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- International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text (IBTD)

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Full text research tool for the study of theater and the performing arts. 
- International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance (IBTD) contains articles, essays and book chapters mined from internationally selected publications in drama, dance, media, mime, mixed entertainment, storytelling, music-drama, and puppetry. Many are in full text. International Bibliography of Theater & Dance with Full Text includes nearly 100 journal titles and over 120 full-text books not included in Academic Search Complete.
- Coverage Dates: 1984-
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- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbth
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- MLA International Bibliography (literature and language)

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Index to articles and books on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. 
- Project Muse

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Full text archive of articles on literature and criticism, history, art, and social sciences. 
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- Art & Architecture Complete-BETA (EBSCO)


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Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to medium for this database to function properly.Articles on art, art history, architecture, landscape architecture and related fields. 
- Art & Architecture Complete provides the full text for articles from more than 240 scholarly journals, magazines, and trade publications along with indexing for more than 630 more periodicals and selected books. Subjects covered include art, art history, photography, architecture, landscape architecture, historic preservation, interior design, archaeology, and urban planning.
- Coverage Dates: 1920s-present
- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=arr9-uga1
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- Early English Books Online (EEBO)

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Full-text collection of books and pamphlets published between 1473-1700. 
- Early English Books Online contains full-text images of almost every book, pamphlet, and broadside published in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British North America between 1473-1700, as well as works published in English throughout the rest of the world. EEBO is based on the incomparable Short-Title Catalogues of Donald Wing, A.W. Pollard, and G.R. Redgrave. Publications include literary works; government and military documents; sermons, Bibles, and religious texts; ballads and carols; medical and scientific books; religious and political pamphlets; and some periodicals and newspapers.
- Coverage Dates: 1473-1700
- Languages: Primarily English
- Database Provider: Chadwyck-Healey, ProQuest
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=earn-uga1
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- Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective (EBSCO)

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Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to medium for this database to function properly.Index to articles from 1907-1984. 
- Coverage Dates: 1907-1984
- Updated: Daily
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- Languages: English
- Database Provider: EBSCO
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=hume-uga1
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- International Index to Music Periodicals Full Text (IIMP FT) (ProQuest)

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Index to articles on all aspects of music. 
- International Index to Music Periodicals covers nearly all aspects of music from the most scholarly studies to the latest crazes. It provides bibliographic citations from nearly 400 journals published in 20 countries. It also indexes the feature music articles and obituaries that appear in The New York Times and The Washington Post.
- Coverage Dates: 1874- (full text 1966- )
- Updated: Ongoing
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- Languages: English and non-English
- Database Provider: chadwyck_healey
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xiim-uga1
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- LION (Literature Online)

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Over 350,000 complete works of literature in English with complementary criticism and reference resources. 
- LION (Literature Online) is a full-text library of over 350,000 works of English-language poetry, drama and prose fiction. In addition to literary texts, LION includes the most up-to-date edition of ABELL (Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature), 1920 to present; 131 full-text journals; biographical sketches of major writers; the Bibliography of American Literature; and other reference works.
- Coverage Dates: 600 A.D.-
- Updated: Ongoing
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- Languages: English
- Database Provider: chadwyck_healey
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=lion-uga1
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- Literary Reference Center

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Literary criticism, author biographies, full-text articles, poems, and short stories. 
- Literature Resource Center

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A complete literature reference database featuring biographical, bibliographical, and critical content. 
- Literature Resource Center is a complete literature reference database, rich in biographical, bibliographical, and critical content. It features:
- Contemporary Authors: selected entries
- Contemporary Literary Criticism Select since vol. 95, plus 266 most studied authors from editions prior to vol. 95
- Dictionary of Literary Biography: selected entries
- Twayne's Author Series
- Scribners Writers Series
- Biography and Genealogy Master Index
- Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature
- Chadwyck-Healey's Literature Online (LION) full-text collection
- current, full-text critical essays on major authors from more than more than 130 prominent literary journals
It also contains selections from these publications: Children's Literature Review, Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Drama Criticism, Drama for Students, Literature from 1400 to 1800, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, Literature of Developing Nations for Students, Novels for Students, Poetry Criticism, Poetry for Students, Shakespearean Criticism, Shakespeare for Students, Short Story Criticism, Short Stories for Students, and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism.
- Coverage Dates: Dates vary
- Updated: Ongoing
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- Database Provider: gale
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xglr-uga1
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- Oxford Music Online (formerly Grove Music Online)

