LibGuides: FYS 100 (13/15): Visions of America on the Contemporary Stage: Finding Reviews and Scholarly Articles

Sources for Reviews

Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new window
Resource covering national & international newspapers

National & international newspapers, television & radio news transcripts; Citations, abstracts, and full-text; Varies by title, 1980s - present
New York Times Historical Newspaper & Index This link opens in a new window
Full-text (with illustrations and graphics) since 1851, with additional years added as they are digitized.

Full-text; 1851 - 2009 (full-text); 1851-1993 (index)
Access World News (Historical and Current) This link opens in a new window
Current and archived full-text articles from thousands of U.S. and global news sources and news video clips.

Search a single newspaper, a select group of titles, or the entire collection. Use the map-based interface to search publications within a region.; Full-text and video; Varies by title; new content added daily
New York Times This link opens in a new window
Full web access to The New York Times and NYT Archive from 1851-present. For the date range 1923-1980, users are limited to 5 accesses per day. In order to access NYT content from off-campus, UR students, faculty, and staff must redeem a code which will provide the user with 26 weeks of uninterrupted off-site access to NYTimes.com. As part of the login, users must authenticate and verify they are UR student, faculty, or staff.
Click on NYT-Activation Link to redeem a 26-week pass.
- Click Redeem
- Complete registration fields
- Click Create Account -- You must use a @richmond.edu email address to create an account.
If you have already registered for NYTimes.com access via the on campus link, login to the offsite access link and pull a 26-week pass. You will have uninterrupted access for this timeframe. (Note: If you have a current paid New York Times subscription, you will have to call 800-698-8437 and cancel your paid subscription, prior to registering for NYTimes.com on or offsite access through the university.)

Guide to Critical Reviews
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New York Theatre Critics' Reviews
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Sources of Scholarly Articles

These databases will lead you to a range of articles on authors, productions, directors, etc. Literature Resource Center is particularly useful for background information on playwrights, overviews of their works (in case you want to know more about the plays you haven't discussed yet in class) and the full text of critical articles.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary resource containing a large number of peer-reviewed journals.

This is good place to start for most topics, including all sciences, religion, law, history, psychology, political science, criminal justice, literature, current events, sociology and communications.
Abstracts and full-text for most journal articles; Varies by title many from 1980s-present
Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window
Biographies, overviews, and critical analysis of literary topics, authors, and their works

Biographical sketches of over 130,000 authors and critical articles on over 2,000 authors from all times and places, and on their works. Includes essays from reference works, journals, and books. Content covers numerous centuries, mainly 20th and some 19th.; Full-text
Humanities International Complete This link opens in a new window
Indexes journals, books and other published sources within the general humanities.

Citations, abstracts, and full-text; 1990s - present; some coverage back to 1960s
Performing Arts Periodicals Database This link opens in a new window
Indexes scholarly and popular performing arts journals, many with access to full-text.

Indexes over 260 scholarly and popular performing arts journals, many with access to full-text; Citations and some full-text; 1864 - present
MLA International Bibliography with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Literature, language, and folklore from all regions of the world from the late Middle Ages to the present.

Covers books, articles, and dissertations. Best place to start for language and literature research.
International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance This link opens in a new window
A research tool for the study of theatre and the performing arts, indexing journal articles, books, book chapters and dissertation abstracts on all aspects of theatre and performance in 126 countries.

Citations, abstracts, and some full-text; 1966 - present
FIAF: International Index to Film Periodicals This link opens in a new window
This essential tool for film studies, created by the International Federation of Film Archives, indexes the content of the world's foremost academic and popular film journals.

The database also incorporates the International Index to TV Periodicals (1979 - 1998); Treasures from the Film Archives, which identifies silent film holdings in archives around the world, and the International Directory of Film/TV Documentation Collections.; Citations, abstracts, and some full-text; Years: 1972 - present

Theatre Journals and Magazines on the Web

Only some of these titles are scholarly (peer-reviewed). Hover over a title for more information.

Stage Directions
A non-scholarly publication with timely articles written by and for community, regional, and academic theater participants.
Journal of Theatre and Drama
Scholarly journal published by the University of Haifa Theatre Department in Israel. Originally devoted only to Jewish Theatre, it has broadened its scope to include the full range of theatre topics.
Variety
Definitely not scholarly. Click on "legit" for Theatre news and statistics
New York Theatre Wire
A non-scholarly guide to what's playing on New York's stages. Includes reviews

Boatwright Memorial Library

FYS 100 (13/15): Visions of America on the Contemporary Stage: Finding Reviews and Scholarly Articles

Sources for Reviews

Sources of Scholarly Articles

Theatre Journals and Magazines on the Web

Film Reviews vs. Film Criticism