Bloomsbury Digital Resources provides essential and cutting-edge scholarly content in the Humanities, Visual Arts, and Social Sciences. Anchored by the award-winning Bloomsbury Fashion Central and Drama Online, BDR offers an impressive portfolio of resources to support academic research.
Whether it be primary documents, critical texts, historical archives, or the latest in video and audio resources, we are committed to enhancing the research experience with innovative, engaging, and dynamic digital resources of the highest quality.
Bloomsbury offers subscription and one-time purchasepricing for the majority of their resources, as well as bundling discounts across all our platforms, that increase the more collections you acquire.
Bloomsbury is pleased to offer MCLS members additional savings on the one-time purchase of several digital resources through May 31, 2024, with the steepest discounts running until Feb. 15, 2024. Berg Fashion Library subscribers save an extra 5% on the one-time purchase of the Bloomsbury Fashion Photography Archive and Bloomsbury Fashion Video Archive.
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ABC-CLIO eBooks
The ABC-CLIO eBook platform has been redesigned with numerous new and improved features that make it even easier for you to offer your patrons access to the information they need from anywhere, at any time. The new platform offers the same high-quality, authoritative, scholarly information librarians have come to expect from ABC-CLIO, with enhanced readability via a new reading pane, improved search and browse capabilities, and more. You can customize your digital collection with individual titles chosen from over 6,200 encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, and guides from ABC-CLIO, Greenwood Press, Libraries Unlimited, Linworth, and Praeger. Our revamped ordering process makes it even easier build your library. The 21st-century student conducts research very differently than previous generations. ABC-CLIO's eBook Collection is a perfect match with their needs.
Updated and Improved Features:
Completely cross-searchable platform: Search across all titles at one time
Unlimited simultaneous user access: Share a reference resource with an entire classroom
Remote Access (proxy server, referring URL, Username & Password): Support commuting and off-campus students and online courses
Direct Deep Linking: Include reference articles in course materials-at no cost to students
Citation Support: Multiple style formats and export options lend assistance to one of scholarship's trickiest and most important tasks
Free Downloadable MARC Records Email and Printing capabilities
New Features and Highlights:
Over 6,200 titles now available A vibrant new design: Our intuitive, user-friendly new interface makes on-screen reading and research easier
Bookmarks & Notes: Enables deeper interaction with the texts, helps researchers return to their findings quickly and accurately
Create your own user profile: Save searches, notes, and bookmarked entries
Improved search and navigation: Helps researchers find what they need faster Collection and order management tools, RSS feeds, and institutional branding: Collection and order management tools show you what you've got and what you want. RSS feeds alert you about the newest titles appropriate for your library. Institutional branding assures researchers that they are in the right place- your perpetually-open library
Developed with the guidance of African American scholars and librarians, The African American Experience offers both depth and breadth of information on African American history and culture.
The African American Experience supports research and scholarship in the field of African American Studies with a full library of works analyzing the contributions and challenges of African Americans throughout history, including the complete WPA Slave Narratives collection. This comprehensive database includes more than 9,000 articles, biographies, primary documents, and media. In addition to historical accounts ranging from the travails of slavery to key events of 21st-century Black history,The African American Experience offers scholarly commentary addressing African American contributions in the fields of politics, business, social and applied sciences, the military, the arts, and entertainment, keeping pace with the ongoing evolution of the African American narrative and its vital place in U.S. history..
Available by annual subscription or perpetual access to institutions, including universities, colleges, and public libraries.
topic as essential to undergraduate education and responsible citizenship as the history and intricacies of the United States government necessitates the scholarship and coverage found in the American Government database.
For coursework and research in American history and political science, American Government hosts a balanced and comprehensive selection of reference material. Original content—including peer-reviewed scholar perspectives—probes the historical origins and unique structure of the U.S. government; its effect on current events and issues; its strengths and weaknesses, considered domestically and in connection with foreign policy; and much more. A wealth of biographies, videos, quotes, and authoritative primary source documents also contribute to this truly multifaceted research resource, while regular content updates ensure the database’s currency.
Available by annual subscription or perpetual access to institutions, including universities, colleges, and public libraries.
Deconstructing the past, contextualizing the present, and pondering the future—these hallmarks of history coursework and research form the foundational purpose of the American History database.
American History helps students build foundational subject knowledge of U.S. history from pre-contact to the present day. With over 20,000 primary and secondary sources presenting a full survey of America’s development, this library provides a rich collection of primary sources covering everything from early diaries, ship logs, and slave narratives all the way to FBI surveillance files, as well as thoughtful commentary and academic discussions on topics ranging from early colonial settlement and the witch scare in Massachusetts to the complexities of politics today. Daily updates ensure that this database is accurate and credible as our understanding of American history continues to evolve.
Available by annual subscription or perpetual access to institutions, including universities, colleges, and public libraries.
Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries span over 86 volumes and is one of the most trusted and long-running scholarly commentaries series for Biblical Studies scholars. This prestigious commentary series represents the pinnacle of biblical scholarship.
