Research by Subject: Theatre and Dance: Reference

Literature Reference Sources

Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window
Literature reference database rich with biographical, bibliographical, and critical content about authors from all time periods and genres.
Biography in Context This link opens in a new window
This database contains biographies from reference sources as well as full-text articles from periodicals, allowing you to search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender.

Bloomsbury Fashion Central This link opens in a new window
This online portal offers access to reference articles, e-books, images, and other content relating to dress and fashion from across cultures and time.

Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion
This survey of clothing, costume, and fashion contains essays on a variety of topics touching on subjects as far ranging as fabrics and technologies, the cultural and social significance of dress, fashion designers, and representative garments and styles from throughout history.
The Chronicle of Western Fashion: From Ancient Times to the Present Day
This pictorial history of western fashion contains hand-drawn images of costume from Ancient Egypt (c. 2000 BCE) through 1980, with descriptions and a Glossary of Terms.