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Banham, Martin, ed.  The Cambridge Guide to Theatre.  New York:  Cambridge University Press, 1995.
     Ref. PN2035 .C27 1995

Bordman, Gerald.  Oxford Companion to American Theatre.  New York:  Oxford University Press, 1984.
     Ref. PN2220 .B6 1992

Bronner, Edwin.  The Encyclopedia of the American Theatre, 1900-1975. San Diego:  A.S. Barnes, 1980.
     PN2266 .B68 1980

Hochman, Stanley, ed.  McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama.  New York:  McGraw-Hill, 1984.
     Ref. PN1625 .M3 1984     5 vols.

Hodgson, Terry.  The Drama Dictionary.  New York:  New Amsterdam, 1988.
     Ref. PN1625 .H62 1988

Leonard, William T.  Theatre:  Stage to Screen to Television.  Metuchen, NJ:  Scarecrow, 1981.
     Ref. PN2189 .L44 2 vols.

Masterplots II:  Drama Series.  Pasadena, CA:  Salem, 1990.
     Ref. PN6112.5 .M37 1990    4 vols.

Ousby, Ian.  The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English.  2nd ed.  New York:  Cambridge University Press, 1993.
     Ref. PR85 .C29 1993

Packard, William, David Pickering and Charlotte Savidge, eds.  The Facts on File Dictionary of the Theatre.  New York:  Facts on File, 1988.
     Ref. PN2035 .F27 1988

Rubin, Don, ed.  World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre.  New York:  Routledge, 1994.
     Ref. PN1861 .W67 1994     5 vols.

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GENERAL

Bailey, Claudia Jean.  A Guide to Reference and Bibliography for Theatre Research.  2nd ed.  Columbus, OH:  Ohio State University Libraries, 1983.
     PN1620 .A1 B15 1993

Blazek, Ron and Elizabeth Aversa.  The Humanities: A Selective Guide to Information Sources.  4th ed.  Englewood, CO:  Libraries Unlimited, 1994.
     Ref. AZ221 .B53 1994

INTERNATIONAL

Brockett, Oscar and Robert Findlay.  Century of Innovation:  A History of European and American Theatre and Drama Since 1870.  Englewood Cliffs, NJ:  Prentice-Hall, 1973.
     Ref. PN2189 .B64

Carpenter, Charles A.  Modern Drama Scholarship and Criticism, 1966-1990: An International Bibliography.  Toronto:  University of Toronto, 1997.
     Ref. PN1851 .C37 1997
Annual supplements are published in the journal Modern Drama [PN 1861 .M55].

Ortolani, Benito, ed.  International Bibliography of Theatre.  New York:  Theatre Research Data Center, 1985- .
     Ref. PN1561 .I573

Stratman, Carl J.  Bibliography of Medieval Drama.  New York:  Frederick Ungar, 1972.
     Ref. PN1751 .S8 1972     2 vols.

AFRICAN

Gray, John, comp.  Black Theatre and Performance: A Pan-African Bibliography.  New York:  Greenwood, 1990.
     Ref. PN2969 .G72 1990

AMERICAN

American Regional Theatre History to 1900:  A Bibliography.  Carl Larson, comp.  Metuchen, NJ:  Scarecrow, 1979.
     PN2221 .L34 1979

Durham, Weldon, ed.  American Theatre Companies, 1749-1887.  New York:  Greenwood, 1986.
     PN2237 .A43 1986

Durham, Weldon, ed.  American Theatre Companies, 1888-1930.  New York:  Greenwood, 1987.
     PN2256 .A44 1987

Durham, Weldon, ed.  American Theatre Companies, 1931-1986.  New York:  Greenwood, 1989.
     PN2266 .A54 1989

Shaland, Irene.  American Theater and Drama Research:  An Annotated Guide to Information Resources, 1945-1990.  Jefferson, NC:  McFarland, 1991.
     Ref. PN2266.3 .S52 1991

Wilmeth, Don.  The American Stage to World War I:  A Guide to Information Sources.  Detroit:  Gale Research, 1978.
     Z1231 .D7 W55

ENGLISH

Conolly, L.W. and J.P. Wearing.  English Drama and Theatre, 1800-1900.  Detroit:  Gale Research, 1978.
     PR721 .C6

Mikhail, E.H.  An Annotated Bibliography of Modern Anglo-Irish Drama. Troy, NY: Whitston, 1981.
     PR8789 .M52 1981

Stevens, David.  English Renaissance Theatre History: A Reference Guide.  Boston:  G.K. Hall, 1982.
     PN2589 .S8 1982

Stratman, Carl, David G. Spencer, and Mary Devine, eds.  Restoration and 18th Century Theatre Research:  A Bibliographical Guide, 1900-1968.  Carbondale, IL:  Southern Illinois University Press, 1971.
     PR691 .S78

Taylor, Thomas J.  Restoration Drama: An Annotated Bibliography.  Pasadena, CA:  Salem, 1989.
     PR691 .T39 1989

White, D. Jerry.  Early English Drama, Everyman to 1580:  A Reference Guide.  Boston:  G.K. Hall, 1986.
     PR641 .W44 1986

EUROPEAN

Palmer, Helen, comp.  European Drama Criticism. Hamden, CT:  Shoe String, 1968.
     Ref. PN1707 .P34 1968 1 vol. plus 2 supplements to 1972.

