ENGL 486 - History of the Theatre 6 - 20th Century Theatre History

Your Desk-top Reference Collection

• Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance
• Oxford Digital Reference Shelf
• Oxford Reference Online (Premium)
• Credo Reference Online
• Oxford English Dictionary Online
• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online
• American National Biography Online

Individual Research Databases

• Theatre in Video - theatrical performances and documentaries.
• IIPA - International Index to the Performing Arts - critical material.
• Periodicals Archive Online - critical material.
• LION (Literature Online) - critical and primary material.
• Drama Criticism Online.
• Literature Resource Center - critical material.
• Twentieth Century North American Drama
• Project MUSE
• JSTOR
• Anthropological Literature
• Annual Review of Anthropology

The Malls

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  • FRANCIS
  • IBSS: International Bibliography of the Social Sciences

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  • Research Library
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