Theater and Dance 25: Drama and Society
Fall 2005
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc | Biography | Reviews | Citing Sources
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Companions
- World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre (1994) 6 vols. Ref PN 1861 .W67
- McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama (1984) 5 vols. Ref PN 1525 .M3
- Historical Dictionary of Fascist Italy (1982) Ref DG 571 .A1 H57
- Twentieth Century Britain: An Encyclopedia (2002) Ref DA 566 .T835
- Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture (1998) Ref Dc 33.7 E53
- Oxford
Reference Online and xrefer
: Online dictionaries, companions, and encyclopedias from Oxford University
Press and other academic presses.
Biography
- Biography Resource Center (Contemporary Authors online) or Contemporary Authors in print (Ref CT 220 C6): Biographies of playwrights, lists of their plays, notes on reviews, interviews, etc. Database is more up-to-date.
- British Playwrights, 1956-1995 (1996) Ref PR 736 .B75
Reviews
- 4 College Catalog and UMass Catalog : find books on plays, playwrights, stage histories and productions.
- European Drama Criticism, 1900-1975 (1977) Ref PN 1721 .P35
- A Guide to Critical Reviews, Part III: Foreign Drama, 1909-1977 (1984) Ref PN 1707 .S34
- New York Times Directory of the Theater, 1920-1970. (1973) Ref PN 1707 .N48
- Lexis-Nexis Academic: Full-text newspaper articles (some international), covering 1980s to present
- New York Times Backfile : Full-image of the NY Times from 1851-present.
- Reader's Guide Retrospective : Index to U.S. periodicals from 1890-1984.
- Expanded Academic and Academic Search Premier : Some full-text to periodicals and theater journals, covering 1980s to present.
- Arts
& Humanities Index : Index to articles in arts and theater journals,
covering 1980-present.
Citing Sources
Be sure to credit the sources you use for a research project -- whether printed books and journals or online texts, websites, etc. The Citing References: MLA Style from the Library at University of Wisconsin - Whitewater tells you how to cite all kinds of sources for courses in literature. Or use The MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers at the Reference Desk
Do you have questions about research in this course? Contact Judith Nagata (email: jmnagata)