Research Guides: Theater: Articles

Journal Articles

Guttman has access to a number of databases that will help you find different articles for your theater research. Try some of the databases listed below to locate scholarly and magazine articles on your topic.

MLA International Bibliography
The premier index of books and articles published on modern languages, literature, folklore and linguistics.
JSTOR
Full text articles on literature, arts and sciences, languages, business, philosophy, history, among other subjects.
Literature Resource Center
Offers biographical information, critical analysis, overviews on more than 130,000 writers from all over the world and every period.
Project MUSE
Full text articles on the humanities and social sciences from over 200 journals.
Humanities Source
Journal and magazines articles on art, dance, theater, literature, film, history, music, performing arts, folklore, philosophy, and religion.
Academic Search Complete
Full text access to articles from scholarly articles and magazines on multidisciplinary topics including: social sciences, arts and literature, psychology, education, business, humanities, among others.

Newspaper Articles

Newspaper articles can act as both primary and secondary resources. Historical newspapers can extremely useful to contextualize what you are researching. They can be a good place to look for theater reviews and interviews with various people involved with a production.

Historical New York Times
Comprehensive access to New York Times articles from 1851-2008.

New York Times Website
Sign up for full access to the New York Times website with your email address for access to current and historical articles.