Draws from the wisdom and resources of Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish scholars from around the world.
Includes a book-by-book translation and exegesis of the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Apocrypha to make available all the significant historical and linguistic knowledge which bears on the interpretation of the Bible.
The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary is a six-volume state-of-the-art dictionary of the Bible offering the most up-to-date and comprehensive treatment of biblical subjects and topics.
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The most extensive Bible dictionary ever created:
With over 7 million words of authoritative content, the Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary remains the gold standard reference for Biblical Studies. It is an unprecedented interfaith exploration of the Bible that is interdisciplinary in scope
The first major Bible dictionary to be published in America in 30 years that includes six volumes of approximately 1,200 pages each
More than 6,000 entries, 7,000,000 words, and nearly 1,000 contributors
Endpaper maps of the Near Eastern world keyed to text for quick location of archaeological and biblical sites
Articles on pseudepigraphic and apocryphal texts, Nag Hammadi tractates, and individual Dead Sea Scrolls, including the most recently published sectarian Dead Sea Scrolls as well as articles illustrating the literary artistry of the biblical text
A richness of information unequaled in the history of biblical studies
BBC Drama Films collection features stunning film adaptations of classic and contemporary plays from Sophocles and Shakespeare, to Oscar Wilde, Henrik Ibsen, August Strindberg, Bernard Shaw and contemporary writers, Michael Frayn and Joe Penhall.
Winner of the Dartmouth Medal, Berg Fashion Library is the leading resource for students and researchers of fashion studies. Interdisciplinary in nature, with great visual and integrated content, it is invaluable for researchers in the areas of fashion, museum studies, cultural studies, anthropology, and more.
Bloomsbury Fashion Central products are available by annual subscription to institutions, including universities, colleges, schools and public libraries.
Content highlights:
Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, consisting of 2,000 images and more than 800 in-depth articles, explores the dressed and adorned body cultures and throughout history. Cross cultural and multidisciplinary in approach, it provides readers with an appreciation of the richness and complexity of global dress.
Reference Works - besides the Encyclopedia, our reference works also include Classic and Modern Writings on Fashion, the A-Z of Fashion, and The Dictionary of Fashion History
200+ academic books that cover important classic and modern writings on fashion
Museum Exhibitions from museums around the world, including the Museum at Fashion Institute of Technology and Somerset House
Image partnerships - over 17,000 color images from prestigious partners such as the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, Mode Museum, and the Commercial Pattern Archive
Teaching and Learning Resources including lesson plans and bibliographic guides
Bloomsbury Applied Visual Arts combines visual inspiration with practical advice on everything from idea generation and research techniques to portfolio development – making this the ultimate guide to a visual arts education.
Bloomsbury Applied Visual Arts brings together an unprecedented collection of fully illustrated books packed with practical tools, guidance, and inspiration for students on practice-led visual arts courses. It provides material relevant to studies across design and illustration, fashion and textiles, architecture and interiors, film and media, marketing and advertising, and photography.
Bloomsbury Architecture Library is a leading digital resource for the study of architecture, urbanism, and interior design. Its dynamic digital platform offers access to wide-ranging collections of text and image content, from architectural history to cutting-edge design guidance.
Bloomsbury Cultural History is an extraordinary, fully cross-searchable digital resource that engages with culture throughout the ages from antiquity to modernity. Thanks to its interdisciplinary nature and ever-expanding collections, this unique digital reference tool is an essential resource for many courses ranging from cultural studies and sociology to history and anthropology.
It provides students and researchers with exclusive access to Bloomsbury’s ground-breaking Cultural Histories series within a single platform, supplemented by an extensive list of key eBooks, image collections from world leading institutions, as well as pedagogical resources such as lesson plans and subject guides. Featuring a custom taxonomy enabling intuitive search and discovery of this rich content collection, it has never been easier for students and scholars alike to explore the cultural worlds that have shaped our own.
Available via annual subscription and perpetual access.
The Bloomsbury Dress and Costume Library is the first comprehensive online collection for the study of dress and costume history, design and making.
It brings together essential resources, including primary source material as well as exclusive e-books, video and reference content, for students and researchers of dress history, film and theatre costume, costume design and construction.
This resource promotes the study of historical dress via an object-based approach, highlighting the paramount importance of historical accuracy for students and researchers alike.
Launching in October 2023, it takes its place as part of the Bloomsbury Fashion Central platform.
Available via perpetual access or subscription to institutions worldwide.
A collection of 78 authoritative eBook titles to enrich research - 49 Bloomsbury ebooks and 29 partner ebooks including 20 titles from the Focal Press Costume Topics series, exploring practical costume-making techniques.
• 11 exclusive contextual articles written by leading dress historian Valerie Cumming which will help students and researchers understand the historiography of dress history.
• 10 object study video analysing key garments in detail, produced exclusively in collaboration with the Fashion Archives and Museum of Shippensburg University.
