Black Drama
*Best Bet for SubjectPlays written from the mid-1800s to the 21st century by playwrights from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African diaspora countries.
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The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Ben Jonson Online
(Open Access) Complete writings of Ben Jonson accompanied by commentary, essays, scores, performance information, and archival materials.
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Eighteenth Century Drama
*Best Bet for SubjectA collection of digitized play manuscripts, including nearly every play submitted for license in the U.K. from 1737-1824.
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Gale Literature Resource Center
Biographies, bibliographies, and critical analysis of authors and their works from every age and literary discipline.
About Gale Literature Resource CenterGale Literature: Contemporary Authors
Brief biographies of authors from the United States and the rest of the world.
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Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 (H.W. Wilson)
Citations to articles covering a wide range of humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplinary fields.
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Citations to research in the humanities published from 1907 to 1984.
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JSTOR
*Best Bet for SubjectJournals, books, and primary sources in a wide variety of subject areas in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
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Met Opera On Demand: Student Access
Access full-length Metropolitan Opera performances, including videos from the Met’s Live in HD series of movie theater transmissions, telecasts from the 1970s, ‘80s, and ‘90s, and radio broadcasts dating back to 1935.
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*Best Bet for SubjectCritical scholarship on literature, language, linguistics, folklore, and film.
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National Theatre Collection
Videos of live productions by the U.K.’s National Theatre, accompanied by archival materials.
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Full access to NYTimes.com, including all articles published from 1851 to the present. First-time users, please select “Create Account” to create an NYTimes.com personal account.
About The New York TimesNew York Times (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
Digitized collection of every issue of the New York Times from 1851 to 3 years ago.
About New York Times (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)Nineteenth Century Collections Online
Primary source materials related to 19th century (primarily British and American) history.
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Play Index (H.W. Wilson)
*Best Bet for SubjectIndex of plays written from Antiquity to the present.
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Scholarly journals and ebooks in the arts and humanities, social sciences, and mathematics.
About Project MuseProQuest Historical Newspapers: New York Times
Digitized collection of every issue of the New York Times from 1851 to 3 years ago.
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Shakespeare in Performance: The Folger Shakespeare Library Prompt Books
A collection of over 1,000 digitized rare and unique prompt books from the Folger Shakespeare Library.
About Shakespeare in Performance: The Folger Shakespeare Library Prompt BooksShakespeare's Globe Archive
Digitized production and architectural archives of the reconstructed Shakespeare’s Globe theater in London.
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Victorian Popular Culture
Digitized primary sources depicting popular entertainment in Britain, the United States, and Europe in the long 19th century.
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