Theatre & Dance 200: Dance History & other dance classes

Submitted by kirwin on Thu, 08/03/2017 - 17:43

Selected Resources for Dance History & Ethnology Classes

Fall Semester 2017

Books | Periodicals | Web Resources


BOOKS

Note: many of these headings may be subdivided geographically, e.g:

Dance--Sri Lanka

Ballet

Dance

Dancing

Dance History

Dance--Religious Aspects

Dance--Social Aspects

Dancers

Folk Dancing [subdivide geographically, e.g. "Folk dancing -- Jamaica"]

 

Locating Books in Library Catalogs

At Wittenberg:EZRA
At other Ohio LibrariesOhioLINK Catalog
In North America For ILLWorldCat

Videos

Reference Books

International Encyclopedia of Dance
Ref. GV 1585 .I586 1998
Encyclopedia of World Cultures
Ref. GN 307 .E53 1991
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music
Main Stacks: ML100 .G16 1998, 10 vols.
Includes some dance-related articles
A Core Collection in Dance
Main Stacks: GV 1594 .C685 2001
Note: bibliography, not text; this book is a guide to books and other resources
The Music and Dance of the World's Religions: A Comprehensive, Annotated Bibliography of Materials in the English Language
Main Stacks: ML 128 .S17 R87 1996
Note: bibliography, not text; this book is a guide to books and other resources

PERIODICALS

Indexes to periodicals for Dance Research

Other useful indexes and databases

Academic Search CompleteIndexes about 2000 periodicals -- both scholarly journals and popular magazines; covers 1986-Present, with some fulltext coverage starting in the early 1990s.
New York Times IndexIndex Table 2 and Older Indexes
Index to the New York Times, starting in 1851.
Nexis Uni20 years of full text general, governmental & industrial news, including reviews
Other Anthropology/Ethnography Databases

Locating Journals:

At Wittenberg:
Online Fulltext Journal Listing -- covers print and electronic periodicals
At other Ohio academic libraries:
OhioLINK Central Catalog (Note: you cannot get periodicals through OhioLINK)

WEB

Evaluating Web Site
Citing Electronic Source
International Folk Dance, Dayton and Ohio
Local folk dance organizations in information
Dance Studies Assn: Online Resources
Dance Styles from Sapphire Swan Dance Company
Links to information on various styles of dance from around the world.
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia constantly under revision by its users. Because it may be edited by anyone, it is not the most reliable source in the world, but it is generally good for basic background information, and can be an excellent source of links to other websites.

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Compiled by Ken Irwin.

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