Research Guides: Theatre 238: Library Instruction: Databases

Literature and History Databases

All Literature and Literary Criticism Databases

Gale Literature
A gateway to several literary databases including Literature Criticism Online, Literature Resource Center, MLA, GVRL and Something about the Author Online.

History
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OneSearch

Academic Journal Databases

J-STOR

Project Muse
Offers nearly 250 journal titles from 40 scholarly publishers. Covers fields of literature and criticism, history, visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others.
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Humanities Source
Authoritative resource in all aspects of the humanities, with worldwide content pertaining to literary, scholarly, and creative thought, providing access to more than 1,450 full-text journals dating back to 1907. Subjects include archaeology,
area studies, Art, classical studies, communications, dance, film, folklore, gender studies, history, journalism, linguistics, literary and social criticism, literature, music, performing arts, philosophy,
religion, and theology.

Google Scholar
Not actually a database, but useful nonetheless.

Databases at NYPL

Most of the theater related databases available through the New York Public Library are only accessible at one of the research branches in the system. You can locate the research libraries (mostly at the Performing Arts Library) at: http://www.nypl.org/locations

Databases available through the NYPL: http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases

Literary Criticism and Theory databases

Finding Databases

1. Go to Library website: http://www.lehman.cuny.edu/library

2. Click on Database A-Z List

"Find-It!" & ILLiad

Search results contain some articles that only have citations and abstracts. "FIND-IT!" generates a search on all subscription databases at Lehman to locate the FULL TEXT of these articles.

Using Find-It! & ILLiad to Locate Journal Articles

Theatre 238: Library Instruction: Databases