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Search the Library Catalog to find books, video's, government publications and journal titles. The catalog can be searched by author, title, keyword or subject and contains the holdings of Connecticut College as well as Trinity College and Wesleyan University. To search for books and media outside of the local catalog, use WorldCat.

LC classification range for dance: GV1580-1799.3

Subject headings: Dance genres [i.e.; modern dance, ballet], names of major performers, choreographers and dance companies

Dance resources available in Shain Library include:

Dance on camera: a guide to dance films and videos / Spain, Louise (ed.) (1998)
GV1595 D342 1998 [Reference]

Film choreographers and dance directors: an illustrated bibliographical encyclopedia, with history and filmographies, 1893-1995 / Billman, Larry (1997)
GV1779 .B55 1997 [Reference]

International dictionary of ballet / Bremser, Martha (ed.) (1993)
GV1585 .I585 I57 1993 v.1-2 [Reference]

International dictionary of modern dance / Benbow-Pfalzgraf,Taryn (ed.)(1998)
GV1585 B46 1998 [Reference]

International encyclopedia of dance / Cohen, Selma Jeanne (ed.)(1998)
GV1585 .I586 1998 v. 1-6 [Reference]

Dictionary catalog of the Dance Collection (New York Public Library) (1974)
Z7514 .D2 N532 1974 v. 1-10 [Reference], Supplement [1975-1994]
Z7514. D2 N532a [Reference]

Other resources for locating information on books and media include:
Books in Print
Book Review Digest

Style Manuals
A collection of style manuals and writing guides are kept on the shelf behind the reference desk. Information is also available from the Citation Guides for Print and Electronic Resources page.

Databases & Indexes
A full listing of all scholarly databases is available grouped by subject or listed alphabetically.

Anthropology Plus
Provides indexing of journal articles, reports, commentaries, edited works, and obituaries in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies. The index offers excellent coverage of all core periodicals in the field in addition to local and lesser-known journals. Coverage is from the late 19th century to the present.

Arts & Humanities Index (via FirstSearch)
Indexes the world's leading arts and humanities journals covering articles, bibliographies, editorials, letters, reviews, and more. Also indexes selected articles from social science and science journals.

Historical Abstracts
An index to journal articles, book and video reviews, and dissertations covering world history from 1450 to the present. Historical Abstracts does not cover the United States and Canada, that is covered in America: History and Life.

Humanities Index (via FirstSearch)
Indexes feature articles, book reviews, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction (including dramas and poems), and reviews of plays and television and radio programs. Coverage is 1984-present.

New York Public Library. Dance Collection Catalog
Indexes works about all forms of dance, from all cultures, in print and other media. It includes materials in many languages and serves as an index to an international range of dance periodicals.

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
A bibliography of music literature that includes records in over 100 languages from 3,700 journals. Dates of Coverage are 1969 - present.

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Internet Resources

American Dance Festival http://americandancefestival.org/
The founding institution for modern dance in America.

CORD (Congress on Dance Research) http://www.cordance.org/

Dance Films Association http://www.dancefilmsassn.org/index.html
Includes the Dance on Camera Database, a comprehensive list of dance films and videos in current distribution in the U.S., and includes videos in circulation around the world

Dance Heritage Coalition http://danceheritage.org/index.htm
A national alliance of institutions holding significant collections of materials documenting the history of dance. Provides subject index to existing dance archives

EURID (European Dance Research Directory) http://www.c3.hu/~dienesbu/
An English-language directory of European institutions and individuals engaged in dance research, history, theory and documentation.

NDA (National Dance Association) http://www.aahperd.org/nda/

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
http://www.nypl.org/research/lpa/dan/dan.html
The largest and most comprehensive archive in the world devoted to the documentation of dance

e-Journals
A complete listing of full text electronic journals is located on the Library homepage under the Journal Locator link.

Assistance
For assistance in locating or using these or other sources, please contact the Reference Desk or schedule an appointment for a Personalized Research Session.

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