Avalon Regal Theater-Chicago, IL
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Subject and Related Databases
These databases are very useful for research in theatre. Still not finding what you need? Ask a librarian for help! You can also explore all of our databases through Resources A-Z on the library homepage.
- Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window
Access to thousands of magazines, newspapers, and scholarly, peer-reviewed journals in a wide range of subjects.
- Ebsco This link opens in a new windowComprehensive collection of multiple journals across disciplines.
- Gale Literature via NC LIVE This link opens in a new windowArticles, critical essays, work and topic overviews, full-text works, and biographies covering authors, their works, and literary movements.
- Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art & Architecture This link opens in a new windowCurrent and comprehensive reference resource for the visual arts of the Classical period. Draws upon scholarship in The Dictionary of Art (1996), and contains dozens of newly commissioned entries on recent archaeological discoveries, a fully updated bibliography, and over 600 illustrations.
- IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) Source This link opens in a new windowOnline since 2003, IPA Source is the web's largest library of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias and art song texts. Now with over 6,305 texts including 1,105 aria texts.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window
This database provides access to historical coverage of scholarly journals in a wide range of disciplines. Coverage goes back to the first issue (some as far back as the 1800s), but does not include the most recent issues (usually last 3-5 years).
- MLA International Bibliography on EBSCO This link opens in a new windowProduced by the Modern Language Association, this resource provides access to scholarly journal articles, books and dissertations on the subjects of literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, and dramatic arts, as well as rhetoric and the teaching of language and literature.
- ProQuest Central via NC LIVE This link opens in a new window
The ultimate cross-disciplinary research tool, ProQuest Central brings together 30 of our most highly used databases to create the largest single academic research resource available today.
Click here to discover all the theater journals that you have access to via HPU!
Sources for Criticisms
- MLA International Bibliography on EBSCO This link opens in a new windowProduced by the Modern Language Association, this resource provides access to scholarly journal articles, books and dissertations on the subjects of literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, and dramatic arts, as well as rhetoric and the teaching of language and literature.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window
This database provides access to historical coverage of scholarly journals in a wide range of disciplines. Coverage goes back to the first issue (some as far back as the 1800s), but does not include the most recent issues (usually last 3-5 years).
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Newspaper Sources
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- New York Times on ProQuest via NC LIVE This link opens in a new window
Current, full-text access to the NYT from 1980 to present. Includes the Late Edition Daily plus the Sunday newspaper.
- News & Newspapers in ProQuest This link opens in a new window
In addition to prominent and respected titles like The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Financial Times, and others, News & Newspapers also offers curated regional, specialty and international news titles and collections for a wide spectrum of viewpoints and counterviewpoints over time.