Research Guides: Dramatic Arts: Home

New Resource: Drama Online

We now offer access to Drama Online!

a collection of more than 1300 plays from Methuen Drama, Faber and Faber, as well as the Arden Shakespeare
allows you to find a play or monologue based on the number of roles, setting, playwright, etc.
includes images from the Victoria and Albert Museum Performance Archive

Drama Online This link opens in a new window
- Over 1,700 plays from Bloomsbury, including Methuen Drama, Arden Shakespeare, and Faber & Faber, plus production stills from the Victoria and Albert Museum and the American Shakespeare Center.
- Also included are over 600 plays from Nick Hern Books, and over 170 plays from Playwrights Canada Press.
- Brock subscribes to Core Collection, Playwrights Canada Press, Nick Hern Books Modern Plays, The National Theatre Collection, and the Theatre Communications Group (TCG) Play Collection.
- Permitted Uses

MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Provides access to international scholarly materials in the Humanities.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Includes the full text of academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.Does not include issues published within the last two to five years.
Database Guide
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Provides access to the full text of over 250 humanities and social sciences journals.
Art Full Text This link opens in a new window
Includes a selection of resources on costume design, scenography, and stage design.

These general databases also include scholarly research on dramatic arts and related topics.

Omni This link opens in a new window
- Brock's largest Interdisciplinary search tool
- Millions of journal articles, books & ebooks, newspapers, videos, magazines and more!
Humanities Index This link opens in a new window
Covers topics including architecture, education, history, theatre, and more.
Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database This link opens in a new window
Indexes journals, magazines, and newspapers published in Canada.

Did you know you can request materials from the Library and have them delivered to the Learning Commons in the Marilyn I Walker School?

What if Brock does not have the article I need?

RACER Interlibrary Loan allows users to search in all Ontario university and worldwide libraries to place requests for items that Brock does not own.

First-time users need to register & create a PIN. More information here.

Need help? Watch the RACER Set up and Simple Search video tutorial.