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THE 206 – Theatre History

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To locate a book anywhere

 

 

 

SSCL homepage-->Databases-->Databases by Name-->“W”-->WorldCat

 

 

 

 

To order materials which the SSCL does not own use “Interlibrary Loan”.  When materials are received they are held at the Circulation Desk.  Request forms for Interlibrary Loan are available online at the SSCL homepageàServicesàInterlibrary Loan or at the circulation desk. 

 

 

 

Subject Specific Databases:

 

 

Available on the SSCL homepage-->Databases-->Databases by Subject-->Arts & Humanities

 

 

 

Biography Resource Center

 

This database combines award-winning biographies from respected Gale Group sources. Biography Resource Center also includes full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals. Search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender, or combine criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search. With the Complete Marquis Who's Who(R), find quick reference information on an additional 900,000 people.

 

Contemporary Literary Criticism Select

 

An extensive collection of critical essays on contemporary writers. Each entry also contains a biographical/critical introduction, a list of principal works and sources for further study.

 

 

Eighteenth Century Collection Online (ECCO)

 

A comprehensive digital edition of The Eighteenth Century microfilm set, which has aimed to include every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in the United Kingdom, along with thousands of important works from the Americas, between 1701 and 1800.

 

 

Gale Literary Index

 

Gale's Literary Index is a master index to every literary series published by Gale. It combines and cross references more than 130,000 author names including pseudonyms and variant names and more than 140,000 titles into one source.

 

 

 

International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance

 

International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance as well as full text for more than 100 titles, including journals, books and monographs.

 

JSTOR

Comprehensive online journal archive of full-text scholarly journals.  JSTOR spans many disciplines, primarily humanities and social sciences.

 

 

 

Literary Reference Center

 

Comprehensive literary reference database, which provides users with a broad spectrum of reference information from antiquity to the present day. LRC is a comprehensive database that combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals, and unique sources not available anywhere else.

 

 

MLA International Bibliography

 

Detailed information on over 7000 journals, 4000+ of which are currently indexed in the MLA Bibliography. Detailed entried include editorial contact information, frequency, circulation, prices, and submission guidelines.

 

 

 

Project Muse

 

Full-text journal collection from Johns Hopkins University Press. SSC subscribes to the Standard Collection.

 

 

All of the periodicals which the SSCL receives are listed in the SSC Periodicals Directory 

                                (SSCL homepage-->Periodicals Directory (http://www.salemstate.edu/library/research/periodicals/). 

 

 

 

General Databases:

 

 

 

 

Available on the SSCL homepage-->Databases-->Databases by Subject-->General Subjects

 

 

 

These databases offer a general resource and should be combined with subject specific databases when doing research. 

 

 

 

Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)

 

 

Gale/InfoTrac

 

 

Lexis-Nexis (use for contemporary reviews and articles)

 

 

 

 

Proquest

 

 

Internet Resources:

A list of librarian tested and recommended internet resources for Theatre is available via the library web page (SSCL homepage-->Research-->Internet Resources-->Arts and Humanities) http://www.noblenet.org/ssc/research/internet_resources/arts.htm

 

 

 

CESAR—French 17th and 18th Century Theatrical Reference Source

 

 

 

 

 

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