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Indexes and Abstracts

Guernsey, Otis L. Directory of the American Theater, 1894-1971: Indexed to the Complete Series of Best Plays Theater Yearbooks. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1971. Fondren Reference: PN6112 .B4524

Hoffman, Herbert H. Recorded Plays: Indexes to Dramatists, Plays, and Actors. Chicago: American Library Association, 1985. Hamon Reference: PN1701.5 .H64 1985

Keller, Dean H. Index to Plays in Periodicals, 1977-1987. Metuchen: Scarecrow Press, 1990. Hamon Reference: Z5781 .K43 1990

La Beau, Dennis. Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies Master Index. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1979. Hamon Reference: PN1583 .L3

Marks, Patricia. American Literary and Drama Reviews: An Index to Late Nineteenth Century Periodicals. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall, 1984. Fondren Reference: PN2256 .M37 1984

McNeil, Barbara. Performing Arts Biography Master Index. Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1981. Hamon Reference: PN1583 .M37 1982

General Reference Sources:

Bloom, Ken. American song: The Complete Musical Theatre Companion. New York: Schirmer Books; London: Prentice Hall International, 1996. Hamon Reference: ML128 .M78 B6 1996

Bryan, George B., compiler. Stage Deaths: A Biographical Guide to International Theatrical Obituaries, 1850 to 1990. New York: Greenwood Press, 1991. Hamon Reference: Z5781 .S76 1991

Durham, Weldon B. American Theatre Companies, 1888-1930. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1987. Hamon Reference: PN2256 .A44 1987

Gale Research Company. Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1984-. Hamon Reference: PN2285 .C58

Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History: A Horizontal Linkage of People and Events, Based on Werner Stein's Kulturfahrplan. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1982, 1979. Hamon Reference: D11 .G78 1982

Heys, Sandra. Contemporary Stage Roles for Women: A Descriptive Catalogue. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1985. Hamon Reference: PN2054 .H49 1985

Hummel, David. The Collector's Guide to the American Musical Theatre. Metuchen: Scarecrow Press, 1984. Hamon Reference: ML156.4 .O46 H85 1984

Jewell, James C. Broadway and the Tony Awards: The First Three Decades, 1947-1977. Washington: University Press of America, 1979. Hamon Reference: PN2270 .A93 J4 1979

Krasker, Tommy. Catalog of the American Musical: Musicals of Irving Berlin, George & Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart. Washington, D.C.: National Institute for Opera and Musical Theater, 1988. Hamon Reference: ML128 .M78 K7 1988

Kullman, Colby H. and William C. Young. Theatre Companies of the World. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1986. Hamon Reference: PN2052 .T48 1986

Lentz, Harris M. Obituaries in the Performing Arts. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., 1996. Hamon Reference: PN1583 .O25 (1994-1996)

Lounsbury, Warren C., and Norman, Boulanger. Theatre Backstage From A to Z. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1989. Hamon Reference: PN2091 .M3 L68 1989

Morley, Sheridan. The Great Stage Stars: Distinguished Theatrical Careers of the Past and Present. New York: Facts on File, 1986. Hamon Reference: PN2597 .M64 1986

The New York Times Theater Reviews. New York: New York Times, 1870/1885-present. Hamon Reference: PN2266 .N48

Rigdon, Walter. Notable Names in the American Theatre. Clifton: J. T. White, 1976. Hamon Reference: PN2285 .N6 1976

Simas, Rick. The Musicals No One Came to See: A Guidebook to Four Decades of Musical-Comedy Casualties on Broadway, off-Broadway, and in Out-of-Town Try-Out, 1943-1983. New York: Garland Pub., 1987. Hamon Reference: ML128 .M78 S5 1987

Who was who in the Theatre, 1912-1976: A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Directors, Playwrights, and Producers of the English-Speaking Theatre. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1978. Hamon Reference: PN2597 .W52

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InfoTrac SearchBank

You can reach the InfoTrac SearchBank through the SMU Libraries Electronic Access webpage at http://www.smu.edu/~cul/electronic_access/

InfoTrac SearchBank is a service that provides electronic access to databases on a variety of topics. The two databases in InfoTrac are as follows:

Expanded Academic ASAP covers 1980 - Oct 1997. Use this database to find information on: Astronomy, Religion, Law, History, Psychology, Humanities, Current Events, Sociology, Communications and the General Sciences.

Business Index ASAP covers 1982 - Oct 1997. Use this database to find articles on: Finance, Acquisitions & Mergers, International Trade, Money Management, New Technologies & Products, Local & Regional Business Trends, Investments and Banking.

Over 1500 journals are included in these databases and approximately 25% of the articles are available as full text. In the near future, those available with full text should increase significantly.

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FirstSearch

OCLC's FirstSearch is an interactive online information system that gives you vital, timely information about books, journal articles, films, computer software, and other materials in your subject area. Databases that are relevant to research in theatre are WorldCat and ArticleFirst . FirstSearch is available on the World Wide Web and is accessible on the computers in the Hamon Library, as well as through your home computer. If you need any assistance in using FirstSearch, please ask at the Information Desk at the Hamon Arts Library.

WorldCat contains over 36 million records of any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries from all over the world. It includes manuscripts written as early as the 11th century and is updated daily. Subject headings used in PONI can also be used in WorldCat to produce similar results. You can also search by author or title in order to find items that are not owned by SMU and can be borrowed through inter-library loan.

ArticleFirst contains articles from nearly 12,500 journals in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture. The coverage in the database is 1990 to the present, and it is updated daily.

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Project Muse

Johns Hopkins University maintains a online periodical site called Project Muse and includes two journals pertaining to theatre and the performing arts: Performing Arts Journal, Theatre Journal, and Theatre Topics. It also contains other journals that can put theatre into other perspectives like Eighteenth Century Studies. You will find it on the World Wide Web at http://muse.jhu.edu/

*Compiled by Alicia Snee 3/98.