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MasterFILE Premier Index to general interest subjects in many disciplines, including film and theater. Includes access to full text versions of Plays Magazine, Entertainment Design, and TDR: The Drama Review. (EBSCO-TexShare) Remote Access with University Network Account.
BHA - Bibliography of the History of Art Indexes architecture & decorated arts from late antiquity to the present from books, catalogs, dissertations, essays, journals, and proceedings. Published from 1990 to present, in English & French, continuing IRLA and RILA. (Ovid) Remote Access with University Network Account.
Academic Search Complete Includes more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals; in addition to full text, offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. Features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. (EBSCO - TexShare) Remote Access with University Network Account.
Directory of Open Access Journals This service provides full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly, peer reviews journals in many subjects and languages. It includes academic, government, commercial, non-profit private sources. (Lund Universities/TexShare) Free Web Access
Encyclopaedia Britannica The Encyclopaedia Britannica is the largest, most authoritative encyclopedia in the world. Its broad scope includes statistics, classics, definitions, articles in journals, and maps. (Britannica - Direct) Remote Access with University Network Account.
Humanities International Complete Scholarly research material from a diverse humanities subject area. Covers dissertations, books, & journals. (EBSCO) Remote Access with University Network Account.
JSTOR An archive of scholarly journals in full text, starting with the first issues. Covers material from the 1800s up to between 1 and 8 years before current publication. (JSTOR) Remote Access with University Network Account.
Literature Criticism Online Provides access to online editions of Contemporary Literary Criticism, 20th Century Literary Criticism, 19th Century Literature Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400-1800, Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Shakespearean Literature Criticism, and Short Story Criticism. The critical analyses are about authors throughout the ages of literature derived from books, journals, magazines, broadsheets, pamphlets, diaries, and newspapers. (Gale - Direct) Remote Access with University Network Account
Project Muse Online collection of full text peer-reviewed journals from scholarly publishers. This collection complements JSTOR. (Muse) Remote Access with University Network Account.
Periodical Abstracts Contains abstracts to significant articles appearing in leading general and academic periodicals. Indicates libraries that own the periodical. Library access only. (Extended FirstSearch)
Arts & Humanities Citation Index Provides indexing to arts and humanities topics, related social science and science topics. Citations refer to publishing information. Library access only. (Extended FirstSearch)
Wilson Select Plus Contains citations & abstracts from: Readers Guide Abstracts, Social Sciences Abstracts, Humanities Abstracts, General Science Abstracts & Wilson Business Abstracts. (Extended FirstSearch) Library access only.
WorldCat Locate books and other materials, such as musical scores & internet resources, in libraries worldwide, including the University of Dallas. Coverage is from 1200 to present. (FirstSearch-TexShare) Remote Access with University Network Account.
Google Scholar Provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts & articles from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities & other scholarly organizations. (Google) Free Web Access
NetLibrary A collection of full text reference, scholarly, and professional electronic books (eBooks) available for 24 hour electronic use. (OCLC-TexShare) Remote Access with NetLibrary Account.
eScholarship Editions From the University of California, the eScholarship Editions collection includes almost 2000 books from academic presses on a range of topics, including art, science, history, music, religion, and fiction. (Univ. of CA) Free Web Access
Camera Obscura
Film Quarterly
Quarterly Review of Film and Video : QRFV
Theater
Variety
Film
The American Film Institute This site includes the AFI Catalog of Feature Films.
Film Resources on the Web Links are subdivided into numerous categories on this major resource.
Filmsound.org This site is a comprehensive resource for articles and links on the art and analyses of film sound design.
The Greatest Films This award-winning, unique web site features reviews, commentary and historical background for hundreds of classic Hollywood and other American films in the last century.
Masters of Cinema Includes broad array of cinema information, including information on major world directors, current film news and articles.
Moving Image Collections MIC provides archivists, educators, and the general public the ability to discover, locate, and in some cases view moving images from repositories around the world.
Strictly Film School This resource provides an academic perspective on landmark world cinema.
Theatre
Costume Page Provides over 2,000 costuming and costuming-related links, organized by subject.
International Theatre Resources This site features a comprehensive, in-depth collection of theatre links.
Internet Broadway Database This site is the official database/archive for Broadway theater information.
Musicals101.com This site includes extensive historical and biographical theater information as well as reviews and reference resources.
Performing Arts Encyclopedia Produced by the Library of Congress, excellent resource for music, theater or dance research.
Performing Arts in America, 1875-1923 Presents a searchable database of over 16,000 objects representing archival materials from one of the strongest periods in the Performing Arts Library collections
Theatre History Sites on the World Wide Web This outstanding source of theatre links is maintained by Professor Jerry Bangham, Alcorn State University.
Films
The American Movies: the History, Films, Awards, a Pictorial Encyclopedia Ref PN 1993 .5.U6 M53
Encyclopedia of Television Ref PN 1992 .18.E53
Film As Literature, Literature as Film Ref Z 5784 .M9R66
The Film Encyclopedia Ref PN 1993 .45.K34
Film Review Index Ref Z 5784 .M9F513
Filmed Books and Plays…from 1928 - 86 Ref Z 5784 .M9E563
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers Ref PN 1997 .8.I58
On the Screen, a Film, Television, and Video Research Guide Ref Z 5784 .M9F535
Oxford History of World Cinema Ref PN 1993.5 A1 O96
Theatre
American Drama Criticism: Interpretations 1890-1977 Ref Z 1231 .D7 P3
Best Plays of…. Ref PN 6112 .B4
Cambridge Guide to American Theatre Ref PN 2220 .C35
Drama Criticism Ref PN 1601 .D59
Famous Actors and Actresses on the American Stage Ref PN 2285 .Y6
An Index to One-Act Plays Ref Z 5781 .L83
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama Ref PN 1625 .M3
Notable Names in the American Theatre Ref PN 2285 .N6
Ottemiller's Index to Plays in Collections…between 1900 and 1985 Ref Z 5781 .O8
Play Index Ref Z 5781 .W51
Reader's Encyclopedia of World Drama Ref PN 1625 .G3
Theatre Companies of the World Ref PN 2052 .T48
Theatre World Ref PN 2277 .N5 A17
American Theatre Per PN 2000 .A52
Estreno Per PN 2008 .E8
Film Quarterly Per PN 1993 .H457
Gestos Per PQ 6101 .G47
Live Design Per PN 2000 .T49
Primer Acto Per PN 2008 .P7a2
Quarterly Review of Film and Video Per PN 1994 .Q34
Variety Per PN 2000 .V2
Village Voice Per AP 2 .V72
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