Research Guides: ERH 230: Artistic Responses to Social & Political Issues, Lt. Col. Hodde: Find Articles (Scholarly, News, & Reviews)

Databases

Use these databases to find your scholarly article from a literary journal.
Scroll down to find resources for play & production reviews.
Click the "Find News Articles" tab on the left to find news sources for your play.

Literature Criticism Online (LCO) This link opens in a new window
Coverage: varies by collection
Full-text literary criticism of the following series: Classical & Medieval; Contemporary; Drama; 1400 to 1800; Nineteenth-Century; Poetry; Shakespearean; Short Story; and Twentieth-Century.
Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window
Coverage: varies by time period
Selective full-text from "Contemporary Authors," "Dictionary of Literary Biography," and other criticism sets covering more than 160,000 literary figures from all time periods and all literary genres.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1926 - present
Indexing from over 4,400 journals and series and 1,000 book publishers. Subjects include literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing. Coverage: 1963-present.Indexes articles, books, chapters of books, conference proceedings, dissertations, and working papers on topics relating to literature, modern languages, folklore, and linguistics.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Coverage: varies - present
Scholarly articles from 600+ journals from major university presses and almost 2000 current ebooks. Subjects include literature and criticism, history, performing arts, cultural studies, education, philosophy, political science, gender studies.

Movie / Play Reviews

Search the various literature databases for reviews of the plays and movie versions. Search by title of play; search by playwright. To find Broadway reviews, search the New York Times databases.

New York Times (1980 - current date) This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1980 - present
All issues of the New York Times in full text, from 1980 to the present, including full image forms, including news, illustrations, editorial matter, and advertising.
New York Times Historical This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1851 - 2019
All issues of the New York Times in full text, from 1851 through 2019, including full image forms, including news, illustrations, editorial matter, and advertising.

Drama Online

The library has opened a trial of the new database, Drama Online. Students can find texts, analysis and criticism on all kinds of drama. Try it out!

Other Newspaper Databases

Access World News This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1972 - present
News articles from 8,200+ U.S. and international sources. Each newspaper or wire service provides coverage of local and regional news.
Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new window
Coverage: varies
Newspaper articles from over 1,200 newspapers, 40 news magazines, and 1.8 million radio and television news transcripts.