Welcome to my Research Sources page for Dance and the Hollywood Musical! Chao Chen, Your class research librarian |
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Overviews
- Dance and Film. (an annotated bibliography.)
- Dance Studies: the Basics ; print copy: GV1594 .B88 2012
- Dance Words
- International Encyclopedia of Dance
- The Oxford Dictionary of Dance
- The Oxford Handbook of Screendance Studies
Streaming Videos
- Black Studies in Video
- BroadwayHD
- Dance in Video
- Digital Theatre Plus
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- Ethnographic Video Online
- Films from Kanopy
- Jacob's Pillow Dance Interactive
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- Numeridanse
- Opera in video
- PBS Video Collection
**see also, Finding Videos
Digital Images
- ARTStor
- Library of Congress Performing Arts Encyclopedia
- (NYPL) Jerome Robbins Dance Division
- Diaghilev and the Ballets Russe, 1909-1929: When Art Danced With Music
- Ballet Russe Scenery Collection - Butler University
- Critical Dance Forum Gallery
- Voice of Dance
- An Invitation to Dance (American Antiquarian Society)
Web Sites
I. JumboSearch for Books
Note: Libraries Worldwide (also known as WorldCat is still a better place to get a fuller picture of books on a topic.)
II. Scholarly, Trade Journal and Newspaper Articles
A. All subjects
B. Performing Arts, Film Studies, and Related Subjects
- In EBSCOhost databases, you can select to search across the following databases, among others; some years of the trade publications are indexed here such as Variety, Hollywood Reporter, Rolling Stone Magazine.
- Academic Search Premier (all subjects), America: History and Life, Communication & Mass Media, Film & Television Literature, Historical Abstracts (World history and culture), LGBTQ+ Source, Music Literature, Women's Studies International
Additionally:
- Performing Arts Periodicals Database (not in the above group)
D. Magazines, Newspapers
Current:
- Access World News (rich U.S. regional news)
- Factiva (more international coverage)
Historical:
- African American Periodicals (1825-1995)
- American Periodicals (1740 - 1940)
- British Periodicals (1680s - 1930s)
- New York Times Online Archive (1851 - three years before the current date)
- Readers' Guide Retrospective (1890-1982)
- Times of London (1785 - 1985)
- More