Theater Arts Research Guide

How to Use This Guide

This guide includes the library's resources in Performing Arts, Theater, and Dance.

The tabs include resources/databases for:

Primary Sources - Monologues for auditions; Recorded plays; Production Details.
Articles & Books - Journal articles and books as well as reviews and critiques.
Topic Overviews & Bibliographies - Background information, synopses, and curated bibliographies
Writing & Citing - Resources for writing better papers

Below are links to quick links to databases:

Performing Arts Periodicals Database This link opens in a new window
Database of citations, abstracts, and full text for articles in both scholarly and popular performing-arts periodicals. Covers dance, theater, film, mime, opera, puppetry, radio, television, video, storytelling, and performance art.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary database of scholarly articles. Searches citation indexes in Arts and Humanities, Social Science, and Science. Includes "cited by" feature and allows sorting by citation count.
UC Library Search This link opens in a new window
This searches across all 10 UC Library collections and beyond. Sign in using your CruzID Gold in order to find: books, e-books, articles, journals, films, maps, and more.

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