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THE 221: Gender and Sexuality in Performance (Grambo): Article Databases

Using Scholarly Articles for Research

"Self-reflection is critical when engaging with analysing texts; we all approach entertainment with inherent biases and the understanding that such biases can frame one’s perspective and allow for new interpretations."

-- Sarah Courtis, from ‘Beauty is power, longing a disease’: Asexuality and disability readings of Passion

Databases for Humanities Research

Databases for Humanities Research

Multidisciplinary Research Databases

Keyword Searching in Databases

Keyword Searching in Databases

As with searching the library catalog, think about your information need at various stages of your research. For example, in early stages, when you are still exploring topics, a broad search such as the following might be helpful:
(performance OR drama ) AND (gender OR sexuality)
(performance OR drama) AND gender identity