This web page is an online workshop for students in David Krasner's Theater Studies 375a, Topics in Drama and Performance. This guide should provide a framework and a starting point for research, but there are also people to help with specific questions. The library has several research workshops that expand on the online tutorials provided here and there is always a reference librarian who can help at the Reference Desk in Sterling Memorial Library.
Barbara
Rockenbach
Instructional Services Librarian, Arts Library
September 10, 1999
Table of Contents:
1. People & places to know in the Yale Library2. Finding...
books & journals
articles and scholarly criticism in journals (bibliographies, indexes, & other resources)
short critical essays in reference books
theater reviews in magazines and newspapers
resources on Expressionism in Art, Architecture, & Literature
People
and Places to know in the Yale
Library
- Library Research Workstation-The Yale University Library Research Workstation is the primary gateway to all of the Library's electronic resources (including Orbis), as well as information about print and manuscript collections.
- Reference Questions - Send a reference librarian a question over email...
- Yale University Library Research Guide in Theater Studies- The Research Guide in Theater Studies provides pointers to the print and microform collections, online databases, internet resources, and other resources for conducting research in Theater Studies in the Yale University Library.
- Drama Library
- Arts Library
Finding
books and journals
Orbis
The first place to start looking for books and journals is
the Yale Library online catalog Orbis. Together Orbis and
Morris (the law library catalog) represent the Yale Library
online catalog. Only materials cataloged after 1977 will be
found in these online versions. Pre-1977 materials (about
half of the libraries collection) can be found in the
card
catalog at Sterling Memorial Library. Start with
Orbis to determine what material Yale owns (books,
journals, etc.) and where it is located.
Sample title, subject, & keyword searches in Orbis:
t=plays of georg buchner
t=theatre journal
s=Kandinsky Wassily
s=expressionism bibliography
k=epic and drama
Locating Journals in the Yale Library
Finding books on plays, people, genres and other topics
Eureka &
Worldcat
Eureka (RLG) and Worldcat (OCLC) are two databases that
offer online access to library materials in research,
corporate, and public libraries, as well as museums,
archives and historical societies throughout the country.
Materials found in these databases that are not at Yale can
be interlibrary loaned to Yale for use. These databases
cover books and journals, plus items such as maps, sound
recordings, musical scores, films, archives, and computer
files.
Connect to Eureka or Worldcat
Eureka Search Guide
Worldcat Search Guide
Finding
articles in journals (bibliographies, indexes, & other
resources)
Magazine and journal articles can be found be
searching in periodical indexes and bibliographies. To find
bibliographies and indexes in addition to the ones listed
below use the following Orbis searches...
Bibliographies:
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Bibliographies: |
Indexes: 1. In orbis search
s=theater--periodicals--indexes |
Arts &
Humanities Citation Index (via Web of Science)
(Philadelphia, Institute for Scientific Information)
Print version: SML, Reference. Z5937 +A795 (LC)
The database covers 1980 to the present, and the print volumes go back to 1975. An international interdisciplinary index to the literature of the arts and humanities. Published in three parts:* Citation Index (through which you can find what later articles have cited earlier books or articles
* Source Index (an author index)
* Permuterm Subject Index (which offers keyword access to the titles of articles)
The Dramatic Index. Boston: Boston Book, 1909-1949. SML AI3 M343 (LC)
Also known as Annual Magazine Subject-Index. Indexes articles and illustrations in American and English periodicals and includes books, printed plays, government publications, and pamphlets. The Dramatic Index was published as Part II of Magazine Subject Index.
Humanities Abstracts/Full-Text ( Bronx, NY : H.W. Wilson Co.)
Humanities Abstracts Full Text covers the fields of archaeology and classical studies, art and photography, folklore, general scholarship, history, journalism and communications, language and literature, literary and political criticism, music and performing arts, philosophy, and religion and theology. Periodical coverage includes some of the best-known scholarly journals and numerous lesser-known but important specialized magazines. Full-text coverage begins in January 1995.
International Bibliography of Theatre. [Brooklyn, N.Y.] : Theatre Research Data Center, Brooklyn College, City University of New York ; New York, NY : Distributed by the Publishing Center for Cultural Resources, 1982- . SML Reference, Z6935 +I53 (LC) Drama Reference, Z6935 +I53 (LC)
Major index of theater materials published throughout the world from 1982 to the present. Includes books, dissertations, periodicals, and ephemeral publications on all aspects of theater, performance and dance.
The International Index to the Performing Arts (Alexandria, VA : Chadwyck-Healey, Inc., 1998-)
IIPA indexes more than 200 scholarly and popular performing arts periodicals as well as biographical profiles, conference papers, obituaries, interviews, discographies, reviews and events. IIPA has full text coverage of articles from 1998 to the present, while the pre-1998 articles are indexed with a full citation and abstract. Find articles here on dance, film, television, drama, theater, stagecraft, musical theater, broadcast arts, circus performance, comedy, storytelling, opera, pantomime, puppetry, magic and more.
