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- Performing Arts Periodicals Database This link opens in a new windowProvides indexing, abstracts, and selected full-text from many sources, covering film, theatre, dance, stagecraft, television, and more. Contains full-text ranging from 1864 to the present.
- International bibliography of theatre & dance with full text This link opens in a new windowA basic resource for research in the fields of theatre and dance. Indexes more than 170 full-text journals and more than 360 full-text books.
- RILM Abstracts of Music Literature This link opens in a new windowIndexes scholarly literature in music, as well as dance. Includes citations to journal articles, books,
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