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Dance Subject Gateway

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Lisa Woznicki
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Article Databases (25 items)

Use these searching tools to identify articles in journals, newspapers, and other sources. All the databases provide citations to the material, many provide abstracts and many provide access to the full-text of the articles.

Off-campus access to most of these resources will require you to validate with your 14-digit library bar code. It's the number printed on your TU OneCard. Don't have your 14-digit library bar code handy? Click the button below, then enter your TU username and password and we'll show it to you:

 This link goes to an external site. All links below lead to external sites.

Major Databases
· Academic Search [Ebsco] About
· American History in Video About
· Arts and Humanities Citation Index 1988- / Web of Science About
· Dance in Video About
· ERIC [EBSCO] About
· Films on Demand Academic Collection About
· Humanities Abstracts About
· International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text About
· International Index to the Performing Arts About
· JSTOR About
· NDEO Dance Education Literature and Research descriptive index (NDEO DELRdi) About
· Opera in Video About
· Physical Education Index (CSA Illumina) About
· RILM Abstracts of Music Literature [Ebsco] About
Other Databases:
· ebrary Academic Complete About
· LexisNexis Academic About
· New York Times About
· New York Times Historical (1851-2001) About
· SportDiscus with Full Text About
Other Electronic Resources:
· Biography Resource Center About
· International Encyclopedia of Dance About
· Naxos Music Library About
· Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance About
· Oxford Music Online (includes Grove Music Online) About
· Smithsonian Global Sound About

Web Sites (25 items)

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· American Ballet Theatre Dictionary - 170 terms from the Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet which are then demonstrated by ABT Company dancers.
· American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals, 1490-1920 - Dance Instruction Manuals, 1490-1920 - Part of the Library of Congress' American Memory Project, this site presents a collection of over two hundred social dance manuals at the Library of Congress.
· American Dance Therapy Association - Professional association webpage including links for bibliographies and research material on a wide variety of dance therapy topics.
· Artslynx International Dance Resources - Site with international scope covering all types of dance as well as histories of dance and timelines.
· Ballet Archives - Ballet history database with information on premiere dates, original casts, and more.
· Ballet Notes - Provides background notes on ballets, ballet history, composers, and choreographers.
· Ballroom Dancers. Com - Includes an educational section which provides narrated video clips for learning ballroom dances ranging from the tango to the foxtrot.
· Cross-Cultural Dance Resources - Dedicated to research on dance across cultures, the site includes an online research search library. Materials found in the site's library database can then be requested through ILLiad.
· CyberDance:Ballet on the Net - Extensive internet dance database containing thousands of links to classical ballet and modern dance resources on the Internet
· Dance /USA: The National Service Organization for Professional Dance - Professional association page that includes some reference material on the future of dance and dance statistics.
· Dance Heritage Coalition - Project hosted by the New York Public Library describing special collections and bibliographies for dance research.
· Dance Links on Research and Information Sources from Gaynor Midden - Links from the Gaynor Midden website covering dance history, research, and reference
· Dance Notation Bureau - Site includes a basic primer on dance notation as well as web library of dance education materials for teachers of dance at all age levels.
· Dance Style Locator - This site hosts the Online Enyclopedia of World Dance which is searchable by country and dance type.
· EUDRID- European Dance Research Directory - EUDRID is the first English-language Directory of European institutions and individuals engaged in dance research, history, theory, documentation.
· Great Performances - Free to Dance - Great Performances - Free to Part of the Great Performances series on PBS, this site focuses on the contributions of African American choreographers and dancers.
· International Association for Dance Medicine & Science - Professional organizational site that "promotes medical, scientific, and educational activities aimed at enhancing the treatment and training of dancers with the ultimate goal of improving dancers he
· Introduction to Labanotation - Well organized discussion on understanding and using labanotation as a tool to preserve the sequence of movements in ballet.
· Lisa Woznicki's Website - A listing of Cook Library Resources.
· NEA Dance Resources - Listing of foundations, state and regional agencies, and other advocacy groups involved with dance.
· Off Jazz Dance World Links - International site with links to jazz, tap, ballet, and even hip-hop sites.
· Renaissance Dance - Site covering everything to do with European dance from the 15th to early 17th centuries.
· Society of Dance History Scholars - Organizational site of the professional association who advances the field of dance studies through research, publication, performance, and outreach to audiences across the arts, humanities, and socia
· Tap Dance Homepage - Includes an extensive tap dance glossary and directory of tap dance steps.
· Voice of Dance - Billed as "the ultimate online resource for dance," this site provides links for dance education, performance, services, classes, and merchandise.

Selected Journals (7 items)

Off-campus access to these resources will require you to validate with your 14-digit library bar code. It's the number printed on your TU OneCard. Don't have your 14-digit library bar code handy? Click the button below, then enter your TU username and password and we'll show it to you:

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· American Journal of Dance Therapy
· Contact Quarterly
· Dance Chronicle
· Dance Magazine
· Dance Research
· Dance Research Journal
· Journal of Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance

To identify other journals available at Cook Library, you may search our list of print and electronic journals.

Subject Guide: Dance / Albert S. Cook Library
http://cooklibrary.towson.edu/getResourcesBySubject.cfm?subjectID=20
Last revised: September 15, 2009

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