Search by subject for books about playwrights or plays or historical time periods. Search by author or title for plays. To find a play in an anthology, search keyword by title. Remember that the title of the play may not be the title of the book. Check the catalog record tab for the play's title in the book's table of contents. To search for songs, choose Music Score in the pull-down list. To search for Music CDs, choose Music CDs.
If there is a book, score or recording that the library does not own, use this link to request that we purchase it for the library. Or email your request to phillips@loyno.edu
Catalog of books, scores, recordings, videos, web resources, and other material worldwide in OCLC member libraries. (Does not include book chapters or individual articles in journals, magazines, and newspapers.) Includes considerable non-English language material.
Use interlibrary loan to request books or scores from other libraries. Before requesting an interlibrary loan, check to see if the Monroe Library can purchase the material you need more quickly. To request articles through interlibrary loan, use the Get It button from a citation in a library database.
Search for individual songs in musicals by voice type, character's age, and tempo, and select whether comedic or dramatic. Additional searching by composer, lyricist and more. Actual scores are generally not included.
This is a video, created by a dialect coach, about how to use IPA symbols for vowels and diphthongs. There is a second video on R vowels and diphthongs.
Collection of basic e-books in literature, classics, philosophy, religion, culture and music. Browse and search titles 1991 to present from Cambridge University Press.
The MLA International Bibliography, produced by the Modern Language Association of America, consists of citations related to literature, language, linguistics, and folklore in nearly 4,000 scholarly journals, books, book chapters, and other formats. Includes some non-English language material. 1926 to present.
Full-text scholarly journals in many subject areas. We have Arts & Sciences I through XV, Life Sciences, and many others; click "more" below for a full list. JSTOR has the beginning of each journal to 3, 4 or 5 years ago. How-to videos.
Help with this database.
We subscribe to the following JSTOR databases:
19th Century British Pamphlets
Arts & Sciences I-XV
Business IV
Global Plants
Hebrew Journals
Ireland
Life Sciences
Lives of Literature
Primary Source Collections
Public Health Journals
Security Studies
Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa
Sustainability
Thematic Collections
World Heritage Sites: Africa
Provides full text articles of scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences, including literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, education, political science and gender studies. Coverage dates vary by journal title. Mostly 1993 to present. How-to videos.
Find articles in all subject areas in over 9000 journals and magazines, with full text for about 6100. Updated daily. Dates vary, some as early as 1865 to present.
This is a group of women’s magazines from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries put together by the American Antiquarian Society. They are all full-image and searchable. Theatre students will find this group of magazines useful for costume research for that period in the United States.
Newpapers
Use the library's newspaper databases to find reviews and articles about theatrical productions and performances.
Full-text access to current and archive issues of the New York Times is provided by Monroe Library to all current students, staff, and faculty. First-time users will need to create an account using their Loyola email before logging in.