• A new and exclusive reference work, The Encyclopedia of Film and Television Costume, edited by Deborah Nadoolman Landis, internationally renowned costume designer. It will provide comprehensive coverage of global costume design across film history. Available from early November 2023.
More information:
Forthcoming in thematic batches, with the first added to the resource in late 2023, together with individual film and television costume designer biographies. Including five exclusive ‘topics of interest’ articles by dress historian, Susan Vincent, focusing on key accessories.
• Nine titles from ABC-CLIO with reference content that offers fantastic pedagogical value. Explore dress and costume across cultures and throughout history with titles including: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clothing through World History and Encyclopedia of National Dress: Traditional Clothing around the World.
• The legendary Norah Waugh’s classic works Cut of Men’s Clothes and Cut of Women’s Clothes will be available exclusively in digital format for the first time.
• Three reference titles from the classic Fashions In series by Richard Corson, covering ‘Hair’, ‘Make-Up’ and ‘Eyeglasses’ now exclusively available in digital format.
• A visual historical timeline, tracking key silhouettes, garments, styles and elements of dress to place them in context for students and researchers.
• Bloomsbury Dress and Costume Library will be a strong complement to Berg Fashion Library - with its own distinct offerings - it will be also fully cross-searchable with all other Fashion Central collections.
Bloomsbury Education and Childhood Studies is an online resource that offers a systematic and comparative look at key education levels and the study of cognitive and psychosocial development through early childhood and youth.
Composed of market-leading titles from Bloomsbury’s Education list and 800+ original articles overseen by a well-rounded editorial board, this platform allows students and scholars to study and compare topics and education systems from multiple countries. Also included on the resource is the Education Around the World series, policy reports, and other teaching and learning tools that provide dynamic coverage and a global picture.
Content Highlights:
• 800+ peer-reviewed articles on six levels of education and childhood across 30+ countries
• The Comparative and International Education module: a collection of 142 market-leading eBooks from Taylor & Francis, providing students and researchers with global perspectives on education.
• Links to external resources, educational data, and statistical information
• Downloadable tables and enhanced graphs for easy viewing
Hundreds of new and exclusive articles will be added to the platform every year. Updates will add to the existing country coverage but will also include at least three new countries with article coverage every year, as well as brand new Country Pages. Other updates will include new eBooks and government policy-related reports.
Showcasing nearly 3,000 fashion videos from the YOOX-NET-A-PORTER Runway Archive Collections, the Bloomsbury Fashion Video Archive documents fashion’s most spectacular era, from 1979 to 2003. Collection highlights include Vivienne Westwood’s provocative shows, disruptive innovators Hussein Chalayan and Rei Kawakubo, les enfants terribles Alexander McQueen and John Galliano, and the rise of the supermodels.
The videos are accompanied by exclusive scholarly articles that provide essential context to the collection, shedding light on key shows, the evolution of trends, iconic designers, and the transformation of runway spectacles to performance art. Articles have been specially curated by Valerie Steele, Director of the Museum at FIT, New York.
Bloomsbury Historic Dress in Detail centers on exclusive videos with complementary resources and articles, ideal for teaching and study. They explore historical context and materials, fastenings and garment details, how garments were made, and how they were worn.
Watch immersive videos exploring garments, including both menswear and womenswear, in detail, spanning across a vast historical timeline, and aimed specifically at an academic audience.
This unique collection brings period costume to life for all those studying and designing costume for performance, as well as for students and researchers within fashion history, and theatre studies alike.
Bloomsbury Medieval Studies is an interdisciplinary digital resource with a global perspective on this rich field of study. The platform brings together high-quality secondary content with visual primary sources, a brand new reference work, and object images in a one-stop digital resource to open up the Medieval world. Now with a collection featuring Boydell & Brewer’s entire Medieval Clothing and Textiles series, in addition to the Core Collection. Available via subscription or perpetual access to institutions worldwide.
From acid house to zydeco, from Acapulco to Zanzibar, Bloomsbury Popular Music provides unrivalled scholarly coverage of modern popular music worldwide, from the early 20th century to the present day.
With its fast-expanding range of exclusive content, Bloomsbury Popular Music is an invaluable resource for students, academics and researchers in disciplines from music, ethnomusicology and the performing arts to media and communication, cultural studies, anthropology and sociology.
British, American and Australian Theatre Video Collection
Through its focus on contemporary avant-garde troupes such as The Sydney Front, this video collection is an invaluable resource for the study of British, American, and Australian theatre. From the nuances of American puppetry and the skills of Australian Circus performers, to large-scale sculptural productions and political dance pieces, this collection’s rich array of biopics, interviews, workshops, and filmed performances provides a unique multi-media insight into the traditions and adaptations of British, American, and Australian theatre over the last fifty years. Available for subscription or perpetual access.
This collection features:
Performances by avant-garde group The Sydney Front, such as Don Juan, Passion, and Photocopies of God, which pose the pertinent question: Who controls a theatrical performance; the audience, or the players?