GREEK/ROMAN

Forman, Robert J.  Classical Greek and Roman Drama:  An Annotated Bibliography. Pasadena, CA:  Salem, 1989.
     Ref. Z 7018 .D7 F67 1989

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Connor, Billie M. and Helen G. Mochedlover.  Ottemiller's Index to Plays in Collections. Metuchen, NJ:  Scarecrow Press, 1988.
     Ref. PN1655 .O82 1988

Inter-Play
     http://www.lib.pdx.edu/systems/interplay/
An online index to locate printed plays in collections, anthologies, and periodicals.

Play Index (1949/52 - 1988/92).  Irregular.
     Ref. PN1861 .P53 

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American Playwrights since 1945:  A Guide to Scholarship, Criticism, and Performance.  Philip Kolin, ed.  New York:  Greenwood, 1989.
     Ref. Z1231 .D7 A53 1989

Contemporary Authors.  New York:  Gale, 1962 - .
     Ref. Z1224 .C64

Current Biography.  New York:  Wilson, 1940- .
     Ref. CT100 .C8

Dictionary of American Biography (DAB).  New York:  Scribner, 1928- .
     Ref. E176 .D562

Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB).  Detroit:  Gale Research, 1978- .
     Search the SLU Libraries Catalog using this series title, since the various volumes are cataloged with different call numbers.

Dictionary of National Biography (DNB).  New York:  Oxford University Press, 1917- .
     Ref. DA 28 .D45 1921

Magill, Frank N.  Critical Survey of Drama:  Foreign Language Series.  New Jersey:  Salem Press, 1986.
     Ref. PN1625 .C74 1986     6 vols. plus supplement

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The coverage of some indexes is general and interdisciplinary; other indexes have a subject-specific scope.  Virtually all indexing services include abstracts, or summaries, of the indexed publications.  A growing number of indexes contain the full-text or even the full-image of the source material itself.

"In-library access" means the resource is only available in the Reference Department.  Any resources identified as being available via "remote access" are available from Pius Library's Web site [http://www.slu.edu/libraries/pius/].
Note:  Remote access is available to current SLU students, faculty, and staff with a SLU PPP Internet access account.  Those who have a personal Internet Service Provider such as Primary Net, AOL, etc., can access many subscription resources through SLU Proxy Access [http://www.slu.edu/libraries/pius/libinfo/offcamp.html].  A SLU VMS e-mail Username and Password are required.

Academic Search Premier.  1975- .  EBSCOhost.  In-library and remote access.
     Updated daily.  This multidisciplinary database provides indexing and abstracting for 8,040 journals (6,679 are peer-reviewed) with over 4,060 in full text.  Of the peer-reviwed journals 3,529 are full text.  Covers subjects found in college and university curriculums such as biological and medical sciences, chemistry, education, engineering, humanities, physics, psychology, religion & theology, sociology, and women's studies.

Art Index/Abstracts Full Text.  1984-  .  In-library and remote access.
     Updated weekly.  Contains full text for 93 journals back to January 1997, abstracts from Spring 1994, and indexing for 377 international art publications from September 1984. Publications indexed include journals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins.

ArticleFirst.  1990-  .  In-library and remote access.
     Updated Daily.  Indexes articles from approximately 12,500 journals and magazines covering the subjects of science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture. Most articles are available by mail or fax for a fee using a credit card. However, Pius Library may own the journal article or you may request it through Interlibrary Loan.

Arts & Humanities Citation Index.  1995-  .  ISI.  In-library and remote access (Web of Science®)
     Also available on CD-ROM In-library at Workstation E (1975-1998)
     Print Index Table 11 AI 3. A63  (1985-  )
This database provides author and subject indexing of articles published world wide in arts and humanities journals. It also supports citation indexing, which establishes links between cited articles and the most recent publications in which they are cited.

Bio-Base.  1985-  . [Microfiche].
     Located at Reference Desk
Indexes numerous biographical sources.

Essay and General Literature Index.  1900-  .
     Index Table 6
Author and subject index to published essays to materials in the humanities and social sciences.

Humanities Index.  1974- .
     Index Table 11
Formerly International Index, then Social Sciences and Humanities Index 1900-1974.

LexisNexis Academic.  Dates vary.  In-library and remote access.
     Updated continuously.  Provides online access to full-text of news sources, business and financial information, and international news and company information.  New York Times full-text from 1980.  Search "General News" and/or "Arts and Sports." 

MagillOnLiterature.  1963-  .  In-library access and remote access.
     Updated quarterly.  Replaces MasterPlots Complete.  Includes information from 31 reference sets including "5 Masterplots titles, 14 Masterplots II titles, the 5-volume Cyclopedia of World Authors [rev. 3rd ed.], the 5-volume Cyclopedia of Literary Characters [rev 3rd ed], 10 years of Magill's Literary Annual, and Magill Book Reviews."  Critical essays on authors, titles, and characters from world classics for fiction, poetry, short stories, drama, nonfiction, and juvenile and young adult works are available.

