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Theatre & Dance
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Subject Specific Databases
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IIPA Full Text: International Index to the Performing Arts [via Proquest] (http://iipaft.chadwyck.com/) VPN
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IIPA Full Text draws its content from more than 210 scholarly and popular performing arts periodicals, and also indexes a variety of documents such as biographical profiles, conference papers, obituaries, interviews, discographies, reviews and events. The database covers a broad spectrum of the arts and entertainment industry-including dance, film, television, drama, theater, stagecraft, musical theater, broadcast arts, circus performance, comedy, storytelling, opera, pantomime, puppetry, magic and more. Full text contents are selective.
- Coverage: 1864-present
- Access: http://iipaft.chadwyck.com/ (http://iipaft.chadwyck.com/) VPN
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Music & Performing Arts Online [via Proquest] (http://mpaonline.chadwyck.com/home.do) VPN
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The Music & Performing Arts Online portal brings the International Index to Music Periodicals (IIMP) and the International Index to the Performing Arts (IIPA) together in one site, enabling users to search both resources simultaneously. Together, these databases offer coverage of music, theatre, dance, television, film, and other performing arts.
- Access: http://mpaonline.chadwyck.com/home.do (http://mpaonline.chadwyck.com/home.do) VPN
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MLA International Bibliography [via CSA Illumina] (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=mla-set-c&adv=1) VPN
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The Modern Language Association International Bibliography (MLAIB) covers international scholarly materials on all languages, literatures, linguistics, and folklore from around the world. It includes citations to items from journals, series, books, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies. MLAIB does not index book reviews.
- Coverage: 1926-present
- Access: http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=mla-set-c&adv=1 (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=mla-set-c&adv=1) VPN
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Gale Literature Resource Center (http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/ucdavis?db=LitRC) VPN
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Full-text biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. Combines core literary resources such as Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, and the Dictionary of Literary Biography
- Access: http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/ucdavis?db=LitRC (http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/ucdavis?db=LitRC) VPN
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World Shakespeare Bibliography Online (http://www.worldshakesbib.org) VPN
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The World Shakespeare Bibliography Online is a searchable electronic database consisting of the most comprehensive record of Shakespeare-related scholarship and theatrical productions published or produced worldwide between 1963 and the present. Also includes book reviews.
[1963-present]
- Access: http://www.worldshakesbib.org (http://www.worldshakesbib.org) VPN
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Periodicals Index Online (PIO) (http://uclibs.org/PID/6848) VPN
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Periodicals Index Online is a retrospective database (1665-1995); over 300 philosophy titles are included. It also provides access to a smaller set of titles in fulltext electronic form.
- Coverage: 1665-1995
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/6848 (http://uclibs.org/PID/6848) VPN
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- To search only the full text digitized content of this resource (1802-1995), you can also use Periodicals Archive Online: http://uclibs.org/PID/9284
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DAAI--Design and Applied Arts Index [via CSA Illumina] (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=daai-set-c&adv=1) VPN
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DAAI indexes more than 500 design and craft journals and newspapers. It also includes two directories--one is a directory of academic design and craft programs in colleges and universities, the other is a directory of design and craft journals.
- Coverage: 1973-present
- Access: http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=daai-set-c&adv=1 (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=daai-set-c&adv=1) VPN
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Play Index [via H.W. Wilson] (http://uclibs.org/PID/113654) VPN
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Play Index searches publication details of over 30,000 plays published after 1949 and written from Antiquity to the present. Search for plays by title, author, subject, style, genre, cast type, and more. This database searches for copies of plays published both separately and in collections/anthologies.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/113654 (http://uclibs.org/PID/113654) VPN
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- The print version of Play Index is available for the years 1949-2002 in H/SS Reference, 2nd floor Shields Library, Z5781.P53
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Inter-Play (http://www.lib.pdx.edu/systems/interplay)
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Inter-Play is an on-line index to plays in collections, anthologies, and periodicals. Separately-published plays are not included, but this is the fastest way to find play titles buried in anthologies and other compilations.