A rare video adaptation of Beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s avant-garde play Our Little Trip, in conversation with two works by experimentalists Ralph Pape and Israel Horovitz
A biopic of the famous comedian Tim Minchin, Matilda and Me, which uses exclusive access to rehearsal footage to chart his journey in adapting the children’s classic, Matilda, for stage
This collection includes rare footage, often from smaller theatre troupes whose experimental interpretations can provide a more comprehensive understanding of theatre in general and of particular plays. Please note that smaller theatre companies sometimes have lower budgets, which can impact production values.
Synchronised transcripts and closed captions for this collection are being added to videos on a rolling basis. All videos will have transcripts by December 2023. Where films in these collections are in a language other than English, captions will appear on the video and may not always be accessible to screen readers.
This scholarly collection brings together over 400 research monographs, critical studies and practitioner texts, and reference works, as well as 60 dynamic physical acting training videos. The collection provides users with invaluable critical, contextual and pedagogic content to enhance their study of theatre, performance and Shakespeare studies. Titles are grouped under “Context and Criticism” or “Theatre Craft” and can be discovered by browsing these categories or by searching by title, subject, period or theme.
Travel through time and across the globe with Daily Life through History.
Daily Life through History provides students and researchers with insights into the rich social and cultural landscape of world history. The primary and secondary sources of this comprehensive collection support coursework and deeper subject engagement with resources addressing the social history of societies ranging from the Aboriginal peoples of Australia to the citizens of 21st-century China. Daily Life through History explores 66 distinct cultures, including the Inca Civilization, the Han Dynasty, Medieval Europe, and Postwar America with scholarly contributions by distinguished academic voices like Joseph Byrne, Harold J. Goldberg, and James Volo, as well as more than 5,000 primary sources and images for direct analysis.
Available by annual subscription or perpetual access to institutions, including universities, colleges, and public libraries.
Bloomsbury Design Library provides cutting-edge scholarly coverage of design and crafts world-wide, from 1500 BCE to the present day. It offers an expanding range of authoritative reference and book content, alongside a rich selection of museum object images, which are fully searchable and underpinned by an intuitive taxonomy for seamless navigation.
Originally created by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc and Faber and Faber, the resource Core Collection currently includes over 1,500 playtexts from Methuen Drama, The Arden Shakespeare, and Faber and Faber. The platform also includes 700 images from the Victoria and Albert Museum and American Shakespeare Centre.
From the works of Aeschylus in 5th Century BC to the present day, Drama Online provides unique access to the finest drama literature. Titles include the most highly regarded scholarly editions of Shakespeare— The Arden Shakespeare Series—as well as works from Henrik Ibsen, Bertolt Brecht, Harold Pinter, Oscar Wilde, Caryl Churchill, Simon Stephens, David Mamet and Katori Hall. The collection is continually updated with the very latest writing from new and established writers.
Eerdmans Bible Commentaries: New Testament comprises 54 authoritative commentaries which offer insights on every book of the New Testament from leading international scholars. Hailing from a range of denominational backgrounds, these world-class Bible authorities lend their expertise to exegesis which draws on linguistic, literary, archaeological and historical scholarship to provide a rounded picture of the biblical text.
Purchasing options: Each of the resources that make up Theology and Religion Online are available via subscription or perpetual access to institutions including universities, colleges, schools and public libraries.
Eerdmans Bible Commentaries: Old Testament comprises 79 authoritative commentaries designed specifically for students and scholars of theology, biblical and religious studies. Leading international scholars and world-class Bible authorities, hailing from a range of denominational backgrounds, lend their expertise to exegesis which draws on linguistic, literary, archaeological and historical scholarship to provide a rounded picture of each book in the Old Testament. This module includes the vast collections of The New International Commentary on the Old Testament, the International Theological Commentary, and many more.
Purchasing options: Each of the resources that make up Theology and Religion Online are available via subscription or perpetual access to institutions including universities, colleges, schools and public libraries.
Eerdmans Digital Reference Library is a collection of 43 core reference volumes necessary for every student and scholar of theology, biblical and religious studies. This collection offers a fantastic base to jumpstart an academic career as well as deepen scholars’ current knowledge. Featuring award-winning encyclopedias, theological dictionaries of the Bible, and more, this resource is an essential comparison to enrich understanding of the Bible and subsequent scholarship and traditions. As the third collection in the Eerdmans Publishing Co suite on Theology & Religion Online, it is easier than ever to cross-search and research all in one place.
This module includes the Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament, Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, Encyclopedia of Christianity, Eerdmans Encyclopedia of Christian Art and Archaelogy, and many more.
Purchasing options: Each of the resources that make up Theology and Religion Online are available via subscription or perpetual access to institutions including universities, colleges, schools and public libraries.
The Human Kinetics Library Core Collection combines Bloomsbury’s digital excellence with Human Kinetics’ market-leading sports and physical activity content, featuring an exclusive package of over 190 ebooks and 300 videos.
