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Thompson Library has information to support research about plays, play production, and the people involved in theater, as well as streaming recordings of many play productions. The databases listed below should be useful for most library research in theater and dance, and more databases (including collections of videotaped and audiotaped plays) are available in the A-Z Database Lists.
Full-text access to the archives of core scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and science, plus full text ebooks and open access content.
Access extended! Some journals in JSTOR are available for U-M Flint until June 30, 2023, after which they are expected to become unavailable. Many other journals will remain accessible.
Mostly 3-5 years & older full text. African American studies, anthropology, botany, business, ecology, economics, education, general science, geography, history, language & literature, mathematics, philosophy, political science, sociology, statistics.
Dates of coverage vary by journal title. All go back to the very first issue published, but most have a "moving wall" embargo that excludes issues from the most recent X years (where X can be anywhere from 0 up to 10 years, depending on the particular journal; most are in the 3 to 5 year embargo range).
Hint: Use documents to find useful keywords and concepts, and retrieve matching JSTOR content, via JSTOR Text Analyzer
As a public service during the COVID-19 pandemic, JSTOR provided subscribing libraries access to journals free of charge. This expanded access is expected to expire on June 30, 2023, but the Thompson Library will continue to have permanent access to hundreds of journals through JSTOR. Please contact the Thompson Library if you have any questions.
Includes these collections:
1864-present; index of articles in theatre, dance, & film.
This comprehensive resource includes major reference materials, plays, people, theatres, productions, and production companies, images, playbills, postcards, scrapbooks, and other resources. Covers the following collections, which can be viewed independently.