Hampshire College

Journal Articles for Dance

• Arts and Humanities Citation Index
• Humanities International Complete
• JSTOR (Journal Storage)

Reviews

• General Reference Center
• Lexis Nexis Academic (includes text from the New York Times, 1980-present)
• New York Times (1851-2004)

Web Sites for Dance

• Artslynx International Dance Resources Dance Links, Ballet Links, and other resources organized into accessible link libraries. Includes This Month in Dance History and Dancer Health. Compiled and edited by Richard Finkelstein, from the University of Colorado at Denver.
• Barbara Mettler Papers Link to the finding aid (a detailed description of what is in the collection) for the papers of dancer/educator Barbara Mettler, in the Hampshire library.
• Dance Heritage Coalition Provides links and services for dance research and documentation.
• Dance Links at Dancer.com. An easy way to find web sites of dance companies worldwide.
• Five College Dance Department Pools the strengths of the Five College programs of dance, making it one of the largest in the nation.
• I Hear America Singing New site from the Library of Congress giving access to their music and performing arts collections: historical material, sound recordings, photographs, sheet music, & moving images.
• Jerome Robbins Dance Division The largest archive in the world for resources on dance. It also includes a gateway to web links on all types of dance. From the New York Public Library. See also
  • NYPL Dance Collection Catalog Index to works about all forms of dance, from all cultures, in print and other media. Includes materials in many languages and serves as an index to an international range of dance periodicals.
  • The Gregory Hines Dance Collection.
• Voice of Dance Includes archived news articles, Q & A with top dance professionals, and an impressive set of links to other sites. A rich, comprehensive site for dance students. Offers excellent graphics.

For More Help

• Contact Rachel Beckwith, Arts Librarian:  413.559.5433, rbeckwith@hampshire.edu  Office hours: Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., August 15 through May 15.
• To ask a general reference question or contact another librarian when I am out of the office on Fridays or in the summer, please email library@hampshire.edu or call 559.5758.