Guides: THEA History I & II: Finding Information

Encyclopedias

Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new window
Access a collection of online encyclopedias
Biography in Context This link opens in a new window
Provides biographical information on more than 528,000 people throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.

Some 50,000 new and/or updated biographies are added each year, as well as daily status updates of existing subjects

How to build a search
Break your question into key points. Select terms for each point and add them together to build your search.

Rember to think of synonyms for the key terms. Ex: Edwardian, 1901-1910, or early 20th century.

These databases have articles and book chapters on history, theater, and fine arts topics.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Multiple subject database
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Arts and Sciences, including classical studies, ecology, economics, history, language and literature, mathematics, music, the history and study of art and architecture, cultural studies, film, folklore, performing arts, philosophy, political science, sociology, and religion
Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Searchable reference guide to the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada)

Sage Journals Online This link opens in a new window
Taylor & Francis Social Science & Humanities Library This link opens in a new window
Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window
British Periodicals This link opens in a new window
500 British periodicals published from the 17th through the early 20th centuries (1681-1920). Topics covered include literature, philosophy, history, science, the social sciences and the fine arts: music, art, drama, archaeology and architecture.

MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window

In addition, the MLA Directory of Periodicals and their proprietary thesaurus used to assign descriptors within the Bibliography are included.
Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Online Medieval Sources Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Early English Books Online (Includes TCP Phase I) This link opens in a new window
...works in English printed from 1473-1700

It contains over 100,000 of the 125,000 titles listed in Pollard & Redgraves's Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640), Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700), and the Thomason Tracts (1640-1661). The Text Creation Partnership (TCP), is in the process of creating SGML coding for the full text of 25,000 EEBO works, so users can search the full ASCII text of the documents and view both the text and the correspondin original page images.

Contact:

Pepperdine University Libraries
24255 Pacific Coast Hwy
Malibu, CA 90263

310-506-4046

Subjects: African American Studies, American Studies, Art, Art History, Creative Writing, Education, English 101 & 100, English Literature, Humanities, Literature, Music, Psychology

Digital Theatre Plus This link opens in a new window
Digital Theatre Plus brings live performance into the classroom, accompanied by a range of educational resources for illustration, explanation, and critical reflection. Includes several theatre resources, including over 200 productions, 18 master classes, 27 documentaries, 260 interviews and 62 practical guides.
National Theatre Collection This link opens in a new window
The National Theatre Collection brings the stage to life through access to streaming video of world-class productions and unique archival material offering insight into theatre and performance studies. Through a collaboration with the U.K.'s National Theatre, this collection offers a range of digital performance resources never previously seen outside of the National Theatre’s archive.
Shakespeare Survey This link opens in a new window
Access to a yearbook of Shakespeare studies, production and criticism. Each volume is devoted to a theme, or play, or group of plays; each also contains a section of reviews of that year's textual and critical studies, and of the year's major British performances.
Internet Shakespeare Editions This link opens in a new window
Delivers open-access, peer-reviewed Shakespeare resources, including full text plays & poems, information on the life and times of Shakespeare, production information on Shakespeare plays, and recent reviews of Shakespeare performances.