Contains records referencing arts and humanities subjects. (Tip: in an Author search, use the last name and first initial). (more info)

Indexes essays in books and anthologies. (more info)

A bibliographic database that provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for 300+ publications in the fields of film and television. (more info)

FLI annually indexes 150 film and television periodicals from 1976 to 2001 for articles on film and television. The periodicals range from the scholarly and critical to the popular. (more info)

Gives locations of printed plays in collections, anthologies and periodicals at Portland State University. (more info)

LitFinder includes full text poems, stories, plays, essays, and speeches. (more info)

Literature, language, linguistics, folklore. (more info)

A Resource for Theatre Historians and Students of the Theatre's History

Streaming video of 250 performances of leading plays. (more info)

Indexes and abstracts more than 8,300 journals; almost 4,700 of these titles are in full text. (more info)

Full text of scholarly journals, from earliest issues up to 3-5 years ago. (more info)

Full text articles from scholarly journals in the arts and humanities, social sciences, and mathematics. (more info)

One of the largest and most comprehensive archives of the theatrical arts. While most items have to be viewed in New York, the website provides access to items in their digital gallery, as well as links to resources on full text play sources, history, musical theatre, vaudeville, circus, design and stagecraft, and international theatre, to name a few.

This is the the Theater and Dance Research Guide from Yale University Library. It is designed for Yale students, but there is much here that may be used by the general public, such as the links under Reference Sources

"The Internet Magazine of Stage Reviews and Opinions." It also includes a list of index links for theater reviews in specific cities and links to other resources.

Similar to the Internet Movie Database (IMdb.com), this site is searchable by show, person, theatre, song title, character/role, and production role; there is also an advanced search option.

"The Internet Theater Magazine of Reviews, Features, Annotated Listings." The latest reviews and features are organized by location on the home page; the site is also searchable. As the site is geared towards people who travel to see plays, it provides links for theaters, restaurants, hotels, and other attractions in the cities they cover. The site is updated regularly.

All of the plays are available for download, as a whole or scene by scene.

Detailed information on Shakespeare's plays

Source for purchase of American plays of the past 50 years.

Connects to a wide range of theatre related sites. Includes sites for specific cultural & ethnic groups.

Contains links to comprehensive sites, often unique or interesting, which are productive for researchers.

Biographical skeches and filmographies of actors, directors and producers. Castlists, reviews and pre-release information on films. Includes Film Festival releases.

Discussion on cutting-edge alternative films and film making

Links to film resources, institutes, festivals catalogs and commentary.

Source for purchase of films. Includes Awards lists, movie news and trivia.

From one of the premier libraries in performing arts in the country. Links on film topics such as genres, history, independent films, industry news and statistics, production, screenwriting, film festivals, stock footage resources, film schools, and international resources.

The website is a blog-style site updated regularly by Ms. Zupko and colleagues. She has a lengthy list of links to academic articles on film; it is also worthwhile to check out the "Bibliographies" section for those pertaining to film. This site is an excellent resource for references to academic materials on popular culture.

Devoted to scholarly aspects of film. Includes sites on directors, filmmaking and preservation, history, international film, legal and political issues, and women in film.

Comprehensive site from the Library of Congress "American Memory" project. Covers dances from the 15th through the 20th century.

Collection of over 3,500 links to classical ballet and modern dance resources.

Links to a wide range of dance. This site has extensive indexes of links to dance companies of all styles and from all countries. The "Miscellaneous Dance Resources" and "Dance Web Indices" sections have links on a wide array of dance-related topics, including health, medicine, and physiology; history, research, and reference; production resources; dance photography and videography; and many more.

An overview of the legal history of copyrighting choreography.

Composed of 170 terms from "Technical Manual & Dictionary of Classical Ballet" published by Dover.

Provides links to sites arranged by dance style. Links are to three kinds of dance web sites: sites that have good collections of links, usually in a specialized area of dance; sites that include information about an area of dance; and selected sites of dance organizations and individual dancers.

Links to hundreds of sites arranged by Subject.

From one of the largest and most comprehensive archives in the world devoted to the documentation of dance. There are links to dance materials in their digital gallery. See also the extensive list of links on dance-related topics such as dancer's health, movement forms, technology and dance, and online journals, magazines and newspapers.