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Journal Articles and Videos for Dance

• Art Abstracts Abstracts of articles, museum bulletins, and yearbooks. Dance is included in topics coverage. 1984 to present.
• Arts and Humanities Citation Index
• Dance in Video Contains 250 dance productions and documentaries by the most influential performers and companies of the 20th century. Selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as forerunners of the forms and the pioneers of modern concert dance.
• Humanities International Complete
• JSTOR (Journal Storage)
• Project Muse Full text of over 110 scholarly journals in a variety of disciplines. Most coverage: 1996 to present.

Reviews

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

Websites 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 websites 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, and moving images.
• Internet Broadway Database Extensive database for Broadway theater information (credits, shows, and dates).
• 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 and A with top dance professionals, and an impressive set of links to other sites. A rich, comprehensive site for dance students. Offers excellent graphics.