Dance Research Resources

Dance literature indexes & sources

• International Index to Performing Arts. Indexes 37 major dance periodicals from the 1990s to the present and also offers indexes and abstracts of periodicals dating back to 1864. The full texts of recent issues of some dance journals are searchable through this database.

• International Encyclopedia of Dance. Approximately 2,000 articles written by scholars from 50 countries. Covers dance—theatrical, ritual, dance-drama, folk, traditional, ethnic, and social dance. Cultural and national overviews are accompanied by entries on dance forms, music and costumes, performances, and biographies of dancers and choreographers.

• International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance. Includes full-text journal articles, books, and dissertation abstracts on all aspects of theatre and performance in 126 countries.

• Online Bibliography of Music/Dance Reference Sources - Brigham Young University - Includes c. 6,000 bibliographies and reference sources (print and online), some 1,600 of which are annotated with critiques on use, coverage, organization, and pros and cons. Many entries also list published reviews for the corresponding sources. Regularly updated. Includes directories, dictionaries and encyclopedias, periodical indexes and other specialized indexes, bibliographies of music research, repertory guides, thematic catalogs, catalogs of music collections and exhibits, discographies, chronologies, and select histories and guides to music librarianship.

• New York Public Library Online Catalog ("CATNYP"). Indexes articles in dance journals as well as other document types. Click "Dance Research Collection" toward the bottom of the drop-down list.

• Arts & Humanities Citation Index. A multidisciplinary database that covers several major dance journals, though not as many as the databases listed above. Offers cited reference searching, allowing researchers to locate other journal articles which cite a specific work, or works by a particular author.

• Miscellaneous Resources for Dance. Dozens of links to miscellaneous dance information.

• Jacob's Pillow Dance Videos

• Lincoln Kirstein Writings

• Dance in Video

Dissertation discovery tools

• ProQuest Dissertations & Theses. Contains citations for dissertations and theses done at U.S., Canadian and some foreign institutions. Free PDFs of almost all dissertations done since 1997.

Online music reference works

• Grove Dictionary/Oxford Online

• Themefinder

• Dolmetsch Music Dictionary

• Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary

Library catalogs

• OSU Library Catalog. Look for dance books and videos available at the Music/Dance Library and other OSU libraries.

• OhioLINK. A combined ("union") catalog of most Ohio college and university libraries. If an item is not available at OSU (not listed in the online catalog, checked out, etc.), search for it in this database and make an online request to have it sent here. The service is free, and most OhioLINK items arrive in three to five business days.

• OCLC WorldCat. If you cannot locate an item in our online catalog or in the OhioLINK catalog, search this union catalog of thousands of libraries around the world. Many items can be requested by interlibrary loan, and you can make the request on line. If you need help, ask any staff member for assistance.

• Additional library catalogs

Other online research tools

• Hathi Trust
  

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Streaming Media 

• Smithsonian Global Sound
• Classical Music Library
• Naxos Jazz and Classical
• DRAM - American Music
• Petrucci Music Library
• Dance in Video
• Jazz Music Library
• American Song
• Contemporary World Music