Get background information about people, literary and dramatic works, actors, etc.

Find biographical information about authors and dramatists as well as overviews and criticism of literary and dramatic works.

1998+ Indexes and abstracts more than 140 international periodicals and also articles and obituaries from The New York Times and The Washington Post covering nearly all aspects of the world of performing arts.

A fully indexed, cross-referenced and annotated databank of over 60,000 journal articles, books, book chapters and dissertation abstracts on all aspects of theatre and performance in 126 countries.Full text access is available to over 490 titles, including more than 170 full-text journals, and more than 360 full-text books and monographs.

Indexes articles, e-books and more about design and applied arts including theater and media design. Links to full-text e-books too.

Film & Television Literature Index is a comprehensive bibliographic database covering the entire spectrum of television and film writing.

Indexes more than 300,000 articles from 300 of the world’s foremost academic and popular film journals, dating from 1972 onward.

This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 10,000 journals, including over 9,000 peer-reviewed titles. Academic Search Ultimate offers access to resources cited in key subject indexes. The combination of academic journals, magazines, periodicals, reports, books and videos meets the needs of scholars in virtually every discipline ranging from astronomy, anthropology, biomedicine, engineering, health, law and literacy to mathematics, pharmacology, womens studies, zoology and more.

Formerly North American Theatre Online. A comprehensive reference work covering all aspects of the Canadian and American Theatre. It includes some 40,000 pages of major reference materials, together with records to more than 25,000 plays, nearly 28,000 people, 3,000 theatres, 12,500 productions and 1,500 production companies. The file also includes some 5,000 images, playbills, postcards, scrapbooks and other resources.

Includes American Film Index Catalog and Film Index International. The AFI Catalog, the premier, authoritative resource of American film information, covers the history of American cinema comprehensively from 1893 to 1975, with full or short records for films from 1976-2008. New records are added each year by the AFI’s editorial team. Film Index International provides in-depth indexing of over 125,000 films - from the first silent movies to the latest blockbusters - and biographical information for nearly 800,000 personalities. Its rich content also includes coverage of international film awards and prizes as well as searchable plot summaries and full cast and crew lists. Further information about Film Index International is provided in the links below.

A ProQuest Historical Newspaper, the New York Times Archive (1851-2006) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.

Do an Advanced search and limit Document Type to the kind of review you're looking for (i.e. theater review, film review, etc.). Some articles from Variety & New York Times are indexed here too.

ARTstor is a digital image database of nearly 700,000 images from a wide range of cultures and time periods. It includes tools to manipulate the images for study and teaching. Select to Browse by Classification and select Fashion, Costume and Jewelry.