The very controversies that most impassion citizens, drive social policy, and shape modern society are the focus of the Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society database.
Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society treats the most compelling and divisive topics in modern society with authoritative historical context; balanced, expert perspectives; and carefully selected primary and secondary sources. Researchers find coverage of issues ranging in nature from environmental to social and domestic to international, with examples such as election reform, LGBT rights, border security, and gun control. Peer reviewed scholarly perspective essays offer informed insights, while currency is ensured through frequent content updates.
Available by annual subscription or perpetual access to institutions, including universities, colleges, and public libraries.
Comprehensive, intuitive, and expertly authored, The Latino American Experience: The American Mosaic is the first database dedicated to the history and culture of one of the largest, fastest-growing minority groups in the United States.
The Latino American Experience: The American Mosaic documents the rich heritage and current culture of Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Guatemalans, Cubans, Dominicans, Colombians, Ecuadorians, and other Hispanic groups in the United States. Their stories are detailed through a robust collection of primary and secondary sources, beginning with pre-16th century Mayan, Incan, and Aztec empires and continuing through to the present day, with treatment also given to cultural themes including coming-of-age rituals, music, literature, and cuisine. On the controversial issues shaping the modern Latino American experience—such as immigration reform, media portrayals, and voting access and influence—credentialed academics offer varied perspectives to serve as both sources and exemplars of scholarly argumentation.
Available by annual subscription or perpetual access to institutions, including universities, colleges, and public libraries.
Theology & Religion Online is the digital home to a growing range of resources designed for students and scholars of Theology, Biblical Studies, Religious Studies and related fields, from which libraries can create a rich, bespoke product package to best serve their users. Ranging from exclusive new digital reference products to richly layered thematic collections comprising audio-visual content, monographs and scholarly reference, Theology & Religion Online is the essential source for cutting-edge research, study, and teaching from intro to advanced levels.
Hamlet is Shakespeare’s most iconic work and is the ultimate story of loyalty, love, betrayal, murder and madness. Hamlet, consumed by despair, struggles to exact revenge for his father’s murder, with devastating consequences. This stripped-back, fast-paced version with moments of humour is a captivating production that rebalances gender casting. Peake’s Hamlet is a female character who takes on a male mantle, a fierce and textured Hamlet who imbues the role with anger, indignation and purpose. There is further gender-blind casting with a female Polonius (Polonia), Rosencrantz and female gravediggers.
Modern Genocide: Understanding Causes and Consequences
The study of genocide—both as a stand-alone discipline and as an essential aspect of any world history survey—calls for sensitive yet authentic analysis. Modern Genocide: Understanding Causes and Consequences achieves this with a comprehensive collection of primary and secondary source material to drive academic study of a topic that humanity cannot afford to ignore. More than 900 primary sources and 1,400 reference entries enable the study of 10 modern genocides, from the Herero Genocide at the start of the 20th century to such current conflicts as the campaign of terror in Darfur. Original scholarly articles support deep research, developed by an advisory board that includes Dr. Paul R. Bartrop, one of the world’s leading genocide scholars.
Available by annual subscription or perpetual access to institutions, including universities, colleges, and public libraries.
Drawing on 10 years of NT Live broadcasts, alongside high-quality archive recordings never previously seen outside of the NT’s Archive, the National Theatre Collections 1 and 2 are now complete and offer a total of 50 filmed performances. Collection 1 features 30 filmed performances including Comedies, 20th Century Classics and Modern Plays, Shakespeare Plays, Literary Adaptations and Inspirations, and Greek Classics and World Historical Drama
Drawing on 10 years of NT Live broadcasts, alongside high-quality archive recordings never previously seen outside of the NT’s Archive, the National Theatre Collections 1 and 2 are now complete and offer a total of 50 filmed performances. Collection 2 features 20 filmed performances including Turn of the Century Plays for Contemporary Audiences, 20th Century Classics, Contemporary Plays, Shakespeare and Greek Classics, and Musical Theatre.
The Nick Hern Books Modern Plays collection includes over 800 plays from many of the UK and Ireland’s preeminent playwrights, as well as exciting new voices. It offers a wide and varied range of award-winning and widely studied plays, and is continually updated with new works fresh from leading theatres.
