Resources for the Study of Music, Theatre, & Dance
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Research Tools at the UM Libraries
The following tools are also available from the UM Libraries Home Page- UM Libraries Catalog (books, recordings, journals, scores…)
- WorldCat UM (search UM's library collections, as well as library collections world-wide)
- Research Port (Gateway to electronic resources at Maryland, including Databases and Electronic Journals on all subjects)
- Archives UM (database of finding aids to UM's special/archival collections)
- UM Digital Collections (films, recordings, images…)
- DRUM (Digital Repository at UM) (theses and dissertations written recently at UM, research conducted by UM faculty and researchers)
Guides to Performing Arts Materials
Dance
- • Dance Research Guide
- • Dance in Special Collections in Performing Arts
- • WAPAVA Collection - User Guide
- • Basic Music Reference Tools **Use this guide with the others listed here.**
- • Early Music: Medieval & Renaissance Music History
- • Baroque Music History
- • Late 18th-Century Music History
- • 19th-Century Music History
- • 20th-Century Music History
- • A Guide for Recitalists: Choosing Music and Writing Program Notes Using Library and Online Resources
- • Music Education
- • Identifying and Locating Musical Sources
- • Finding Music Scores
- • Finding Sound Recordings
Music
Guides to primary sources in music, scores, and sound recordings
Theatre
- Theatre & Performance Studies Research Guide
- Play Locator (Locating Plays sub-page)
- Play Reviews (Dramatic Criticism sub-page)
- Puppetry Resources
- Theatre Fundamentals
- WAPAVA Collection - User Guide
Highlights from the Michelle Smith Library's Collection
