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190 Appendix D Journals, Periodicals, and Online Databases Journals and Periodicals American Theatre Magazine, Theatre Communications Group, is a professional trade magazine and is a tremendous resource, particularly for noting important developments in the American regional theater. It includes articles, season previews, summaries of the fiscal condition of various theaters, and previously unpublished scripts of new plays. Assaph, Tel Aviv University Press, edited by professors from the Department of Theatre Studies, at Tel Aviv University, Israel, is a distinguished international journal that attracts some of the biggest names in scholarship and theater practice . Published yearly since 1984, issues are generally themed to a particular research topic, with a regular section on Jewish and Israeli theater. Comparative Drama, Western Michigan University Press, published quarterly since 1967, is an established journal that is interdisciplinary with particular strengths in medieval and modern drama. TheatreForum, University of California–San Diego Press, has been published twice yearly since 1993. This slick periodical has an international scope focused on innovative theater artists around the world. Each issue includes unpublished scripts, articles written by dramaturgs, scholars, and practitioners, and many photographs. Theatre Journal, Johns Hopkins University Press, also chartered by ATHE, is a well-established, top-shelf journal that publishes articles, book reviews, and performance reviews both from emerging writers and from the most highly regarded theater scholars and practitioners in the world. Published annually since 1948, the journal contains social and historical essays as well as more theoretical and methodological treatises. Theatre Survey, Cambridge University Press, chartered by American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR), is one of the most serious scholarly journals available, published twice yearly since 1959. The journal covers theater history, practice, theory, and reviews from all periods, featuring articles from the most accomplished scholars and dramaturgs in the world. Theatre Topics, Johns Hopkins University Press, chartered by Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE), is specifically aimed at practitioners. Published annually since 1990, its performance orientation and scholarly rigor make it an ideal resource for dramaturgs and theater educators. Online Searchable Journal Databases These databases charge a subscription fee for their services but are available for free to students or at university libraries. FirstSearch (http://www.firstsearch.oclc.org/) is an exhaustive searching tool of the full text of journal articles, articles, and books available through all of the largest informative databases. IngentaConnect (http://www.ingentaconnect.com/) is similar to JSTOR, with more science and business resources. JSTOR (http://www.jstor.org/) contains full-text articles from a variety of disciplines . This is the first stop for articles by scholars in the arts and humanities. Proquest Direct (http://www.proquest.com/en-US/) is a search function that finds newspaper articles, historical and current, from many international and national newspapers. The Times Digital Archive (http://archive.timesonline.co.uk/tol/archive) is a searchable database for the Times of London, which has published theater reviews since 1785 and is a source of information on much experimental theater in the 1960s and 1970s. JOURNALS, PERIODICALS, AND ONLINE DATABASES 191 ...

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