DANC 102: Rhythmic Training for Dance

Instructor: Isiah Johnson
Librarian: Judy Markowitz

This guide will assist you in locating resources for your DANC 102 research assignments. For additional information, please contact Judy Markowitz, Reference Librarian, 301-314-1316, judym@umd.edu.

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Subject Encyclopedias

• International Encyclopedia of Dance. PA LIB REF GV1586.I586 1998 vols. 1-6

• Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. PA LIB REF ML100 .G16 1998 vols. 1-10

• Grove Music; New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. PA LIB REF ML100 .G887 vols. 1-20

• Quirey, Belinda. May I Have the Pleasure? The Story of Popular Dancing London, 1976

• Donaldson, Tamsin. "Making a Song (and Dance) in South-Eastern Australia." In Songs of Aboriginal Australia, edited by Margaret Clunies Ross, pp. 14-42. Sydney, 1987

• Wood, Leona. 1976. "Danse du Ventre: A Fresh Appraisal." Dance Research Journal 8(2):18-30

• Cottle, Simon. 'La Garrocha', Flamenco as an Expression of Community. Contemporary Review; Sep87, vol. 251 Issue 1460, p140-142

• St. Germain, Ed. "English Country Dancing - The Beginning." Folk Dance Scene; Feb2007, Vol. 43 Issue 1, p7-8

Use The Catalog to locate books.

danc* and australia
danc* and egypt
danc* and (egypt or arab or middle east*)
danc* and (greece or greek)


• The asterisk following danc* = truncation and will retrieve words with danc as the root - dance or dancing or dancer or dances..
  

Once you have identified relevant books, be sure to look at the Library of Congress Subject Headings.
These headings appear when you view the full information. Why look at the LC headings?
If you follow the Library of Congress Subject heading link you will identify additional books on your topic.
Also use the LC headings to refine your search, (narrow or broad) by adding the headings to your word search.

Once you know the beginning subject words you can also search by: Subject beginning with...:

dance music
dance -- Anthropological aspects--

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Locating Recordings: Catalog, Audio Databases via Research Port

• Consult the library guide: Finding Sound Recordings ...in the UM Libraries

• Use the Catalog and the Advanced Search and limit format to sound recordings(all)

  AUDIO DATABASES via Research Port:
  Research Port is the Libraries gateway to the databases and electronic journals and off campus access.

  • Classical Classical Music Library

  • Naxos Music Library Try: folk dance and iceland

  • Smithsonian Global Sound. Browse by Country

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  Research Port, Databases and Find It

  Research Port is the Libraries gateway to the databases and electronic journals and off campus access. When using a database, be sure to follow the button. This will direct you to the available full text, the catalog (if the library subscribes to the journal), or Interlibrary Loan if full-text is not available and if the Libraries do not subscribe to the journal or own the needed vol/issue.
  
  examples:
  danc* and zimbabwe
  tango and argentina

• Academic Search Premier Multidisciplinary, covers dance topics.

• America. History and Life
  Most important database for any kind of research on the history of the United States and Canada. The history of dance is included.
  
• Historical Abstracts
  Most important database for any kind of research on world history excluding the United States and Canada. The history of dance is included.
  Strategies:
  Start with a keyword search, look at subjects
  Limits: LANGUAGE = english / DOCUMENT TYPE = article / HISTORICAL PRERIOD

• Anthropological Literature Comprehensive international resource for the fields of anthropology, archaeology, and related interdisciplinary research. Dance is included.

• AnthroSource Developed by the American Anthropological Association (AAA), AnthroSource brings 100 years of anthropological material online to scholars and the public. (This is a possible source!)

• International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance Covers all aspects of dance.

• RILM Music Covers all aspects of music. Limit to articles and english.

• Jstor Electronic archive of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Includes complete runs of journals with full-text of all articles published prior to the most current five years.
  Best strategy: advanced search; abstract; article; english:
  danc* and china

• Project Muse Full text of recent issues of over 240 journals from 40 scholarly publishers. Covers the fields of literary studies, history, the visual & performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many other arts and humanities and social science disciplines.
  Best strategy: advanced search; all fields except text; article:
  danc* and ecuador

• New York Public Library Dance Catalog
  Lists the holdings of the New York Public Library Dance Collection. The collection consists of books, periodical articles, video recordings, and other media. All forms of dance, from all cultures, in many languages are included. THERE IS NO LINK FROM THE NYPLDC. When you locate an item, check the catalog or the Full Text Finder
  Strategies:
  advanced search; word search; limit to: Performing Arts: Dance; material type = printed materials/microforms; language. Be sure to follow the subject headings
  dance and (greece or greek)

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WEB RESOURCES AND EVALUATION

• Catron, Louis. Theatre Sources Dot Com : a Complete Guide to Online Theatre and Dance Resources. REF PA LIB PN2052.C38 2001

• Evaluating Web Sites

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Citation Systems and Style Manuals