A useful starting point for resources to support your research in theatre and performance studies.
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International bibliography of theatre and dance This link opens in a new windowContains full text of 100 journals related to theatre and dance and full text of 50 books on related topics. Includes a significant number of English literature journals.
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Music & performing arts collections (Alexander Street Press) This link opens in a new windowA large collection of video, text and audio. Includes classical music scores, opera, tracks, playlists, performances, composers, instruments, ensembles, venues, time periods, dance, film, jazz, theatre, popular and world music. The link will take you to home page, you can locate the collection in Disciplines.
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Drama online This link opens in a new windowA research tool for drama and literature students, professors, and teachers. It contains scripts of plays, criticisms, books, images, articles and video & audio of plays and performances, including translated non-English-language works. There is also an option to browse for works by Playwright.
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ReelDanceAccess videos about dance in Australia and New Zealand via the Moving Image collection.
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medici.tvLarge online collection of classical music, operas and ballets. Discover live broadcasts from prestigious venues and archived concerts, artist portraits, documentaries, and education programs. Compare different interpretations of the same work and explore composers, artists, periods, and genres.
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AusStage This link opens in a new windowA directory of Australian arts heritage resources including but not limited to playbills, performer biographies, performance details, and organisation information.
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JSTOR: the scholarly journal archive This link opens in a new windowFull-text scholarly content providing retrospective online access to many important journals in a wide range of disciplines and subject areas in the arts and sciences. 19th century +
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Project muse This link opens in a new windowFull-text access to peer-reviewed journal articles in the social sciences from many of the world's leading university presses and scholarly societies.
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