Dance & Drama

Key Databases

A digital library of plays and reference works, as well as a source of expert guidance in the form of scholarly notes, annotated texts, critical analysis and contextual information. Includes content from Methuen Drama, Faber and Faber, The Arden Shakespeare, Bloomsbury Publishing, and The Victoria and Albert Museum.

Access: All students and staff with a University of Wolverhampton login can access this database

Restrictions: None

The definitive research tool for the study of theatre and the performing arts.

Access: Students and staff based at University of Wolverhampton campuses and all distance learners with a University of Wolverhampton login can access this database

Restrictions: Partner students and staff at UK and international partner institutions cannot access this database

Other Useful Databases

Box of Broadcasts (BoB) is an on demand TV and radio service for education.
It allows staff and students to record programmes from over 65 free-to-air channels, and search an extensive archive.
You may only access or use BoB in the United Kingdom.

Access: Students and staff and Partner staff based at University of Wolverhampton campuses and only UK based distance learners with a University of Wolverhampton login can access this database

Restrictions: Partner students and staff at international partner institutions and distance learners outside the UK cannot access this database

Videos of dance productions and documentaries by influential performers and companies. Selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance.
Full text journals, books and other published sources, covering all aspects of the humanities, with worldwide content.

Access: Students and staff based at University of Wolverhampton campuses and all distance learners with a University of Wolverhampton login can access this database

Restrictions: Partner students and staff at UK and international partner institutions cannot access this database

IngentaConnect is a website that hosts scholarly books and journals from a range of different publishers. Millions of articles, chapters and reports are available, access to full text is available by pay-per-view or by subscription to individual publications.

Access: All students and staff with a University of Wolverhampton login can access this database

Restrictions: None

A leading online resource for the study and teaching of literature in English. It combines the texts of over 355,000 literary works with a vast library of key criticism and reference resources (Service limited to 10 concurrent users).

Access: Students and staff based at University of Wolverhampton campuses and all distance learners with a University of Wolverhampton login can access this database

Restrictions: Partner students and staff at UK and international partner institutions cannot access this database

Comprehensive source of full text for sports & sports medicine journals. One of the EBSCO Host databases - linked from near the bottom of the EBSCO Host menu.

Access: Students and staff based at University of Wolverhampton campuses and all distance learners with a University of Wolverhampton login can access this database

Restrictions: Partner students and staff at UK and international partner institutions cannot access this database

Web of Science is a research platform that provides access to an extensive range of reference and citation data from academic journals, conference proceedings, and other documents in various academic disciplines.

Access: All students and staff with a University of Wolverhampton login can access this database

Restrictions: None