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Oxford Reference
Provides full-text access to information and background articles about every topic from across Oxford University Press’s Dictionaries, Companions and Encyclopedias.

Dates of Coverage: Various
Drama Online
Limited subscription. Includes access to selected playtexts and scholarly works from British and Canadian publishers.

Subject Matter Timeframe: Aeschylus to the present day
Dates of Coverage: 499 B.C. - Current

Literature Criticism Online
Search here for information on Goldoni, Gozzi, and the Italian theatre.

Dates of Coverage: Classical and Medieval Period - Current
MLA International Bibliography
Provides access to books, articles, film criticisms, and websites on topics in literature, modern languages, folklore and linguistics.

Dates of Coverage: 1925 - Current
JSTOR
Archive of articles from scholarly journals for arts, sciences, social sciences and humanities. Includes selected book chapters and primary sources.

Dates of Coverage: 1600s - Current
Project MUSE
Full text of books and journals from university presses and scholarly societies in the humanities and social sciences.

Date of Foundation: 1993
Dates of Coverage: Various
Factiva
Search national and internal newspapers, magazines, and trade publications for theatre reviews.

Dates of Coverage: 1951 - Current

Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare Project
Provides access to relevant citations in reviews, criticism, promotional materials, and other scholarship that deals with Canadian adaptations of Shakespeare and Shakespearean studies in general.

Subject Matter Timeframe: Elizabethan Era (1560 - 1630) or Mid-16th Century - Mid-17th Century
Dates of Coverage: 2004 - Current

North American Theatre Online
Provides information about playwrights, plays, theatres, actors and production companies from Canada and the United States.

Dates of Coverage: Colonialism - Current
Theatre in Video: Volume I
Brings together hundreds of the world’s most important plays, documentaries, instructional materials, and interviews with writers, directors, actors and designers covering a wide range of 20th century theatre history.

Subject Matter Timeframe: 20th Century