LibGuides: Performing Arts: Subject databases

Useful Resources

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Complete (ASC), designed specifically for academic institutions, is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals
Arts & Humanities Database This link opens in a new window
American based database giving full-text to a selection of arts and humanities journals.
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Leading scholarly business database providing information about the music industry from individual companies to key issues like copyright.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Academic journal articles but normally with a 6 year embargo, so generally better to use for research with a more historical perspective.

Drama Online This link opens in a new window
Collection of playtexts, critical theatre textbooks and videos of performances. Includes National Theatre and Shakespeare Globe performances. Also, Patsy Rodenburg voice coach videos.

BBC Shakespeare
Access to older BBC TV and radio recordings - both the plays themselves and also behind the scenes direction. Use your Coventry Uni details to login.

International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Main theatre databases providing full-text of theatre, dance and performance scholarly and trade journals.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Historically focussed scholarly articles database with an approximately six year embargo - so use for researching for older information - not current.

Taylor & Francis Journals
T&F produce the following key theatre journals:
Research and Drama Education
Dramatherapy
Login and then go to OpenAthens and look for Cov Uni.

Pressreader.com
Read popular magazines and newspapers from around the world. Has music and entertainment categories.

Lexis+ This link opens in a new window
Lexis+ is a newspaper and legal database. British national and many local daily & Sunday newspapers are in full text.
US Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Full text of American newspapers