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These databases can help you find reviews of plays and other theatrical performances published in journals and media outlets such as newspapers, magazines, and
radio programs.
Find journal articles, books, book chapters, and dissertation abstracts on all aspects of theatre, dance and related performing arts. Includes full-text for more than 170 journals and 360 books, including Dance Chronicle, Dance Research, Contact Quarterly, and TDR. Access restricted to current WOU students, faculty and staff.
Find articles published in popular, general-interest U.S. magazines and newspapers between 1890 and 1982. An especially good source for locating primary materials related to the study of U.S. history and popular culture. To find articles published 1982-2000, consult the print Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature. For articles after 2000, use the MasterFILE Premier database.
Search more than 5 million articles published in fine arts and music sources. More than 150 of the journals in the Fine Arts and Music Collection are covered in the Art Index and the Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (RILM) indexes and are available in full-text.
Useful for identifying quality sources for background information and bibliographies relevant to the study of theatre arts, dance, and musical theatre. Particularly helpful is chapter 9, which lists sources for identifying performance reviews. Also available in print format in our Reference collection: PN1584 .S59 1994
A collection of essays by Sally Barnes, a preeminent critic and scholar of American contemporary dance. Also available in our print book collection: GV1599 .B36 2007
