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Key Resources
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Electronic Journal Center (OhioLINK) This link opens in a new window
Includes the full text of more than 7000 online research journals covering many subject areas.
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Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Indexes and abstracts the research literature of modern (1450d- ) world history (excluding the United States and Canada, see America: History and Life).
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International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Covers all aspects of theatre and performance in 126 countries.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Full-text access to the back issues of scholarly journals as well as ebooks in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, some of which date back to the 1800s. Supports such disciplines as biological sciences, business and economics, education, history, language and literature, mathematics and statistics, music, political sciences and sociology.
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MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Includes books, articles, and more published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics.
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Times Digital Archive (London, England : 1785-) This link opens in a new window
The Times of London has covered all major international events from the French Revolution to the War in Iraq. The Times Digital Archive, 1785–2013 makes 228 years of this highly regarded resource available for students and researchers of 19th-, 20th-, and early 21st-century history, literature, culture, business, art and architecture, and more.
Websites
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19th Century Acts!A free online resource gathering information, including digital images, of 19th century theatre culture.
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Before ShakespeareA blog run by a team of academics interested in English playhouse culture before the time of Shakespeare.
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Bristol Archives -- Old Vic PlaybillsScanned images of playbills from the Old Vic playhouse as far back as the mid 1700s.
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Early Modern London TheatresA research database the grew out of a collaboration between between the Records of Early English Drama (REED) at the University of Toronto, the Department of Digital Humanities (DDH) at King's College London, and the Department of English at the University of Southampton.
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The London Stage DatabaseA searchable version of the iconic reference text 'The London Stage', which has information about the London theatrical scene from the 1660s to the end of the 18th century.
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Shakespearean London TheatresA collaborative projects between De Montfort University and the Victoria and Albert Museum to provide histories, maps, and guides of early modern theatres.
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TheatregoingA blog that collects accounts of what going to the theater was like, from the 1600s to today.
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