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Finding Full Text Plays

Article and Research Databases

Print Journals at the MCC Library

Reference Sources and Books
  • Reference Books
  • eBooks
  • Subject Areas in Library


  • Electronic Journals
  • Select Titles
  • Browse by Subject
  • Free (Open Access) Sites


  • Scholarly Resources on the Internet
  • Portals
  • More Sites
  • Finding Full Text Plays
  • Library Online Catalog
    Instructions: In the drop down box, choose "Title Keyword and Contents" and enter the play title or playwright.
  • Naxos Spoken Word Library
    Explanation: Audio readings of classical drama (Shakespeare, Wilde, Ibsen, etc) with some accompanying text.
  • ProQuest Learning: Literature - Literary Works Search
    Instructions: Under "Search in," select just the Plays option.
  • Project Gutenberg: Out of Copyright Works only
  • EServer Drama Collection: Plays


  • Article and Research Databases
  • Academic Search Complete (Ebsco)
  • eLibrary Curriculum (ProQuest)
  • Humanities Full Text (WilsonWeb)
  • ProQuest Learning: Literature
  • MasterFILE Premier (Ebsco)
  • OmniFile Full Text Mega (WilsonWeb)
  • Student Research Center Interface (Ebsco)
  • World History Collection (Ebsco)
  • Literature Resource Center (Gale, choose the keyword search)



    Print Journals at the MCC Library
  • Dance Magazine
  • Entertainment Design
  • Film Quarterly
  • Modern Drama
  • Opera News
  • Paris Review
  • Rolling Stone
  • Shakespeare Quarterly
  • Sight and Sound
  • TDR: the Drama Review
  • Text and Performance Quarterly
  • Theatre Journal
  • Theatre Topics
  • Times Literary Supplement



    Reference Sources and Books

    Reference Books
  • The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre & Performance
    PN 2035 .094
  • Dramatists Sourcebook Complete Opportunities for Playwrights, Translators, Composers, Lyricists and Librettists
    PN 2289 .D73 2000z
  • McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama : An International Reference Work in 5 volumes
    PN 1625 .M3 1984


    eBooks
  • netLibrary (eBook database)
  • eBrary (eBook database)
  • Cambridge Collections Online (Cambridge University Press, eBook database)


  • Specific eBook Titles
  • Group Creativity: Music, Theater, Collaboration (eBook)
    Sawyer, R. Keith. Mahwah, N.J.: L. Erlbaum Associates, 2003.
  • History of European Drama and Theatre (eBook)
    Fischer-Lichte, Erika. London; New York: Routledge, 2002.
  • A Sourcebook on Naturalist Theatre (eBook)
    Innes, C. D. London; New York: Routledge, 2000.
  • The Theatrical Event: Dynamics of Performance and Perception (ebook)
    Sauter, Willmar. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2000.
  • Performing History: Theatrical Representations of the Past in Contemporary Theatre (eBook)
    Rokem, Freddie. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2000.
  • A Sourcebook of African-American Performance: Plays, People, Movements (ebook)
    Bean, Annemarie. London; New York : Routledge, 1999.
  • Great Jobs for Theater Majors (ebook)
    Goldberg, Jan. Lincolnwood, Ill.: VGM Career Horizons, 1998.


    Subject Areas in Library Shelves (see Library of Congress for complete list)
  • PN 1560 – PN 3299 The Performing Arts and Drama
  • PN 6110.5 – PN 6120 Collections of General Literature: Drama
  • PR 621 English Literature: Drama (by period)
  • PR 1241 Collections of English Literature: Drama
  • PS 330 – PS 353 American Literature: Drama
  • PS 623 Collections of American Literature: Drama




    Electronic Journals

    Full-Text in Selected Journals
  • Variety
  • Theatre History Studies
  • Live design: Envision.Build.Tech.Go
  • American Theatre

    Browse E-Journals by Subject
  • Drama

    Free (Open Access) Sites
  • Directory of Open Access Journals: Arts & Architecture: Performing Arts




  • Scholarly Resources on the Internet

    Portals or Subject Directories
  • Digital Librarian – Performing Arts
  • DMOZ - Open Directory Project – Arts – Performing Arts - Theatre
  • Infomine – Visual & Performing Arts
  • Librarians' Internet Index – Arts & Humanities – Performing Arts
  • Theatre Database (Search this database by theatre, person, play, song title, or character)


  • More Sites
  • Theatre Communications Group Online
  • Getting Started in Acting (TheatrGROUP Theatre Company)
  • Glossary of Technical Theatre Terms (University of Exeter)
  • The History of Costume
  • Milieux Costume Site
  • Playbill Online



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