- Coverage: approximately 1800-present
- Access: http://www.lib.pdx.edu/systems/interplay (http://www.lib.pdx.edu/systems/interplay)
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Physical Education Index
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Print index to scholarly articles about Physical Education, Dance, Sports, Recreation, and the Health and Medical issues associated with them. Issued quarterly, with the fourth issue an annual cumulation.
- Coverage: 1970-77; v.9, Mar.1986-present
- Location: Humanities/Social Sciences Reference, Shields Library 2nd Floor, GV201.P534
- Access: Library Use Only
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ARTstor (http://uclibs.org/PID/44518) VPN
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ARTStor is a library of digital images, associated information, and software tools designed to enhance teaching, learning and scholarship. It contains a searchable database of more than a million digital images, covers many time periods and cultures, and documents the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design, as well as many other forms of visual culture.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/44518 (http://uclibs.org/PID/44518) VPN
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- Getting Started with ARTstor [via UCDavis]
For initial training and information on using ARTstor, contact: artstorhelp@lib.ucdavis.edu
- For off-campus access, first register with ARTstor from a computer on campus. Then, you may login from off campus with your ARTstor ID by going directly to www.artstor.org. ARTstor does not always work smoothly with the VPN. Or, you may use the Proxy
- If you would like to join a UCD community of ARTstor users to share discoveries and help solve problems, please join our ARTstor Users Group on Smartsite.
General Databases
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General Databases in the Humanities and Social Sciences (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/?heading=35)
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This is a list of the best general databases in the Humanities and Social Sciences. It includes abstracting and indexing services, FullText Databases and Electronic Journal Libraries which are of interest to the variety of fields in the the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences.
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/?heading=35 (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/?heading=35)
Full-text Resources
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Black Drama [via Alexander Street Press] (http://uclibs.org/PID/31413) VPN
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Black Drama contains the full text of hundreds of plays by playwrights from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African diaspora countries. Also contains theatrical production information.
- Coverage: 1850-present
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/31413 (http://uclibs.org/PID/31413) VPN
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Asian American Drama [via Alexander Street Press] (http://uclibs.org/PID/31412) VPN
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When complete Asian American Drama will bring together more than 250 plays, along with related biographical, production, and theatrical information.
- Coverage: late 19th century-present
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/31412 (http://uclibs.org/PID/31412) VPN
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North American Women's Drama [via Alexander Street Press] (http://uclibs.org/PID/108526) VPN
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North American Women's Drama includes full text of over 1000 plays, together with detailed information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more. Approximately 20% of the titles have never been previously published. The collection begins with the works of Mercy Otis Warren and Susanna Haswell Rowson in the colonial period and spans the 19th and 20th centuries to the present.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/108526 (http://uclibs.org/PID/108526) VPN
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Twentieth-Century Drama [via Proquest] (http://uclibs.org/PID/42489) VPN
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When complete, Twentieth-Century Drama will contain 2,500 plays from throughout the English-speaking world, covering the history of modern drama. The current release includes over 230 plays from Britain, Ireland and Australia.
- Coverage: 1890-present
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/42489 (http://uclibs.org/PID/42489) VPN
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Editions and Adaptations of Shakespeare, 1591-1911 (http://collections.chadwyck.com/eas/htxview?template=basic.htx&content=frameset.htx) VPN
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Eleven major editions from the First Folio to the Cambridge edition of 1863-6, twenty-four separate contemporary printings of individual plays, selected apocrypha and related works and more than one hundred adaptations, sequels and burlesques from the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
- Access: http://collections.chadwyck.com/eas/htxview?template=basic.htx&content=frameset.htx (http://collections.chadwyck.com/eas/htxview?template=basic.htx&content=frameset.htx) VPN
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American Drama [via Proquest] (http://uclibs.org/PID/11558) VPN
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Offers the searchable full text of more than 1,100 plays from the colonial period to the beginning of the twentieth century. This database is also available through Literature Online (LION).
