Research Guides: Acting: Databases

Essential Databases for Performing Arts

Digital Theatre+
Performing arts video streaming platform containing over a thousand full-length productions and educational resources.
Digital Theater+ is the leading educational platform for the performing arts. Stream plays, musicals, and other productions accompanied by educational resources that further illustrate, explain, and critically reflect on the content. For help using Digital Theatre+, search SCAD Libraries' FAQ, or use the chat feature to contact library staff.
Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text
EBSCO database covering the entirety of television and film history and subjects with full-text articles, images, reviews, and bibliographic information.
Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text includes bibliographic information and full-text articles covering the entirety of television and film. The database contains more than 160 full-text journals and books plus cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 270 journals. Subject coverage includes film and television theory, preservation, restoration, screenwriting, production, cinematography, and technical aspects. Variety movie reviews from 1914 to present and over 65,000 images from the MPTV Image Archive are also made available through the Film & Television Literature Index. For help using EBSCO databases, search SCAD Libraries' FAQ, or use the chat feature to contact library staff.
International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text
EBSCO database containing journal articles, books, chapters, and dissertation abstracts on all aspects of dance and performance in 126 countries.
International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance contains 60,000 journal articles, books, book chapters, and dissertation abstracts including nearly 200 full-text journals and more than 360 full-text books and monographs. The database contains text and citations related to ballet, cinema, comedy, dance, drama, film, mime, opera, puppetry, and theater. For help using EBSCO databases, search SCAD Libraries' FAQ, or use the chat feature to contact library staff.
Academic Search Premier
EBSCO database containing full-text journals, magazines, and newspapers from a wide variety of disciplines, including physical sciences, social sciences, humanities, and much more.
Academic Search Premier contains over 4,000 full-text journals, magazines, and newspapers. This multidisciplinary research database covers a variety of disciplines, including engineering, physics, psychology, religion, philosophy, science and technology, education, humanities, civics, and history as well as the physical sciences. This database provides access to the Chronicle of Higher Education, videos from the Associated Press, and primary source documents pertaining to government and law. For help using EBSCO databases, search SCAD Libraries' FAQ, or use the chat feature to contact library staff.
Luminate Film & TV
Business intelligence platform providing up-to-date information on the entertainment industry around the world.
Variety Insight is the leading entertainment data solution that provides verified, timely, and accurate metadata and insights on people, projects, and companies in the global entertainment business. Content on Varity Insight includes production details, release schedules, awards information, industry contacts, and more in the film, television, and digital media industries.