Use these library databases to find articles or reviews of performing arts.
JSTOR is an online library of journals, academic ebooks, images, and primary sources. JSTOR helps you explore a wide range of scholarly content with additional research tools and features. ArtSTOR is included in JSTOR.
provides an international mix of scholarly, professional, and consumer periodicals that cover over 150 subjects, including business, the sciences, medical, technology, literature, the arts, and history. Research Library is updated daily with new content and includes a deep backfile, providing users with deeper historical context. A key multidisciplinary resource, Research Library is built on renowned ProQuest vocabulary and indexing and brings all of these resources together through a single user-friendly interface.
Books and Plays
You will find books on the performing arts both on Thigpen Library shelves and online.
An essential resource for the study and teaching of English and American literature. Over 350,000 literary works include a vast library of key criticism and reference resources. The online library explores poetry, drama and prose, full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources.
Find information on the PERFORMING ARTS with these suggested resources.
Other guides on the Arts include:
A multidisciplinary collection of streaming videos. AVON includes films from Sony Picture Classics, A&E Television Network programs, and thousands more videos from reputable and well known publishers. Alexander Street's products are curated, discipline-focused, primary-source collections, websites, and streaming media for learning and research.
Streaming video collection. 37 Shakespeare plays created for BBC television 1978-1985.
Digital Theatre+ provides a rich collection of resources designed to elevate the study of Theatre and Performance, with new content added to the platform on a regular basis.
Streaming video collection. Master Academic Video Collection includes Ken Burns' documentaries, newsreels, TED talks, and programs from BBC, PBS, History Education, HBO, and many more producers of quality programs. Closed-captioned with transcripts
Journals and magazines in drama, music, art history, and film-making. NOTE: Access limited by IP to users located in Tennessee. Resource provided by Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL).
Official publication of the Society of Health and Physical Educators. JOPERD is an authoritative, professional source for educators in physical education, sport, recreation, and dance in all settings. It features articles about teaching methods, curriculum, teacher preparation, professional issues, coaching, youth sports, fitness, recreation, and dance.
Covers several core subjects, including art, education, humanities, law, social sciences and technology. It provides topical coverage on ethnic studies, women's studies and history.
EBSCOhost database collection. Specialized subsets are available.
Oxford Music Online, home of Grove Music Online, is the world’s premier online music encyclopedia, offering comprehensive coverage of music, musicians, music-making, and music scholarship. The authoritative reference for music research with articles written by musical scholars and experts. Grove charts diverse history, theory, and cultures of music around the globe. Based on a work first published in 1879 and updated frequently, Grove has been in continuous publication for over a century and now publishes hundreds of new articles and article revisions each year. The reference collection that includes Grove Music Online, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, and The Oxford Companion to Music.
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