LibGuides: Theatre Arts: Getting Started

Best Bets for Theatre Arts Research

When you are doing research on art and art history topics at CSUDH, you will need to search in databases that cover more than just these topics. Below you will find some general humanities databases that include articles on art, art history, and design.

Drama Online This link opens in a new window
Thousands of plays and monologues, as well as criticism, performance notes, core craft skills, backstage guides, visual analysis of lines and roles, the ability to annotate and print your part/lines, and much more!

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Core journals in the humanities, social sciences, sciences, and mathematics. Includes some primary sources and book reviews. A great place to find older, digitized issues. Recent issues are not always available in JSTOR.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Full text journals and books in the social sciences and humanities. Great for literature, history, gender studies, and ethnic studies research.
Fine Arts (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
Search for articles, many of which are available full-text, in the fields of drama, music, art history and film.
Humanities (Full Text) This link opens in a new window
Use this database to find full-text articles from humanities disciplines including history, literature, art history, philosophy, film studies, and more.