Research Guides: Theatre 339: Where to Search

Databases

Check out the Theatre subject databases on the A-Z Databases page. You can also start here:

MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Publication Dates: 1926-Present
Covers language, literature, linguistics, and related areas such as film and television. Includes references to journal articles, book chapters, and dissertations.
Performing Arts Periodicals Database This link opens in a new window
Publication Dates: 1998-Present; some coverage 1864-1998
Includes scholarly articles, reviews, essays and biographies covering dance, film, television, theater, and other topics in performing arts.
Readers' Guide [Combined] This link opens in a new window
Publication Dates: 1890-Present
Includes articles from popular and general interest magazines published in the U.S. and Canada. Searches the Readers' Guide Abstracts and Readers' Guides Retrospective databases together; for more search functionality search each separately.

Times (London)
Publication Date: 1785-
An online, full-text facsimile of more than 200 years of The Times, one of the most highly regarded resources for 18th-, 19th-, and 20th-century news coverage.

ProQuest Current Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Searches US and international news. Includes US ethnic, minority, and native presses.
ProQuest International Newsstand This link opens in a new window
Publication Dates: late 1990s-Present
Searches across the full text of international newspapers and newswires. Includes English and non-English titles. Does not include images and graphics.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers (US) This link opens in a new window
Searches across the full text and images of major U.S. and Black historical newspapers. Includes New York Times, Boston Globe, Chicago Defender, L.A. Times, and more.
Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
Publication Dates: 1990-Present
Includes full text of newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press in the United States. Coverage is national and regional.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers (International) This link opens in a new window
Searches across the full text of Chinese Historical Newspapers, The Guardian and Observer, Jerusalem Post, and Times of India.