Course Guides

Databases

Scholarly, peer-reviewed journals are available from our subscription databases. Listed below are suggestions for starting your research. A complete list of our Digital Resources are available from the Databases link.

• Academic Search Premier [INFO]
• Humanities International Index (many full-text) [INFO]
• JSTOR Arts & Sciences I Collection (full-text backfiles) [INFO]
• MLA Directory of Periodicals [INFO]
• World History Collection (all full-text) [INFO]
• New York Times Digital Archive, 1851-2003 (all full-text) [INFO]

Books and More

The Library catalog is a collection of books and other print materials, such as videos/DVDs, music CDs, and scores. The catalog offers a variety of searches - Keyword, Subject, Author, Title, and Call Number. Examples of searches are below:

• Subject search for ballet
• Subject search for choreography
• Subject search for dance
• Subject search for dance for children
• Subject search for dance notation
• Subject search for dance study and teaching
• Subject search for improvisation in dance
• Subject search for jazz dance

Reference Material

Reference sources may provide a good starting point for research and include encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, and statistical sources. Some key resources are listed below. Additional titles may be located by seaching the Library catalog

• Research in dance : a guide to resources
• The dance encyclopedia
• The Oxford dictionary of dance
• International encyclopedia of dance : a project of Dance Perspectives Foundation, Inc.
• Research in dance : a guide to resources

Web Sites

• American Ballet Theatre
• Artslynx International Dance Resources
• Cyberdance
• Dance Directory
• Dancescape
• Dancelinks
• Voice of Dance

More…

• Ask a Librarian
• Subject librarian: Bill Kietzman

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