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Encyclopedic resource covering all aspects of music history. 
- Oxford Music Online, 2nd edition, (formerly Grove Music Online) is a scholarly encyclopedia of music including biographies of composers, performers and writers on music, as well as articles on styles, terms, genre, concepts, acoustics, notation, and instruments, their makers and performance practice. Coverage ranges from classical music to ancient music, opera, church music, popular music, light music, jazz, and world musics from many regions, countries and cities. Articles are accompanied by links to digital images, digital sound and related Internet sites.
- Coverage Dates: Antiquity to the present.
- Updated: Quarterly
- Database Provider: oxford
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xvdm-uga1
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- Teatro Espanol del Siglo de Oro (The Golden Age of Spanish Theater)

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Approximately 900 16th and 17th century plays by sixteen major authors. 
- Teatro Espanol del Siglo de Oro (The Golden Age of Spanish Theater) contains approximately 900 plays from the 16th and 17th centuries by sixteen major authors such as Lope de Vega, Miguel de Cervantes, Calderon de la Barca, and Irso de Molina. The entire text of each play is included.
- Coverage Dates: 1500-1699
- Updated: N/A
- Languages: Spanish
- Database Provider: chadwyck_healey
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xtes-uga1
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- World Shakespeare Bibliography

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Annotated entries for books, articles, audiovisual materials, and other scholarly and popular materials related to Shakespeare. 
- The World Shakespeare Bibliography Online provides annotated entries for all important books, articles, book reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions, reviews of productions, audiovisual materials, electronic media, and other scholarly and popular materials related to Shakespeare. The scope is international, with coverage extending to more than eighty languages and representing every country in North America, South America, and Europe, and nearly every country in Asia, Africa, and Australasia. Published by Arden Shakespeare in association with The Folger Shakespeare Library.
- Coverage Dates: 1974-
- Updated: ongoing
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- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xwsb-uga1
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Broader Databases
- Academic Search Complete

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Articles from some peer-reviewed journals as well as monographs, reports, conference proceedings, and other sources. 
- Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database is updated daily and features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full-text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for nearly 1,000 journals.
- Coverage Dates: Dates vary. Some content goes as far back as 1865.
- Updated: Daily
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- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbac
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- Humanities International Complete (EBSCO)


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Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to medium for this database to function properly.Index to articles from diverse humanities subject areas. 
- Humanities International Complete is a database covering journals, books and other important reference sources in the humanities. Produced by Whitston Publishing (an imprint of EBSCO Publishing), Humanities International Index provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 2,200 journals and contains more than 2.71 million records. Formerly the American Humanities Index, this database contains bibliographic records from a multitude of U.S. and international publications. Humanities International Index provides citations and abstracts for articles, essays and reviews, as well as original creative works including poems, fiction, photographs, paintings and illustrations.
- Coverage Dates: 1909-present
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- Languages: English
- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=hump-uga1
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- LexisNexis Academic

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Full text news, business, legal, medical, and reference information. 
- LexisNexis Academic contains approximately 5,000 publications, virtually all include full text. Many types of publications are included: newspapers (in English, other languages, and translations of international papers), legal news, general interest magazines, medical journals, trade publications, company financial information, transcripts, wire service reports, government publications (such as the federal case law, U.S. Code, Code of Federal Regulations, Congressional Testimony, etc.), law reviews, and reference works (such as the Forbes Annual Directory, the Official Guide/American Marketplace and the US Global Trade Outlook).
If you wish to search for articles published in only a specific publication, click on 'Sources' in the black bar at the top of the screen. Search for the publication, click on 'Find Title', then choose "Search This Title" next to the publication you want to search. This will paste the name of the publication into the search screen, and will ensure that you are searching the correct section of LexisNexis.
- Coverage Dates: Dates of coverage vary by publication
- Updated: Varies by publication (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, annually)
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- Languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
- Database Provider: lexis_nexis
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zxau
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- Web of Knowledge

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Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to medium for this database to function properly.Provides access to the Web of Science suite and Journal Citation Reports. 
Books
- eBooks on EBSCOhost (formerly NetLibrary)