- Coverage: 1714-1915
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/11558 (http://uclibs.org/PID/11558) VPN
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ProQuest Historical Newspapers
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Historical coverage of the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal with both full page and individual article images. Searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.
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ProQuest Current Newspapers (http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?RQT=403&COPT=SU5UPTAmREJTPTM@&JSEnabled=1&TS=1074627928&DBId=G5#sform) VPN
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Current full-text of the Los Angeles Times, New York Times (including the New York Times Magazine and the New York Times Book Review), and the Wall Street Journal.
For historical backfiles, see ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
- Access: http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?RQT=403&COPT=SU5UPTAmREJTPTM@&JSEnabled=1&TS=1074627928&DBId=G5#sform (http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?RQT=403&COPT=SU5UPTAmREJTPTM@&JSEnabled=1&TS=1074627928&DBId=G5#sform) VPN
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Times of London Digital Archive (http://uclibs.org/PID/112897) VPN
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Includes full text and page images of the entire newspaper, including articles, editorials, advertising and images (excluding the Sunday Times) for 1785-1985. The years 1986-2003 will be added later in 2007. Use the "Access World News" database for the London Times, 1985-present.
- Coverage: 1785-1985
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/112897 (http://uclibs.org/PID/112897) VPN
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Eighteenth Century Collections Online [via Gale] (http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/ucdavis?db=ECCO) VPN
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Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) provides full-text searchable access to the digital images of 150,000 books and other materials published during the 18th Century. Based on the English Short Title Catalog bibliography, it includes English-language and foreign-language titles printed in the United Kingdom, along with thousands of important works from the Americas.
- Coverage: 1701-1800
- Access: http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/ucdavis?db=ECCO (http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/ucdavis?db=ECCO) VPN
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Individual Literature Collections from Literature Online (LION) (http://collections.chadwyck.com/) VPN
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Search the full text of the following Chadwyck-Healey literature databases: 20th Century African-American Poetry, 20th Century American Poetry, 20th Century Drama, African-American Poetry (1750-1900), American Drama, American Poetry (1600-1900), The Bible in English (990-1970), Early American Fiction, Early English Prose Fiction (1500-1700), Editions and Adaptations of Shakespeare (1591-1911), Eighteenth-Century Fiction (1700-1780), English Drama (1280-1915), English Poetry (600-1900), The Faber Poetry Library, Nineteenth-Century Fiction, The W.B. Yeats Collection (1885-1995)
- Access: http://collections.chadwyck.com/ (http://collections.chadwyck.com/) VPN
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Drama Criticism
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Full text reprints of drama reviews and criticism for a wide range of famous plays.
[1991-present]
- Location: Humanities/Social Sciences Reference, 2nd Floor Shields Library, PN1601.D59
- Access: Library Use Only
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American Memory [Library of Congress] (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/)
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American Memory provides open access to full text historical documents and materials from the Library of Congress. Includes written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.
- Access: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/)
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Theatre in Video (http://ucdavis.ativ.alexanderstreet.com/) VPN
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Theatre in Video contains more than 250 definitive performances of the world's leading plays, together with more than 100 film documentaries, online in streaming video. Collection content is being augmented and updated regularly.
- Coverage: 1930s-end of 20th Century
- Access: http://ucdavis.ativ.alexanderstreet.com/ (http://ucdavis.ativ.alexanderstreet.com/) VPN
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North American Theater Online
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A comprehensive reference work covering all aspects of the Canadian and American Theatre. It includes some 40,000 pages of major reference materials, together with records to approximately 30,000 plays, 57,000 people, 5,400 theatres, 22,000 productions, and 2,500 production companies. Each year we'll add more than 20,000 new records. The collection also includes approximately 10,500 images, playbills, postcards, scrapbooks and other resources.
