Databases
These are databases that contain information on theatre history and Commedia Dell'arte specifically.
Theatre Database
Available at: http://www.theatredatabase.com/
This database offers articles taken from print literature and formats it into encyclopedic format. It divides theatre into historical eras. The database also offers a listing of productions by playwright. This website also has a monologue archive, useful to any actor. This database is completely free, no information is provided on how many articles the database contains or how often it is updated.
Academic One File
Available at: WAWL website or through the State Library of Kansas Website (you must have an ESU login or a Kansas IP address to access this database)
Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily. Academic OneFile contains 47,683,266 articles updated as recently as May 3, 2012. All articles have been published between 1980 and 2012. (retrieved from Academic One File homepage)
Oxford Art Online
Available at: WAWL website (you must have an ESU login to access this database)
Oxford Art Online offers access to the most authoritative, inclusive, and easily searchable online art resources available today. Through a single, elegant gateway users can access—and simultaneously cross-search—an expanding range of Oxford’s acclaimed art reference works: Grove Art Online, the Benezit Dictionary of Artists, the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, as well as many specially commissioned articles and bibliographies available exclusively online. Hass access to 6000 images and 40,000 image links. Database is updated 3 times a year. (taken from Oxford Art Online About page)
Theatre Database
Available at: http://www.theatredatabase.com/
This database offers articles taken from print literature and formats it into encyclopedic format. It divides theatre into historical eras. The database also offers a listing of productions by playwright. This website also has a monologue archive, useful to any actor. This database is completely free, no information is provided on how many articles the database contains or how often it is updated.
Academic One File
Available at: WAWL website or through the State Library of Kansas Website (you must have an ESU login or a Kansas IP address to access this database)
Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily. Academic OneFile contains 47,683,266 articles updated as recently as May 3, 2012. All articles have been published between 1980 and 2012. (retrieved from Academic One File homepage)
Oxford Art Online
Available at: WAWL website (you must have an ESU login to access this database)
Oxford Art Online offers access to the most authoritative, inclusive, and easily searchable online art resources available today. Through a single, elegant gateway users can access—and simultaneously cross-search—an expanding range of Oxford’s acclaimed art reference works: Grove Art Online, the Benezit Dictionary of Artists, the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, as well as many specially commissioned articles and bibliographies available exclusively online. Hass access to 6000 images and 40,000 image links. Database is updated 3 times a year. (taken from Oxford Art Online About page)