Drama & Plays

Use this index to find out what collections contain the play(s) you want to read. Often, plays are too short to merit publishing in their own volume, so you need to find them within a broader collection.

Style guide. Check with your instructor to find out which citation style to use.

Connects lines from Shakespeare's plays to corresponding articles from JSTOR

Supportd and encouraged research in theatre and performance studies in Canada, with a special interest in Canadian work. Membership includes scholars, students, and theatre professionals from around the world who are leading developments in our field.

PGC is a national arts service association mandated to advance the creative rights and interests of professional Canadian playwrights, promote Canadian plays nationally and internationally, and foster an active, evolving community of writers for the stage.-- website

"Records of Early English Drama (REED) is an international scholarly project that is establishing for the first time the context from which the drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries grew. REED has for the last thirty-five years worked to locate, transcribe, and edit historical documents containing evidence of drama, secular music, and other communal entertainment and ceremony from the Middle Ages until 1642, when the Puritans closed the London theatres." - website

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Index to plays in collections and periodicals.

Psychology and other social sciences, e.g., Linguistics, Sociology, Economics, Criminology. Also Nursing and sometimes Business. But check with your instructor!

guide to citing your sources for Psychology and other social sciences, e.g., Linguistics, Sociology, Economics, Criminology. Also Nursing and sometimes Business. Check with your instructor for which edition to use.

Sociology and other social sciences, but check with your instructor to be sure.

Style guide. Commonly used for History, the Humanities and various other disciplines. However, check with your instructor.

Biology and other sciences.

Style guide. Frequently used in English and Humanities studies. Check with your instructor to be sure.

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Discover how to find a book from a reading list or a bibliography/reference list.

This guide provides an overview of citation management and its benefits, and information about getting started with either RefWorks, Mendeley, or Zotero.

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