Reviews
Databases

The following databases are recommended first for finding performing arts reviews. Ask about more possibilities for finding historic reviews!

Proquest U.S. newspapers, magazines, scholarly journals, dissertations and reports in all subjects

International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance -Selected full-text or PDF articles

International Index to the Performing Arts -Citations to articles and a few full-text

Literature Resource Center includes criticism and reviews

Academic OneFile Articles on all subjects

ArticleFirst Scholarly citations in all disciplines

General OneFile Articles on all subjects

LexisNexis Academic News, law & business information

 

Full-text print reviews from 1870-1996 in Hunt Library

Find these print resources on the Arts Reference shelves located directly behind the Arts Reference Desk.

Critics' Theatre Reviews. New York, N.Y. : Critics Theatre Reviews.
FA-REF-4 PN2000 .N76 (1940-1942)
Full-text weekly reviews as they originally appeared in appeared the New York Sun, New York Post, New York Herald Tribune, New York Newspaper "PM," New York Times, New York Daily News, New York World-Telegram and New York Journal American.

New York Theatre Critics' Reviews. New York, N.Y. : Critics' Theatre Reviews, Inc.
FA-REF-4 PN2000 .N76, 1943-1996.
Continuing Critics' Theatre Reviews.
Full-text reviews from prominent New York publications and other sources.

 The New York Times Theater Reviews. New York: New York Times.
FA-REF-4 PN2266 .N48, 1870-1982, 1985-1990, 1993-2000

 

Open Access Web Links

Mo Dawley, Art and Drama Librarian
md2z@andrew.cmu.edu

August 2015

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