Exciting recent additions include:
The Ferryman by Jez Butterworth: winner of the Olivier, Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards, and Evening Standard Theatre Awards for Best New Play, seen at the Royal Court, London’s West End, and on Broadway
Girl from the North Country by Conor McPherson, with music and lyrics by Bob Dylan: as seen at the Old Vic Theatre and in London’s West End
Battlefield by Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne: a return to their acclaimed adaptation of great Indian epic The Mahabharata, and seen on an international tour
Other highlights:
Caryl Churchill: Over 40 plays by one of our greatest living writers, which blend stunning formal innovation with a clear-eyed, unflinching look at the world around us - including Escaped Alone (2016), Far Away (2000), and A Number (2002)
Top contemporary Irish playwriting: Includes strikingly original works by Enda Walsh such as Disco Pigs, Misterman and Ballyturk, and uncanny, heartfelt plays by Conor McPherson (“quite possibly the finest playwright of his generation” New York Times) including The Weir, The Seafarer, and The Night Alive
The Terence Rattigan collection: 16 plays by one of the twentieth-century’s leading dramatists, including devastating masterpiece The Deep Blue Sea, legal and family drama The Winslow Boy, and one-act play The Browning Version, twice adapted for film
Patsy Rodenburg Acting Masterclass: Shakespeare in the Present
Filmed on the stages of Michael Howard Studios in New York and The Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, Shakespeare in the Present brings you hours of private coaching with acclaimed master acting teaching Patsy Rodenburg’s and her unique approach to voice and acting.
This six-hour masterclass allows you to explore Patsy's highly sought-after techniques and exercises in Movement, Speech, Body and Vocal Warmup. In addition, Patsy works one-on-one with actors performing speeches from Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, King Lear, and many more. Watch Patsy's techniques come to life through her work with actors at all levels including renowned actors Joseph Fiennes (Shakespeare in Love, Elizabeth).
A recipient of the American Library Association’s prestigious Dartmouth medal, Pop Culture Universe: Icons, Idols, Ideas applies an academic lens to U.S. history through the study of popular culture. Curated and created by historians, cultural critics, and award winning authors, this full library presents more than 4,200 primary sources and more than 3,700 reference articles, as well as 100 scholarly essays spanning each decade from the 1900s to today. The primary sources—including documents, photographs, video, and audio—give life to the names, moments, works, and trends that have shaped American pop culture, from the Gibson Girls of the early 20th century to the social media landscape of the 21st century.
Available by annual subscription or perpetual access to institutions, including universities, colleges, and public libraries.
Containing over 600 books, PSIO incorporates the entire Praeger Security International print program and features important titles from Greenwood and Praeger. Updated weekly with commentary by expert authors and well-known researchers, PSIO provides in-depth analysis on security issues that threaten to destabilize our world. With an ever-growing range of content from our global network of institutional partners, it offers varied international perspectives and reflections from psychologists, diplomats, first responders, economists, journalists, civil servants, war-fighters, legal experts, and more.
The Royal Shakespeare Company creates theatre at its best, made in Stratford-upon-Avon and shared around the world. The RSC Live Collection contains 17 films of live productions from 2013-2017 including the cutting-edge 2016-17 production of The Tempest starring Simon Russell-Beale. It also offers 9 films from 2018-19 including Twelfth Night starring comedy icon Adrian Edmondson. We will continue to add new RSC productions as they are filmed, as the RSC works through Shakespeare’s canon. Each year, the RSC produces an inspirational artistic programme each year, setting Shakespeare in context, alongside the work of his contemporaries and today’s writers.
Screen Studies is a dynamic new resource for libraries, educators, students and researchers. Building on the success of the award-winning Drama Online library, Screen Studies utilizes similar functionality to deliver a broad range of content for film and media studies programs. Starting with an initial collection of nearly 270 screenplays and eBooks and updated annually, Screen Studies includes content to suit entire course needs with screenplays by leading screenwriters and award-winning directors; cult and classic films and critical and contextual writing on film history, theory and practice, from the beginnings of cinema to the present day. It also includes practical instruction on screenwriting, TV, animation and filmmaking technique.
This collection features 21 films recorded live on the Globe stage from leading actors including Mark Rylance, Stephen Fry, and Roger Allam’s Olivier Award-winning role as Falstaff in Henry IV. Founded by the pioneering American actor and director Sam Wanamaker, Shakespeare's Globe is dedicated to the exploration of Shakespeare's work and the theatre for which he wrote. Since it opened in 1997, Shakespeare’s Globe has become one of the most popular visitor destinations in the UK, at the heart of the regeneration of London’s Bankside. Shakespeare’s Globe is a UK registered charity and operates without annual government funding.
Shakespeare's Globe on Screen 2 (2016-2018) includes 9 landmark productions from the theatre’s most recent seasons, including two productions from Emma Rice’s tenure as Artistic Director and the first production from the indoor Jacobean theatre, the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. These films showcase the Globe’s two unique playing spaces on Bankside and how different artists respond to them. Each performance transports viewers directly into the standing yard of the world famous Globe or the magical candlelit interior of the captivating new Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.
In a compelling 90-minute film, theatre-practitioner Steven Berkoff brings a host of Shakespeare’s most famous characters vividly to life. Known to many for the villains he has played in mainstream films, Octopussy, Beverly Hills Cop, Rambo, and The Krays, Berkoff lists complex characters from page to stage in a vividly direct and compelling approach.
