Research Guides: Theatre: Theatre Articles

Theatre Journals

A sampling of research journals in theatre. Click to see holdings in VCU Libraries and online full-text access.

Journal Search

Journal Title Search
Search for Journal Titles here.

Google Scholar

Theatre Scholarship Databases

Use databases to search for articles and essays from many different theatre, literature, and humanities journals.

International Index to the Performing Arts (IIPA)
Citations and abstracts for 200 international performing arts periodicals from 1998 forward. Includes retrospective citations from about 46 periodicals.
MLA International Bibliography
The Modern Language Association of America's index of critical scholarship on literature, language, linguistics and folklore. Citations only.
Project Muse
Portal to electronic collection of about 200 journals from 30 not-for-profit publishers.
JSTOR
Searchable backfiles of core journals in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. (Backfiles end 3 - 5 years prior to current date).

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Contains digitized copies of complete runs of hundreds of scholarly journals, many of which contain illustrations and art reproductions. Select the "caption" feature (in the Advanced search) to limit your search to image captions.

Theatre Art & Design Databases

Art Full Text
Citations, abstracts, and selected full-text for articles from periodicals published throughout the world. Also indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals. Includes selected full-text. Abstracts, 1994+; full-text, 1997+.
Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI)
International index to articles in more than 450 design and craft journals. Also contains data on designers, craftspeople, studios, schools, workshops, and firms.

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Major areas of coverage include:
Product design
Interior design
Graphic design
Ceramics
Glass
Jewellery
Textiles
Furniture
Fashion and clothing
Illustration
Typography and type design
Metalsmithing
Retail design
Architecture
Industrial design
Sustainability
Advertising
Packaging
Theatre
Vehicles
Exhibitions
Book design
Web design
Computer aided design
Computer graphics
Animation
Garden design
Landscape architecture
Urban design
Education
Design management
Inclusive design
Universal design
Design history

(1973 - present) VCU access only
Art Index Retrospective
Electronic version of Art Index, volumes 1-32. Contains all citations found in the print version. Supplements Art Index (1984 - present).

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(1929 - 1984) VCU access only
ARTbibliographies Modern (Proquest)
Abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, PhD dissertations, and exhibition reviews on all forms of modern and contemporary art.

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(1974 - present) VCU access only
Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text
Contains indexing and abstracts, as well as full-text articles and chapters from journals and books relating to the field of film and television.
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Citations from the international architecture literature. Also includes archaeology, city planning, interior design and set design. Some search terms: city planning, transportation planning, and urban transportation.

Theatre Criticism & Reviews

In addition to art and design databases, try these newspaper and magazine databases
to find reviews or criticism about contemporary art and design.

New York Times
More than a newspaper for an American city, the New York Times is an international record of national and world news, as well as personal stories of how events affect individuals. Covers from the first issue in 1851 to three years prior to the current year.
Access World News
Access World News is one of the larger databases of newspapers and includes the Richmond Times-Dispatch
Newspaper Source Plus
130 newspapers including the New York Times, Washington Post & Times (London).
Dow Jones Factiva
Comprehensive, full text up-to-the-minute news and business source from Dow Jones and Reuters.

Theatre Theses and Dissertations

Dissertations may be useful sources for researching the state of the field and the bibliographies can often provide a wealth of new sources.

Dissertations and Theses Full Text (Proquest)
Full text for most dissertations from 1997 to the present. Includes full text for some earlier dissertations, along with over 2.4 million dissertations and theses citations from around the world.

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(1637 - present) VCU access only
Further Resources For Locating Dissertations