The citation index allows the user to see how many times an certain author or journal article has been cited within the literature. There is also a general search option that allows users to search by title, author, or subject. This database indexes the articles, bibliographies, editorials, letters, and reviews found in over 1,300 international arts and humanities journals, and provides access to scholarly criticism. This index provides citations and abstracts of articles from 2,100 journals published in over 90 countries. It covers all branches of world history from 1450 to the present except American and Canadian history.
Years covered by each database varies but most go back at least ten years.
The general news catagory provides access to current theatre reviews from a variety of national and regional newspapers. Bibliography contains scholarly criticism for entries covering the fields of literature, language, linguistics, and folklore. It covers mainly the humanities and social science disciplines and provides both historical and cultural contextualization for theatre topics.