This section provides recommended databases and online resources. The databases can be used for various purposes, including background on playwrights, lyricists, and composers, information that can help contextualize works, as well as literary criticism and theoretical considerations, and more. The online resources section provides some sites of general interest, and the inclusion of them does not necessarily reflect an endorsement of the views presented, but rather these are provided because they could be interesting.
There are many different databases where you can find information about an author, such as the Literary Reference Center, places where you can look up academic articles, such as JSTOR and Academic Search Complete, and even general databases where you can look up themes that you might encounter, such as the Credo Reference Library. When you are conducting research, start with some general background on the playwright, lyricist, composer, etc. and then consider consulting an academic source if you are asked to write a paper. If you are looking for video clips of performances, try using the Films on Demand database. If you need further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact one of our wonderful librarians.
A scholarly, multi-disciplinary database providing indexing and abstracts for thousands of journals and other publications. Academic Search Complete includes full-text access to peer-reviewed journals, as well as indexing and abstracts for magazines, monographs, reports, and conference proceedings.
CREDO contains all kinds of reference books including encyclopedias, dictionaries, quotations, and subject-specific titles from some of the top university presses in the United States. It also includes over 200,000 images and audio files and over 1200 videos.
EBSCO's eBook collection provides access to over 200,000 digitized books, including academic titles.