- Coverage: Colonial period to the present
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Guides to Electronic, Print, and Other Resources
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About the UC Davis Theatre and Dance Collection [via UCD Library] (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/theatre-dance/index.php)
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This page contains information on the collection available for research at Shields Library, as well as links to related collections and local performance venues.
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/theatre-dance/index.php (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/theatre-dance/index.php)
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Internet Resources in Theatre & Dance: General and Comprehensive Sites [via UCD Library] (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/theatre-dance/internet-resources.php)
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This site provides annotated links to freely available general internet resources in theatre and dance
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/theatre-dance/internet-resources.php (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/theatre-dance/internet-resources.php)
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Internet Resources in Theatre [via UC Davis Library] (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/theatre-dance/theatre/theatre-internet-resources.php)
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- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/theatre-dance/theatre/theatre-internet-resources.php (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/theatre-dance/theatre/theatre-internet-resources.php)
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Internet Resources in Dance [via UC Davis Library] (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/theatre-dance/dance/dance-internet-resources.php)
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- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/theatre-dance/dance/dance-internet-resources.php (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/theatre-dance/dance/dance-internet-resources.php)
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Research in Dance: A Guide to Resources
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An annotated bibliography that includes collections and archives, reference sources, recommended periodicals, and sources of performance reviews.
[1994]
- Location: GV1594.B6 1994
- Access: Library Use Only
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Dance on Camera: A Guide to Dance Films and Videos
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A list, with credits, of filmed dance performance. Also includes some brief essays on choreography and teaching, as well as multiple index entry points and distributors.
[1998]
- Location: GV1595.D342 1998
- Access: Library Use Only
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Performing Arts Encyclopedia (Library of Congress) (http://www.loc.gov/performingarts/encyclopedia/)
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A guide to the performing arts collections (both print and digital) and exhibitions at the Library of Congress. Includes digitized items from the collections, with some works by composers Amy Beach, George W. Chadwick, Charles Ives, Edward MacDowell, Gerry Mulligan and several others. Also topical material, such as Civil War Sheet music and American Choral Music.
- Access: http://www.loc.gov/performingarts/encyclopedia/ (http://www.loc.gov/performingarts/encyclopedia/)
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International Bibliography of Theatre (IBT)
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Year by year bibliography of articles, reference works, and books on wide range of theatre subjects.
- Coverage: 1982 - 1999
- Location: PN1561.I53, Humanities/Social Sciences Reference
- Access: Library Use Only
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
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International Encyclopedia of Dance
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A six-volume set that is one of the most comprehensive print resources for starting dance research, which includes short articles and bibliographies on a range of international topics.
[1998]
- Location: GV1585.I586 1998, Humanities/Social Sciences Reference
- Access: Library Use Only
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The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre
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A six-volume set of comprehensive articles on the international history of theatre since 1945. Each volume is dedicated to a different geographical region, and includes bibliographies for further reading.
[1994]
- Coverage: 1945-1994
- Location: PN1861.W67 1994, Humanities/Social Sciences Reference
- Access: Library Use Only
Other Resources
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IBDB: Internet Broadway Database (http://www.ibdb.com/)
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IBDB provides records of Broadway productions, with details on pertinent people involved and production statistics. Useful for tracking the production history of a play.
- Access: http://www.ibdb.com/ (http://www.ibdb.com/)
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International Dialects of English Archive (IDEA) (http://web.ku.edu/idea/index.htm)
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Developed at the University of Kansas, IDEA is a repository of primary source English language dialect recordings for actors and other artists in the performing arts.
- Access: http://web.ku.edu/idea/index.htm (http://web.ku.edu/idea/index.htm)
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HotReview.org (http://www.hotreview.org/)
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An online forum for critical writing about contemporary theater. This site is published by the Hunter College Theater Dept., and includes reviews, essays, interviews, and more. Especially good for current New York theater.
- Access: http://www.hotreview.org/ (http://www.hotreview.org/)
