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Online Reference Tools for Theater

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Drama Online This link opens in a new window
Drama Online is a digital library of plays from Aeschylus to the present day. It also includes analysis, contextual information, A-Z reference and practical texts.

The Oxford Companion to American Theatre by Gerald Bordman; Thomas S. Hischak
First published in 1984, Gerald Bordman's Oxford Companion to American Theatre is the standard one-volume source on our national theatre.
The Cambridge Guide to Theatre by Martin Banham (Editor)
Comprehensive guide to the history and current practice of worldwide theatre.
Who's Who in Contemporary World Theatre by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgrafe (Editor)
Who's Who in Contemporary World Theatre is a lively and accessible biographical guide to the key figures in contemporary drama.
Modern Drama and the Rhetoric of Theater by W. B. Worthen
Tracing British and American stage drama from the 1880s onward, W. B. Worthen sees drama as the interplay of text, stage production, and audience.

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Performing Arts Periodicals Database This link opens in a new window
Performing Arts Periodicals Database (formerly International Index) provides indexing, abstracts and full text journals on dance, drama, theater, stagecraft, musical theater and performance art.
International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full-Text This link opens in a new window
International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full-Text contains content on International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance as well as full text titles, including Canadian Theatre Review, Dance Chronicle, Dance Teacher and Modern Drama.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR provides page images of ebooks, ebook chapters, and back issues of scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and basic sciences from the earliest issues to current publication. It also offers millions of high-quality ArtStor images, curated from leading museums and archives around the world.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
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Project Muse provides access to full-text journals, ebooks, and ebook chapters from university presses. Temple does not have access to all available ebooks.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Complete provides full text scholarly publications and full text journals for academic areas of study.

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