of Debra Krajec. But is useful for all folks researching history for stage directing.
LION contains the full text of English and American poetry, drama, and prose from the Anglo-Saxon period through the twentieth century. Includes literary criticism, biography and reference sources.
Literary criticism includes ABELL (Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature, of scholarly books, articles, & reviews and the full text from 160 journals. Literary texts range from the seventh to the twentieth century. Journal full text covers from 1988 to the present.
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Provides access to The Dictionary of Art, with over 45,000 signed articles and images on every aspect of the visual arts. Content updated 3x/year. Includes several other art reference works.
Sources: The Dictionary of Art, ed. Jane Turner (print edition: 1996, 34 vols.); The Oxford Companion to Western Art, ed. Hugh Brigstocke (2001); The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics; and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.
Comprehensive reference covering on all aspects of music
Includes: The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, The Oxford Companion to Music, and The Oxford Dictionary of Music.
The standard indexing service for academic historical writings on all areas of the world, except the United States and Canada. Covers items published from 1972 to present.
Broad collection of full-text scholarly journals (approximately 2700 titles). Discipline coverage uneven and usually does not include the most-recent three years.
Index of scholarship on modern languages, literature, folklore, and linguistics. 4,000+ journals and 1,000+ book publishers covered. Some full-text. 1925-present.
Searches journals (approximately 600 titles) and books from over 120 publishers worldwide, often in full-text. Emphasis on humanities and social sciences.
Searches several small databases at once: Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, International Index to Black Periodicals, The Chicago Defender 1910-1975, and Black Literature Index.
Archival resource for the historical study of the entertainment industry in the U.S. and U.K. Provides information on industry economics as well as on TV series, plays, films, musicians, record labels, etc. Covers industry’s impact on political, cultural and social change and the creation of subcultures and youth movements. Included are full-text back files of major trade magazines: Billboard (1894-2000), Variety (1905-2000), Broadcasting (1931-2000), etc. and consumer and fan magazines.
Explore gender history through primary source materials from the 19th to the 21st century, including records from men’s and women’s organization, diaries, correspondence, advice literature, etiquette books, photo albums and more.
The history of modern advertising and global consumer culture is presented through this collection of memoranda, correspondence, market research and reports, print advertisements, creative briefs, staff newsletters, and more from the pioneering agency of J. Walter Thompson Company. The collection is global in scope, but with the U.S. as a major focus.
An online resource hosting books, periodicals, and archival materials documenting LGBT political, social and cultural movements throughout the twentieth century and into the present day. The collection illuminates the lives of lesbians, gays, transgender, and bisexual individuals and the community.
Covers many years of National Theatre Live broadcasts as well as recordings never previously seen outside of the National Theatre's archive. As a supplement to the filmed productions, exclusive digitized archival materials such as photographs, scripts, costume designs, etc., is available to provide behind-the-scenes background and contextual information.
This resource contains a wide range of source material relating to popular entertainment in America, Britain and Europe in the period from 1779 to 1930. Sources include books, posters, photographs, playbills, postcards, and ephemera.
Current and archived news content for the United States. Access local, in-state, and national news sources, including newspapers, broadcast transcripts, newswires, news blogs, web-only and video content.
Searches digitized images/text of American periodicals from 1740 to 1940. Coverage varies by title.
From the Center for Research Libraries. Full description here. Highlights:
– 89 journals published between 1740 and 1800
– Many titles from the first half of the 19th century (including more than 20 women's magazines)
– 118 periodicals published during the Civil War (1861-1865) and Reconstruction (1865-1877) eras
– Trade magazines from the 19th and early 20th centuries
Collections I and II: full-text primary source periodicals, 160+ journals from Early British Periodicals and 300+ journals from English Literary Periodicals and British Periodicals in the Creative Arts. Fully searchable text. Topics covered: literature, arts, social sciences. 17th-19th centuries.
Search and view approximately 200 U.S. newspapers published from 1880-1922.
Searches hundreds of full-text U.S. newspapers from across the country. 1880-1922.
Readers’ Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982 provides indexing of over three million articles from more than 550 leading magazines including full coverage of the original print volumes of Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature. This resource offers researchers access to information about history, culture and seminal developments across nearly a century.