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eBooks, general topics, non-fiction, reference, consumer. 
eBooks at EBSCOhost, formerly known as NetLibrary, provides access to electronic books (eBooks), including reference books, scholarly monographs, publications of many university presses, and consumer books that have been converted into digital format. It is possible to perform full-text searches of a single eBook, search thousands of volumes simultaneously, browse topic categories, or read eBooks directly online. There is currently no checkout period for eBooks (at EBSCOhost).
Users can create a My EBSCOhost account in order to use personalization tools, including creating a Favorites list, but a personal account is not required for accessing eBooks through the GALILEO interface.
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- Coverage Dates: Currently available
- Database Provider: EBSCO
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zmnl
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- GIL Library Catalog
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- Search the UGA Libraries catalog for books, journals, CD-ROMs, and other media. Use title, author or subject searches, or perform a keyword search.
- URL: http://gil.uga.edu
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Dictionaries/Encyclopedias
- Dictionary of the Performing Arts
Call Number: Main Ref PN1579 .M66 1999

- Describes itself as a book as "practical and useful as possible for the performer and technician as well as for the student, writer and the researcher."
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- International Dictionary of Theatre
Call Number: Main Ref PN2035 .I49 1992

- This three volume set provides information on plays, playwrights and actors, directors and designers.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- The New York Public Library Performing Arts Desk Reference
Call Number: Main Ref PN1584 .N49 1994

- An abundant resource providing 'basic data on people, works, events, movements, dates, places and terminology' in the performing arts.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Words of Art: An Online Glossary of Theory & Criticism for the Visual Arts
Online Access: On/Off Campus

- This page created by the Fine Arts Department of Okanagan University in Canada is an excellent online dictionary.
- URL: http://web.ubc.ca/okanagan/creative/links/glossary.html
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- The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre
Call Number: Main Ref PN1681 .W67 1994

- A six volume set with each volume focusing on a specific area of the world: Europe, the Americas, Africa, the Arab World and Asia/Pacific.
Volumes 1897-1996: 1st floor Main
Reference
Volumes 1943-1959: Repository
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
Play Reviews
- A Guide to Critical Reviews
Call Number: Main Ref PN1707 .S24 1984

- Covers Broadway, off-Broadway, and off-off Broadway productions. Indexes general American and Canadian periodicals, The New York Times, and New York Theatre Critics' Reviews. Arranged alphabetically by playwright and then by individual play.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- National Theatre Critics' Reviews, 1940-1996
Call Number: Main Ref PN1601 .C934 (1987-1996); PN1601 .C934 (3rd floor)

- Although this title ceased publication in December 1996, it is still invaluable for its coverage of 57 years of stage productions. Each issue includes a title index, and an annual index provides access to titles, playwrights, producers, cast, etc.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- New York Times Theater Reviews, 1971/1972-date
Call Number: Main Ref PN1581 .N41

- Each volume reprints two years of reviews that appeared originally in The New York Times. The reviews are arranged chronologically.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
Web Subject Guides
- McCoy's Guide to Internet Resources in Theatre and Performance Studies
Online Access: On/Off Campus

- A web site that provides links to theatre sites and attempts to be more of a guide than just a mere listing of sites. Strong critical commentary for each site listed.
- URL: http://www.stetson.edu/csata/thr_guid.html
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- The Theatre Library Association's Theatre Resources
Online Access: On/Off Campus

- This web site provides links to numerous web pages that will be of interest to theatre scholars. Categories include: General Theatre Resource Guides, Electronic Texts, Awards, Selected Electronic Journals and Publications and Theatre Support and Professional Organizations.
- URL: http://tla.library.unt.edu/resources.html
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- Theatrecrafts.com
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- Developed in part by the University of Exeter's School of Performance Art, the aim of Theatrecrafts.com is "to eventually be the best resource for practical information and advice about technical theatre techniques for theatre folk at any level." There is also an online glossary of over 1400 terms.
- URL: http://www.theatrecrafts.com
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- THEATRICOPIA
Online Access: On/Off Campus

- Links to information on various aspects of musical theatre including: composers, performers, lyricists, news, mailing lists and newsgroups, awards and discographies.
- URL: http://www.saintmarys.edu/~jhobgood/Jill/theatre.html
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- Virtual Vaudeville
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- The University of Georgia drama and theater department is the leader in the nationwide "Virtual Vaudeville" project which simulates 19th century performances viewers can watch on their computer screens.
- URL: http://www.virtualvaudeville.com
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