LibGuides: Theatre: Journal Articles

Theatre Poster

Article Databases for Theatre Literature

OneSearch, the main search box on the library homepage, lets you access most of our full-text journal content in the subject of theatre. However, you may often get better results using more focused subject databases like the ones below.

Use these databases to find literary analysis of plays.

MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association) This link opens in a new window
This bibliography covers literature, languages, linguistics, film and folklore from over 4,000 journals and series published worldwide between 1926 and the present.
ABELL (Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature) This link opens in a new window
ABELL indexes scholarly articles, doctoral dissertations, books and reviews concerning English language, literature, bibliography and folklore published anywhere in the world. Dates of coverage: 1920 - current.

Gale Onefile: Fine Arts
Search millions of articles about drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Online, full text access to scholarly journals from date of inception to a "moving wall" of 2-5 years from present. The archived collection includes journals in humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. The content is searchable by author, title, fulltext with limits by discipline, year, and article type.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
A database of full-text journals in a variety of the humanities and social science disciplines. It covers recent years including current issues and for some journals serves as an update to JSTOR.

Google Scholar, another source for articles

Search Google Scholar to find journal articles and various unpublished scholarly documents. To link to articles found in Google Scholar from off-campus you will have to set your preferences. Watch this brief video to find out how.