DAN171: Dance in the 20th Century



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GETTING STARTED

Werner Josten Performing Arts Library
Website provides information about performing arts library collections and services.

Barker, Joe. Critical Evaluation of Resources. University of California Berkeley Library. Last updated October 1, 2007.
Available at: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/instruct/guides/evaluation.html

Reference Sources

Reference Source	Call Number/Access
*A core collection in dance* / Mary E. Edsall, editor ; compiled by Dance Librarians Committee, Association of College and Research Libraries. Chicago : The Association, 2001.	Josten Reference GV 1594 .C685 2001
International Encyclopedia of Dance - Full Text Covers cultural and national dance plus entries on dance forms, music and costumes, performance, and biographies of dancers and choreographers; also in Oxford Reference Online Premium (see below)	click here
Oxford Reference Online Premium - Full Text Access to Oxford University Press' series of reference dictionaries and companions, including illustrations, web links, and searching individual titles or by subject area.	click here

LIBRARY CATALOGS

Five College Library Catalog
Search all Five College libraries at once, or limit to Smith, Amherst, Mount Holyoke, Hampshire, or UMass/Amherst.

NYPL Dance Collection Catalog in CATNYP - all dates
Online catalog of Dance Collection, New York Public Library.

MEDIA

Images

ARTstor - Help A library of 700,000+ digital images covering art, architecture, and archaeology from a wide range of cultures and time periods, with strengths in European, American and Asian cultures.

American Memory from Library of Congress

Streaming Music Databases

African American Song

Classical.com

DRAM

Naxos Music Library

Smithsonian Global Sound

FINDING ARTICLES IN JOURNALS & MAGAZINES

Help Finding Articles

Journal Locator
Search by journal title or citation, not by subject, for online and print journals

Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) 1965+
A good cross-disciplinary source, providing indexing and some full text for over 4,500 scholarly publications in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences from 1965 to present.

International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance (1982+)
"Index to journal articles, books, book articles and dissertation abstracts on all aspects of theatre and performance in 126 countries" as well as full text for 100 core theatre and dance journals, plus selected books from 1982 to the present.

J-STOR Performing Arts (1982+)
Full-text and complete backfiles excluding most recent 2-5 years. Search and browse across disciplines.

Readers' Guide Retrospective - 1890-1983
A database containing comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflecting the history of 20th century America.

FINDING NEWS

LexisNexis Academic (New Interface) – Coverage varies by title – Full Text – Provides abstracts from over 2,000 general and academic journals. Subjects include business, current affairs, economics, literature, psychology, religion, and women’s studies.

New York Times Historical – 1851 – 2002 Full Text, including images, of the New York Times up to 2002.

WRITING YOUR PAPER

Jacobson Center

See how to get to Citation Help.

Citation Formats for Bibliographies and Notes

Reference Source	Call Number/Access
Style Manuals & Citation Guides. Smith College Libraries. January 25, 2008. Links to online versions MLA, Chicago, and other popular manuals for writing papers, preparing manuscripts, and formatting footnote and bibliography citations.	click here
The Chicago Manual of Style. 15th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003. Completely searchable online version of this important style manual, providing quick answers to style, editing, and citation format questions (for print and electronic sources).	Josten Reference Z 253 .U69 2003 or Online Edition
Walker, Janice R., and Todd Taylor. *The Columbia Guide to Online Style.* 2nd ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2006. "Presents a guide to locating, translating, and using the elements of citation for both a humanities style (i.e., MLA and Chicago) and a scientific style (APA and CBE) for electronically-accessed sources."	Neilson Reference Desk PN 171 .F56 W35 2006

CONTACT THE REFERENCE LIBRARIAN

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Last Updated: March 14, 2008