Research, Citation, & Class Guides: Theatre 272: Theatre History II: Articles

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America: History and Life
A complete bibliographic reference to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Indexes over 2,000 English-language journals published worldwide.
Partial funding provided by UW System Shared Electronic Collection.
Biography in Context (Gale)
Search Gale's reference content, periodicals, and multimedia to gain biographical context on the world's most influential people, living and dead.
Search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender as well as keyword and full text.
Biography Reference Bank
Contains thousands of biographies of authors, artists, film directors, Nobel Prize winners, American reformers, musicians, and composers.
Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online (Gale)
More than 16,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres.
This resource includes the Main series, the Documentary Series, and the Yearbook Series. It can also be searched using Gale Literary Sources.
History Reference Center
Full text for more than 2,500 reference books, encyclopedias, books, and articles from nearly 170 history periodicals. Can also use their browseable interface here .
Access provided by Wisconsin DPI via Badgerlink.
Literary Reference Center Plus
A comprehensive literary reference which offers information from over 1,000 books and monographs, literary encyclopedias, and hundreds of literary journals.
Access provided by Wisconsin DPI via Badgerlink.
WorldCat.org
Search the catalogs of more than 10,000 participating libraries worldwide. Find items in libraries close to you by entering your location.
Especially useful for finding editions of a play, recordings of a play, films of a play produced for the screen, and adaptations.

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