Periodicals Contents Index (Alexandria, VA: Chadwyck-Healey, 1993- )
PCI Web indexes the contents of thousands of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences, from their first issues to 1990/1991. The scope is international, including journals in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and other Western languages.
Finding
short critical essays in reference books
To find criticism in reference books, first start
with Orbis. Most of the reference books will be located in
the Sterling Memorial Library Reference Room.
Orbis search examples:
S=Drama--20th Century--History and Criticism--Bibliography
(can substitute different time periods)
S=American drama--History and Criticism--Bibliography (can
substitue different subjects, e.g., english drama)
Adelman, Irving and Rita Dworkin. Modern Drama: a Checklist of Critical Literature on Twentieth Century Plays. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow, 1967. SML Reference Z5781 A33 (LC)
Includes both general studies and studies of individual plays.
Breed, Paul F. and Florence M. Sniderman. Dramatic Criticism Index: a Bibliography of Commentaries on Playwrights from Ibsen to the Avant-Garde. Detroit: Gale Research, 1972. SML Reference Z5781 B74 Drama Reference Z5781 B74 (LC)
Cites criticism found in English-language monographs and periodicals. Arranged by playwright's name. Indexes to critics and to play titles.
Coleman, Arthur and Gary R. Tyler. Drama Criticism: a Checklist of Interpretations Since 1940 of English and American Plays. Denver: 1966. SML Z1231 D7 C65 Drama Reference Z1231 D7 C65
A quick way to find citations to criticism published during the years 1940-1964. Arranged by playwright, then play, with a separate section on Shakespeare.
Critical Survey of Drama. Frank N. Magill, ed. Pasadena, Calif.: Salem Press, c1994. SML Reference, PR623 C75 1994
A seven volume survey of British and American Drama including bibliographical references, critical essays on drama, and index.
Drama Criticism. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research, Inc., 1991- . Drama, PN1601 +D72 (LC) SML Reference, PN1601 +D72
A good source of basic criticism on major playwrights.
International Dictionary of Theatre. Mark Hawkins, ed. London : St. James Press, 1992- 1994 SML Reference Z5781 +I57X 1992 (LC)
Short critical essays on plays and playwrights. Articles included good introductory listings of critical articles and books. In two volumes: Plays and Playwrights.
Finding
theater reviews in magazines & newspapers
To find theater reviews, first start with Orbis
and search:
S=THEATER--REVIEWS
Academic Search (Ipswich, MA : EBSCO Publishing, [199-?])
EBSCOhost's Academic Search database provides access to
journal articles in most academic areas of study. It
includes full-text coverage of nearly 1,200 journals from
1990 to the present and
abstracts/indexing of nearly 3,000 journals from 1984 to the
present. Search for performance reviews.
Academic Universe (Dayton, OH: Mead Data)
Academic Universe is a full-text news and information service that provides access to newspapers, magazines, transcripts, business and legal information and much more. For reviews search under News, and choose Arts & Sports (Reviews, entertainment & sports news ).
International Index to Periodicals ( New York : H.W. Wilson Co., 1907-1965.) SML Reference Index Case, AI1 S63 (LC)
Index to scholarly and general interest publications beginning in the year 1907. Consult each annual volume under Dramas -- Criticism, Plots to retrieve a list of reviews. Continued by Humanities Index and Humanities Abstracts Full Text via WilsonWeb.
New York Theatre Critics' Reviews. New York, Critics' Theatre Reviews, inc., 1940-1994. SML Stacks, PN1707 A1 +N48 (LC) Drama Periodicals, N
"Theatre reviews is a complete guide and record of the New York Stage, reprinted from New York Sun, New York Times, New York Herald Tribune, New York Post, New York Daily News, New York World Telegram" (1940-) ;reprinted from the New York Daily News, Wall Street Journal, Time, New York Post, Women's Wear Daily, New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, Newsweek, NBC (1976-). Continued by National theatre critics' reviews.
New York Times Theater Reviews. (New York: New
York Times, 1870 -) SML Reference, PN2266 +N48
Drama Reference, PN2266 +N48 (LC)
Indexed photographic reprints of theater reviews as they appeared in the the New York Times from 1870 to the present. There are cumulative indexes for the years 1870-1919 and 1920-1970. Subsequent indexes are in each annual volume. The most current New York Times reviews can be found online in Lexis-Nexis Universe.
Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature (New York: HW Wilson, 1901-) SML Reference, AI1 R43 (LC)
Index to articles in popular american magazines. To find reviews, search each annual volume under the name of the playwright, or look under Dramas -- Criticism, Plots. Continued by Readers' Guide Abstracts Full Text via WilsonWeb.
