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Reference works

Credo Reference
Hundreds of authoritative dictionaries, encyclopedias, fact books, guides, companions and more from respected publishers across dozens of major subject areas.

Wikipedia
A communally-written encyclopedia. Anyone can edit or contribute an entry, at any time. Excellent for locating controversies on a topic and getting ideas for research papers. The bibliographies often point to scholarly resources. Not itself a scholarly source per se, with no authority control. Compare with Scholarpedia.
A Companion to Twentieth Century American Drama

Books (scholarly/secondary)

Encompass Search.
Encompass Search searches for books and other resources, first in our own library, and then beyond, in other research libraries.

Subject: su:Gay theater

Interlibrary loan this book:
Out on Stage: Lesbian and Gay
Theatre in the Twentieth Century

Interlibrary loan this book:
The queerest art : essays on lesbian and gay theater

Interlibrary loan this book:
Contemporary Feminist Theatres-To Each Her
Own

Subject: su:African American theater History

Google Books
An excellent source for full-text of primary documents as they appear in public domain (pre-1923) books and magazines.

Scholarly/secondary journal articles

Academic Search Complete
A database of both scholarly and popular publications in a wide variety of disciplines and subject areas, including psychology. Most full text is linked directly in the database; otherwise use the Check for Full Text buttons to check for full text online or in the library.

Google Scholar
May be used in conjunction with interlibrary loan. Access to full text is maximized by searching from the Muhlenberg network.

International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance with Full Text
Definitive research tool for the study of theatre and the performing arts with many links to full text.
JSTOR
A substantive archive of about 3,000 full text scholarly journals plus scholarly books in the arts, humanities, social sciences and biological sciences. As an archive, there is typically a lag time of 3-5 years from publication until new issues appear in JSTOR. Journals include core titles from a variety of disciplines: history, economics, biology, and more.

Hide and Seek: the Search for a Lesbian Theatre Aesthetic
Interlibrary loan this article.
Lesbianism and Lesbian Theatre

Black Studies Center
Historical and current material for researching the past, present and future of African-Americans, the wider African Diaspora, and Africa itself.
Scholarly essays, recent periodicals, historical newspaper articles, a periodical index, videos, images, and more, combined from several resources: Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, International Index to Black Periodicals (IIBP), The Chicago Defender, and the Black Literature Index. The database is a rich source of full text peer-reviewed journals such as Africa Policy Journal, African American Review, African Arts, African Economic History, African Studies Quarterly, Africana, and scores of others.

Hemispheric Institute of NYU

MLA International Bibliography
Premier scholarly index, with numerous links to full text, to criticism in the areas of literature, language, linguistics, film studies, and folklore, published from 1920-present.

Reviews and other news and personal websites

New York Times Digital Archive, 1851-4 years ago
Includes full text PDF images of the New York Daily Times (1851-1857) and the New York Times (1857- 4 years ago). Index searches within1851 to 1993 using The New York Times Index.
U.S. Newsstream
Search current U.S. news content, as well as archives that stretch back into the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in full-text format. Includes key national and regional news sources beyond the northeast:
The Chicago Tribune (1985-present)
Los Angeles Times (1985-present
USA Today (1988-present)
Wall Street Journal (1984-present)
Washington Post (1987-present)
Titles are cross searchable with all newspapers on the ProQuest platform.

Google

Citing sources

For tips on citing print and electronic sources, visit Trexler Library's Citation Guides for Print and Electronic Resources.

Or visit the Online Writing Lab at Purdue.

For automated citation, try the shareware Zotero. Directions for installing Zotero here.

For help with annotated bibliographies, visit Purdue's Online Writing Lab for definitions and format of an annotation.

Articles and books via interlibrary loan

Articles and books not found in Trexler Library can be ordered on interlibrary loan.

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