Stage on Screen produces high quality recordings of classic plays for students and theatre enthusiasts everywhere. They professionally stage classic plays at London's historic Greenwich Theatre. The plays are filmed in front of a live audience to capture the atmosphere and tension of live theatre. The plays are directed, designed and performed by talented and experienced theatre professionals with lists of credits from major companies such as The National Theatre, Shakespeare’s Globe and the RSC, and from the worlds of film and television. Highly regarded by teachers and students, Stage on Screen accompany their productions with cast and crew interviews, images, costume and set designs.
Located in Stratford, Ontario, Canada, the Stratford Festival is the largest classical repertory theatre company in North America. Each season, they present a dozen or more productions in different venues. This collection launched with 10 filmed performances, with a further 4 to follow.
TCG Books Play Collection: American Drama offers 215 plays* from TCG Books, the largest independent trade publisher of dramatic literature in North America. TCG Books publishes diverse voices in contemporary American theatre, including 18 winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The collection is exclusive to Drama Online. Available for purchase via annual subscription and perpetual access.
The collection features:
Trade editions of canonical texts from a diverse selection of American authors, spanning multiple decades, genres and forms
Selected works by celebrated authors such as Will Arbery, Eric Bogosian, Ping Chong, Nilo Cruz, David Henry Hwang, Tony Kushner, Young Jean Lee, Dominique Morisseau, Richard Nelson, Dael Orlandersmith, Suzan-Lori Parks, Naomi Wallace and Anne Washburn
Works in translation, adaptations and new versions of classic plays
Much-studied plays such as August: Osage County, Anna in the Tropics, Homebody/Kabul and Mr Burns, alongside contemporary classics such as The Sound Inside and What the Constitution Means to Me
The American Indian Experience: The American Mosaic
For American Indian studies courses as well as general undergraduate education, The American Indian Experience: The American Mosaic is an indispensable source for authoritative reference material.
The American Indian Experience: The American Mosaic gives exclusive focus and treatment to the historically underrepresented realities of indigenous peoples in the United States. Reference content is organized by time period for efficient browsing, with coverage spanning precontact America to modern native nations. Advanced search options make content also discoverable by region, state, or tribe, with applicable filters to refine by resource type. Developed under the guidance of leading American Indian scholars, The American Indian Experience provides both primary sources and expertly authored secondary sources. Topic-oriented scholarly essays address sensitive topics such as cultural appropriation, reparations, and international sovereignty from multiple perspectives. As part of the American Mosaic collection, The American Indian Experience is designed to facilitate AIS research as well as comparative cultural analysis.
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Developed with guidance from Asian American scholars and historians,The Asian American Experience applies a critical lens to the study of U.S. history, exploring the social, political, and economic forces that have shaped the experiences of Asian Americans in distinct historical eras. The database also explores some of the rich and varied experiences of Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Island and indigenous groups.
This database includes a rich and diverse variety of primary sources, perspective essays from leading Asian American studies scholars, and search and citation tools for streamlined academic research. Extensive reference libraries prepare researchers to conduct in-depth explorations of key issues, such as the role of discrimination in Asian American history and its effect on citizenship and civil liberties, the economic impacts of immigration and labor, and changing political and cultural representation.
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Expansive coverage of time periods, from 16th century global migrations to social and political developments in the 21st century
Rich and diverse primary sources, including images, audio clips, documents, and video
Scholarly perspectives on issues of enduring importance to the Asian American community and Asian Studies researchers
An interdisciplinary approach to understanding the historical and current experiences of persons of Asian ancestry in the United States
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The Oscar Wilde Season at the Vaudeville in October 2018 was the first offering from Classic Spring, Dominic Dromgoole’s theatre company, founded as he left Shakespeare's Globe. The season revolved around Wilde’s four great Victorian plays, which shocked and redefined British theatre when first performed, and still resonate today.
This collection offers live performances of four classic plays by Oscar Wilde with star-studded casts from London's West End.
The Donmar Shakespeare Trilogy on Screen Collection
Harriet Walter leads an all-female cast in these three productions of Julius Caesar, Henry IV and The Tempest, all set in a women's prison.
In 2012, Phyllida Lloyd’s production of Julius Caesar at the Donmar depicted the catastrophic consequences of a political leader's extension of powers beyond the remit of the constitution. With a cast drawn partly from ex-offenders, it stunned audiences on both sides of the Atlantic and posed the question ‘Who owns Shakespeare?’.
Two years later, Walter and Lloyd were reunited in Shakespeare’s monumental history play, Henry IV. This performance travels to the heart of family, duty and country, asking ‘What makes a king? What makes a father?’ The Tempest completed this all-female trilogy in 2016 with its tale of the eternal struggle for freedom, morality and justice.
The Hollow Crown brings together Shakespeare’s history plays featuring a star-studded cast including Benedict Cumberbatch, David Tennant, Ben Whishaw, Jeremy Irons, Judi Dench, Hugh Bonneville and Tom Hiddleston. These films are woven with the finest of Shakespeare's poetry and are filmed in the architecture and landscape of the period. The collection adds to Drama Online's rich Shakespeare content, allowing the plays to be viewed and studied alongside the The Arden Shakespeare playtexts in the core play collection.