Salem, James. A Guide to Critical Reviews. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 197? -. SML, Reference Z5781 S25 1973 (LC)
In three volumes: American Drama, 1909-1982, The Musical, 1909-1989, and Foreign Drama, 1909-1977. An index to reviews of plays and musicals produced in New York published in U.S. and Canadian Periodicals.
Samples, Gordon. How to Locate Review of Plays and Films: a bibliography of criticism from the beginnings to the present. (Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1976). SML, Reference Z5781 S19 (LC)
A guide for locating theater and film criticism in books, newspapers, magazines and other sources.
Finding
resources on Expressionism in Art, Architecture, &
Literature
Art
**There are so many resources on art and expressionism in Orbis that a simple subject search, s=expressionism (art) produces enough resources to get started. Use the indexes below to find articles in journals on expressionsim and art.
Art Abstracts and Art Index Retrospective Bronx, N.Y.: H.W. Wilson Co.
The online versions of Art Abstracts and Art Index have identical coverage with the exception of the addition of abstracts in the Art Abstracts database (since 1994). Both publications have a start date of September 1984 and includes periodicals, yearbooks, museum bulletins, competition and award notices, exhibition listings, interviews, film reviews, and more. The print volumes of Art Index begin in 1929. Art Index Retrospective indexes journals back to 1971.
Bibliography of the History of Art Santa Monica, Calif. : J. Paul Getty Trust, ; Vandoeuvre-Nancy, France : Centre national de la recherche scientifique], 1973-
Contains records describing the current literature of art, including books, museum and exhibition catalogs, Festschriften, congress and symposium proceedings, dissertations, and journal articles in more than 3,000 periodicals. Produced by the Getty Information Institute (formerly the Getty Art History Information Program) and the Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique (INIST). BHA incorporates the art indexes RILA (International Repertory of the Literature of Art) and RAA (Repertoire d'art et d'archeologie). Updated quarterly.
Architecture
Avery Index . Los Angeles, Calif.: Getty Information Institute. Database coverage 1977-1994
The database includes approximately 219,000 records representing publications in more than 1,000 journals, and is updated daily. The print volumes incorporate all records produced by the Index staff at Columbia University since 1934; some records date from as early as the1860's.
Literature
Gale Literary
Databases: Contemporary Authors, Contemporary
Literary Cricitism, and Dictionary of Literary Biography.
Detroit, MI : Gale Research
Contemporary Authors: SML Reference, Z1224 +C654 (LC);
Z1224 +C66 (LC)
Dictionary of Literary Biography: SML Reference, PN451
+D53
Contemporary Literary Criticism: SML Reference, PN771
+C59
When you simultaneously search Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select (CLC Select) and Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB), you'll find in-depth information on the lives and writings of nearly 100,000 authors along with critical reaction to their works. This series includes integrated indexes to both the DLB and CLC print series.
MLA Bibliography New York : Modern Language Association of America
An index to critical materials on literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore, excluding book reviews. The database (online and CD-ROM) provides access to citations from over 4,000 journals and series published worldwide, as well as books, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies. The print volumes go back to 1921 and the database covers from 1963 to the present. The MLA Bibliography continues the Modern Language Association Annual Bibliography. For earlier volumes, check the SML Card Catalog under "Modern Language Association."
Borsi, Franco. Architettura dell'espressionismo. Genova, Vitali e Ghianda; Paris, Vincent, Freal & Cie, 1967. Gliksohn,
Demastes, William W. Theatre of chaos : beyond absurdism, into orderly disorder. New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998. Jean-Michel. L'expressionnisme litteraire.1 ed. Paris : Presses universitaires de France, c1990.
Kuhns, David F. German expressionist theatre : the actor and the stage. Cambridge. New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Pehnt, Wolfgang. Architektur des Expressionismus. English Expressionist architecture. English translation by J. A. Underwood and Edith Kustner. New York, Praeger [1973]
Raabe, Paul. Index Expressionismus. Nendeln, Liechtenstein, Kraus-Thomson Organization, 1972.
Richard, Lionel. Encyclopedie de
l'expressionnisme: Phaidon encyclopedia of expressionism :
Painting and the
graphic arts, sculpture, architecture, literature, drama,
the expressionist stage, cinema, musi Paris : Somogy,
c1978.
Sanchez, Sanchez. Brecht y el expresionismo : reconstruccion de un dialogo revolucionario. Cuenca : Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, c1992.
Sharp, Dennis. Modern architecture and expressionism. [1st American ed.] New York, G. Braziller [1967, c1966] .
Spalek, John M. German expressionism in the fine arts: a bibliography; index by Bruce M. Broerman. Los Angeles : Hennessey & Ingalls, 1977.
Styan, J. L. Modern drama in
theory and practice. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge
University Press, 1981.
Includes Expressionism and epic theater.
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