MLA International Bibliography.  1963-  .  In-library and remote access.
     Updated 10 times/year.  The Modern Language Association of America produces this database.  It indexes books, book chapters, dissertations and articles from over 3,000 journals in language, linguistics, literature, and folklore.

New York Theatre Critics' Reviews.  1939-1996.
     Ref. PN2000 .N76
Complete reviews from various publication with an emphasis on New York publications. Title continues Theatre Critics' Review and is continued by National Theatre Critics' Reviews.

Periodicals Index Online.  - 1665-1995.  ProQuest/Chadwyck-Healy.  In-library and remote access.
     Indexes the articles in over 4,000 periodicals in the humanities and social sciences from their first issues to 1995. As of December 2005, over 500 journal titles are at least partially available in full text in the complementary database, Periodicals Archive Online. The focus is on 20th century periodicals. However, periodicals in the 20th century that extend back into the 17th, 18th, & 19th centuries are indexed from their earliest volumes. The scope is worldwide and includes journals in English, German, Italian, French, Spanish, and other Western languages.

Sharp, Harold S. and Marjorie Z. Sharp.  Index to Characters in the Performing Arts.  New York:  Scarecrow Press, 1966.
     Ref. PN1579 .S45 4 pts., 6 vols.

Trudeau, Lawrence J., ed.  Drama Criticism.  Detroit:  Gale, 1991-  .  Updated irregularly.
     Ref. PN1601 .D59

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There are many annotated theater and drama guides that point to web resources. This is a select list of some of the internet sources that frequently appear in the guides.

Complete Works of William Shakespeare
     http://www-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/works.html
A reliable full-text site of Shakespeare's complete works.

English Server Drama Collection
     http://drama.eserver.org/
A collection of various English dramas.

Inter-Play
    http://www.portals.org/interplay
An online index to locate printed plays in collections, anthologies, and periodicals.

Official Website of the American Theater Wings
     http://www.tonys.org
The official site for the Tony awards.

Playbill On-Line
     http://www1.playbill.com/index
The online version of Playbill.  See Theater Central for comprehensive list of links.

Pulitzer Prizes
     http://www.pulitzer.org
Lists and information about Pulitzer prizes for American journalism, letters, drama, and music since 1917.

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Arts For Life
     http://www.artsforlife.org/

Center of Contemporary Arts (COCA)
     http://www.cocastl.org/

Conservatory of Theater Arts at Webster University
     http://www.webster.edu/depts/finearts/theater/

Edison Theatre at Washington University
     http://edisontheatre.wustl.edu/

The Fabulous Fox-St. Louis
     http://www.fabulousfox.com/ 

Fontbonne University  
     314-889-1425

Gash/Voigt Dance Theatre
     314-721-0052

Hawthorne Players
     http://www.hawthorneplayers.com

The Hothouse Theatre Co.
     314-989-0460

K's Theatrical Korps, Inc.
     http://www.kurtainkall.org/

Kirkwood Theatre Guild
     http://www.ktg-onstage.org
     314-821-9956

Kramer's Marionette Theatre
     http://www.kramersmarionnettes.com/
     314-531-3313

Lindenwood University
     http://www.lindenwood.edu/academics/arts/theatre_box_office.asp
     636-949-4878

The Muny
     http://www.muny.com/

New Line Theatre
     http://www.geocities.com/newlinetheatre/

Opera Theatre of St. Louis
     http://www.opera-stl.org/

Ragged Blade Productions
     http://www.raggedblade.com/

Repertory Theatre of St. Louis
     http://www.repstl.org/ 

Roberts Orpheum Theatre
     314-231-7000

St. Louis Black Repertory Theatre
     http://www.theblackrep.org/site/
     314-534-3807

St. Louis Shakespeare Company
     http://www.stlshakespeare.org/

Stages St. Louis
     http://www.stagesstlouis.com/

Theatre Guild of Webster Groves
     http://www.tgwg.org
     314-962-0876

The University Theatre - Saint Louis University
     http://www.slu.edu/departments/utheatre/

That UPPITY Theatre Company
     http://www.uppityco.com/

West End Players Guild
     http://www.westendplayers.org/

Westport Playhouse
     http://playhouseatwestport.com/
     314-878-3322

Windsor Theatre Group
     314-832-2114

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Books, periodicals and other materials in Pius XII Memorial Library are arranged by Library of Congress classification (call) numbers.

Search the Saint Louis University Libraries Catalog, the SLU electronic library catalog, and MOBIUS, the Missouri Union Catalog, by author, title, keywords, author-title, subject, etc.  Use in the library or by remote access.  The Saint Louis University Libraries Catalog is available from Pius Library's Home Page.  Tip:  Always search Saint Louis University first.  If needed item(s) is/are not found, extend the search to MOBIUS.

Many Other Libraries also are accessible via the Internet.  See also WorldCat, which includes library materials cataloged by libraries that contribute their records to OCLC, the U.S. national database. Use it to search for books, recordings, etc.; it will not identify journal articles.

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