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THEATRE RESEARCH GUIDE:
INDEXES AND DATABASES
Recommended Indexes for
Theatre
MLA
International Bibliography <
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Art
Abstracts < about
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Arts
& Humanities Search <
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Arts & Humanities
Citation Index < about >
Humanities
Abstracts < about
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Essay
and General Literature Index <
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Essay and General Literature Index
Use to locate literary criticism in collections of essays.
Reference Storage,
v.1 - 1900 - 2001, Reference, AI3 . Es73
Play Index,
1949-2002
Reference, Z5781 .P53
An Index to One-Act Plays.
Reference, Z5781 .L828
An Index to One-Act Plays. Supplement
Reference, Z5781 .L828, Supplements 1-5
Chicorel Theater Index to Plays in Anthologies,
Periodicals, Discs, and Tapes
v.1-3, 8, Reference, Z5781 .C485,
Dramatic Index for…
Index to materials on theatrical production and dramatic texts.
Library owns 1937 to 1949, Reference, PN 1601 .D79
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Theatre Reviews
New York Times is available online Full
Text through LexisNexis (not
an Index)
Final New York City Edition
Coverage: June 1, 1980 - present. Updated daily.
LexisNexis
Academic Universe < about >
To find theatre reviews in Lexis Nexis:
- Make sure you are searching in the News category.
Click on the News Button in the Red Bar at the top left
of the screen
- Scroll down to the section titled "Select Sources"
- From the list of Sources under the pull down menu in
"Select Sources,"
choose "Book, Movie, Music, Play, and Video Reviews"
- To search for reviews in the New York Times only,
then look In the box under "Select Sources,"
scroll down to the New York Times and check the box next
to it.
- You may specify a date range
To find articles published before 1980,
you may search the New
York Times 1851- 3 yrs. ago
(ProQuest Historical Newspapers, contains full text online
of New York Times articles from 1851- 3 yrs. ago)
New
York Times 1851- 3 yrs. ago (ProQuest Historical
Newspapers) < about >
Full Text of the New York Times from 1851- 3 yrs. ago;
all articles in PDF format.
Once you have found the citation to your pre-1980
play review in the New York Times, you will need to find
your review in the New York Times, either through the online
New York Times 1851- 3 yrs. ago, or on microfilm.
Another source you may use is the New York
Times Index in *print*. You must know the year that
the play was produced, and look in the index volume for
that year. The Index is alphabetical by subject. Under
T, look for Theater - Reviews. Then look for the
title of your play in the Theater - Reviews section.
The New York Times Index [Print]
Reference Storage, call number:
AI21 .N48
Library has: 1851 - 1997
The New York Times [Microform]
Reference Microfilm Area, first floor, AP2 .N4
Library has: 1851- 2004
The New York Times [newspaper in print]
Newspapers, second floor
Library has: last 30
days
New
York Times Index Online Index < about >
Full text of all New York Times articles published within
the last 365 days.
You must be in Michigan to access this index. Updated
daily.
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