The Series was a critical success which garnered many awards: Ben Whishaw and Simon Russell Beale won British Academy Television Awards for Leading actor and Supporting actor and Jeremy Irons was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor. The first episode, Richard II, was nominated for the Best Single Drama at the BAFTAs.
From early trailblazers to suffragists, civil rights activists, political leaders, and cultural icons, women have made a remarkable impact on the course of U.S. history. Women’s History in the United States is a unique academic resource dedicated to exploring women’s contributions, perspectives, and challenges from precontact times to the present. With thousands of primary sources, original academic perspectives, and embedded research tools, this database serves as a powerful resource for scholars across disciplines seeking to understand the interrelated nature of gender, culture, and history.
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Academic perspectives on key issues shaping the experiences of women in the U.S. including political representation, reproductive rights, media portrayals, and more
More than 1,500 primary sources including letters, photographs, documents, newspaper clippings, archival video footage, and influential quotes and speeches
Ebook collection featuring titles from the award-winning ABC-CLIO, Greenwood, and Praeger imprints for academic reference and research
Inclusive coverage of women from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds deepens understanding of historical and current events
Featuring an expertly curated collection dedicated to exploring the campaign for women’s suffrage
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Only one online academic resource features the expertise of accomplished military historians and devotes itself entirely to the causes and consequences of history’s most significant conflicts: World at War: Understanding Conflict and Society.
World at War: Understanding Conflict and Society is an essential source for research and scholarship on the military conflicts that have defined world history from antiquity to today, offering over 22,000 primary sources and reference entries spanning more than 50 wars. Approximately 200 scholarly articles from leading academics offer investigations and commentary on topics ranging from ancient conflicts in Greece before the Common Era to the modern world’s war on terrorism. Developed under the oversight of an advisory board including Fulbright scholar Dr. Spencer C. Tucker (award-winning author of titles such as The Encyclopedia of Middle East Wars and American Civil War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection), World at War encourages study and research that goes beyond isolated events to examine causal relationships, chart historical developments, and analyze the role that conflict itself plays in society.
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Bridging the gap between past and present, Daily Life World Folklore and Folklife offers a new way to look at core curriculum topics such as history, religion, and language. Daily Life World Folklore and Folklife is an invaluable multicultural and multidisciplinary resource that offers an exciting, multimedia gateway to social history and social studies. Tracing the origins and development of all aspects of traditional cultures around the world, it bridges the gap between past and present. Daily Life World Folklore and Folklife allows users to research topics from scary stories to gender roles with ease. Thousands of folktales have been specially indexed to be searchable by subject and tale type, region, or country. Supporting the curriculum in the areas of world cultures, history, arts, literature, and language, this expansive database is the only electronic resource broad enough to provide both folk material and the textual content needed to understand it.
Gives students the online tools they need to become literate in what lies beyond our nation's borders, providing essential knowledge of the geographical, political, social, economic, and cultural forces that are increasingly important in our globalized world.
World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras takes researchers through time from antiquity to the 16th century and around the globe from the Islamic world to the Americas, all through an unmatched collection of primary and secondary sources.
World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras provides students with an in-depth survey of early human history around the world, from prehistoric times to the beginning of the Renaissance. Students gain both key foundational knowledge and strengthen more advanced research and critical thinking skills with this comprehensive collection of nearly 7,000 reference articles, more than 5,000 primary sources and images, and additional scholarly works exploring key themes and controversial topics in all ancient and medieval eras.
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For student researchers seeking to analyze contemporary geopolitical relationships and contextualize current events, World History: The Modern Era is an unmatched source for authoritative and insightful coverage of global history since the 16th century.
World History: The Modern Era chronicles influential world events and developments since the 16th century to support research and analysis of global trends, causal relationships, and current conflicts. Reference material covers a broad range of topics in their deserved depth, including the evolution of modern Europe since the Renaissance; concurrent developments in Asia, Africa, and the Islamic world; the global impact of the Industrial Revolution; and the last 100 years of international discord and cooperation. Scholarly essays cover debates and topics ranging from the causes for the Protestant Reformation to the reasons for the collapse of the Berlin Wall, while an expert advisory board vets all content to ensure credibility and currency.
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As both the first ever academic database devoted to religious studies and a living resource updated daily, World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy offers researchers a comprehensive research arena unlike any other.
World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy spans more than 50 religions practiced throughout the world, including both those that have flourished into the 21st century and those that are no longer practiced. Nearly 10,000 reference entries and primary sources illustrate important religious figures, core beliefs, customs and practices, celebrations and holidays, significant and sacred places, and momentous events from faiths including agnosticism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Shinto. In addition, a collection of scholarly discussions offers compelling analysis of key topics and the range of historical and current debates in religious studies. The database was developed under the oversight of advisor J. Gordon Melton, PhD, author of more than 40 scholarly texts and reference books on religion and a distinguished senior fellow of the Institute for Religious Studies at Baylor University in Texas.
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