Research Guides: Theater: Articles

Research Platforms

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Broad collection of scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers in most academic subjects. A great starting point for any topic!
Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text This link opens in a new window
The best choice for film and television research.
International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Full-text academic journals and ebooks in theatre and dance.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Core academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in many disciplines. The journals are all full-text from vol. 1 to 3-5 years ago.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Citations and abstracts for researching the humanities from the late 19th century to the present.
MLA International Bibliography directs researchers to more than 3 million citations from journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, scholarly websites, editions, and translations published from the late 19th century to the present. It covers a broad range of humanities subjects, including world languages and literatures, linguistics, dramatic arts, film, folklore, rhetoric and writing studies, the teaching of language, and the history of publishing.
Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new window
Background articles focused on Western Art music, with some coverage of Jazz, non-western and folk music.
MLA Directory of Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Index of journals and book series published in the MLA International bibliography.
Play Index This link opens in a new window
An index of historic and contemporary plays with information on adaptations and translations.

What if the article isn't full-text?

If you find an article that isn't full-text (in a bibliography or abstract only database), here are a few options.

Check if the journal is full-text in one of our other databases: Is this Journal Full Text?
Check if the article is full-text on Google Scholar using quotation marks around the title.
Request the article through Interlibrary Loan and we will email it to you.

Open Access Journals

Google Scholar

Google Search Tips

Use Google Scholar with the Full Text@Grace College feature to find scholarly articles within the library's collection.

Set your preferences in Google Scholar:

Go to Google Scholar
Click on Settings
Click on "Library Links" in the left column and type in: Grace College & Seminary
Select "Grace College & Seminary - Full Text @ Grace College"
Click "Save"