Music/Dance Library - Dance Research Databases
Dance literature indexes
- International Index to the Performing Arts. Indexes 34 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, including these:
- Attitude - The Dancers' Magazine
- Dance Chronicle - Studies in Dance and the Related Arts
- Dance Teacher (formerly Dance Teacher Now)
- DanceView
- International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance. Includes 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.
- 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.
- 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
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
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