Graduate Playwriting Research at Hollins (2021)
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Recommended Journals
Todd Ristau's Recommended Reading:
- HOWLROUND
- Asian Theatre Journal (use Project Muse Link for most recent issue)
- American Theatre Magazine (Archive: full issues 1992 - up to 1 year ago)
- The Dramatist Magazine
- Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism
- Latin American Theatre Review
- New Theatre Quarterly (some open access; or use Interlibrary Loan)
- New York Times Theatre Section (use Hollins Group Pass subscription)
- Southern Theatre Magazine (Archive: full issues 2006- present)
- TDR: The Drama Review
- Theatre Journal
- Theatre Symposium
Articles in OneSearch and Google Scholar
Search OneSearch (Hollins + Roa. College collections)
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Google ScholarFind articles and other scholarly material on all subjects. To link Google Scholar to library resources, click on Settings, then click on Library Links, then search for Hollins and check those boxes. To get full text, use InterLibrary Loan
More Databases : Other Subjects
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A-Z Database ListClick on the "Subjects" dropdown to see a list of available subject areas.
More Databases: Scholarly
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International Bibliography of Theatre & DanceMore than 60,000 journal articles, books, book chapters and dissertation abstracts on all aspects of theatre and performance in 126 countries.
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Arts & Sciences (JSTOR)Full text-articles from a wide range of journals, with great academic coverage of the arts. TIP: using advanced search, you can limit your search by discipline – History, Music, Performing Arts etc. - or search only in the abstracts or captions of an article.
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Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)Provides full text for more than 7,000 publications on all academic subjects, including more than 6,000 peer-reviewed journals. You will also find books, reports, etc.
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Project MuseFull-text academic journals and eBooks in the arts and sciences by Johns Hopkins Univ. Press and other scholarly publishers.
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Gale Literary ResourcesUse for bios, book reviews and literary criticism. Contains nearly 700,000 articles and book chapters on classical and contemporary literature, searchable by author, title, subject, genre and more.
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MLA (Modern Language Association)The MLA International Bibliography indexes books, articles and dissertations published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics, providing coverage from 1926 to the present.
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America: History and LifeFind journal articles, reviews, and dissertations on the history and culture of the U.S. and Canada from prehistory to the present. Use this database to find context, and journals not found in other databases. Includes good coverage of drama with articles published from 1920-present.
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Historical AbstractsCompanion to "America & History & Life", this searches for articles, dissertations and more on the history of the world from 1450 onward, EXCEPT FOR the U.S. and Canada. TIP: Advanced search allows limiting by language and historical period.
More Databases: News
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FactivaA current news database, Factiva includes content from newspapers, magazines, and transcripts from television/radio news programs.
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Nexis Uni (formerly Lexis Nexis)Search more than 15,000 business, news, and legal sources.
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Reader's Guide RetrospectiveSearch for articles from popular magazines from 1890-1982. RG contains citations from over 3 million articles from 375 leading magazines.
New York Times Subscription
The Library offers a free group subscription to The New York Times for current faculty and students. To use this subscription in Summer 2021, email a request to Maryke Barber at mbarber@hollins.edu
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Play Indexes
Use these collections to search for pre-2000 plays by subject, or search for hard-to-find items that may have been published in a magazine, collection or anthology:
Play Index
(1949-1997)
Reference Z5781.P53
Ottemiller's Index to Plays in Collections
(1900-2000)
Reference PN1655 .O88 2011
Theater Index to Plays in Periodicals
(through 1987)
Reference Z5781.K43
To search for contemporary plays in collections, use Worldcat
Indexes to Historical Articles
LOCATION: the first floor of the library, on the first shelves across from the reference desk.
RECOMMENDED INDEXES:
- Biography Index
(1946-2006) - Essay & General Literature Index
(1900-1979) - New York Times Index*
(1851-current) - Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature
(1900-present)
*for reviews from 1920-1980, use the New York Times Theatre Reviews ( PN1581 .N4 )
NOTE:
· Useful for finding older articles that may not yet be searchable online.
· Search by play name, playwright, theater company or other subject.
· Does the library have that journal? Check the title in OneSearch
- Last Updated: Sep 7, 2021 3:17 PM
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