| General Databases (which include information on dance) |
| AcademicSearch
Premier (EbscoHost) |
An interdisciplinary database which covers the humanities,
and includes full-text articles to over 4,595 periodicals.
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| American
National Biography |
Contains biographies of almost 18,000 deceased men and women,
whose lives have shaped America. Search dance personalities by
choosing "Occupations" - "Performing Arts",
then try searching "dancer".
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| AP Photo Archive |
Archive of photos from the Associated Press. Photos of choreographers, dancers, and dance troupes may be found. Be sure to click "caption" under each photo to get information and dates pertaining to that photo.
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| Credo Reference |
Credo Reference (formerly xreferplus), is an online reference collection of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, subject-specific books, and more. Try searching for "dance", or a specific dance, such as "ballet", for basic info and definitions.
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| Encyclopedia Britannica |
Online version of the familiar work. A good source for introductory dance research.
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| iCONN Newsstand |
A collection of 6 major newspaper titles including the New York
Times, the L.A. Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington
Post, the Christian Science Monitor, and the Hartford Courant.
Newspapers include current news about the dance industry, as well
as reviews.
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| In the First Person |
An index to English language personal narratives allowing users to perform in-depth field and keyword searches across all letters, diaries, oral histories, memoirs, and autobiographies within scholarly materials that are freely available on the Web and Alexander Street databases. Includes various comments about dance personalities.
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| JSTOR |
JSTOR is an archive of core scholarly journals in cross-disciplinary fields such as anthropology, economics, mathematics, and the arts and sciences. Our collection includes the Arts & Sciences I & II collections, which are searched from the initial JSTOR search box seamlessly. Dance related topics are included.
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| WorldCat |
Search the libraries of the world for dance topics; request the books through Smith Library inter-library loan!
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