Performing Arts Article Databases
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
- Art Abstracts This link opens in a new window Description: Art Abstracts is an art research database providing high-quality indexing and abstracts for hundreds of national and international art journals, plus thousands of art dissertations.
- ERIC This link opens in a new window The Educational Resource Information Center contains more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals.
- Humanities Full Text This link opens in a new window Humanities Full Text covers all key fields of the humanities, including art, classical studies, dance, film, journalism, philosophy, religion and more. Content includes feature articles, interviews, obituaries and original works of fiction, drama, poetry and reviews.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window JSTOR is a digital library of academic content in many formats and disciplines. The collections include top peer-reviewed scholarly journals as well as respected literary journals, academic monographs, research reports from trusted institutes, and diverse primary sources.
- MetPublications This link opens in a new window The Metropolitan Museum has published over 1400 titles about art and art history. Many of the titles can be read online.
- MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window MLA International Bibliography offers a detailed bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association, the bibliography contains citations from journals and book publishers. Coverage is international and includes titles from JSTOR’s Language and Literature Collection as well as links to full text.
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- New York Times (1980 to the present) This link opens in a new window This is considered the official U.S. newspaper because it publishes the complete text of important documents, speeches and presidential press conferences. The paper's reporters have won scores of Pulitzer Prizes throughout the publication's 150-year history.
- Project MUSE This link opens in a new window Access to e-journals in the College Collection and open access e-books.
Performing Arts Reference Databases
- Britannica concise encyclopedia This link opens in a new window Comprehensive and engaging, the Britannica Concise Encyclopedia has comprehensive coverage on a variety of subjects including, arts, business, geography, history, literature, philosophy, politics, pop culture, science, sports, and more.
- Credo General Reference This link opens in a new window Provides full-text online versions of hundreds of top quality reference books in all major subjects. Includes bilingual and biographical dictionaries.
- GALE eBooks This link opens in a new window GALE eBooks is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
- Literary Reference Source This link opens in a new window LRC combines information from reference works, books, literary journals and original content from EBSCO Publishing. It contains full text for plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, articles/essays of literary criticisms, author biographies, literary journals, book reviews, classic and contemporary poems, classic and contemporary short stories, author interviews, classic texts and much more.
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- Literature Criticism / GALE This link opens in a new window Literature Criticism offers critical responses to the writings of the world's most renowned novelists, poets, playwrights, short story writers, scriptwriters, and other creative writers.
- Literature Resource Center / GALE This link opens in a new window Literature Resource Center offers up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism, and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods, and from around the world.
- Oxford Reference: Premium This link opens in a new window Oxford Reference offers full text access to numerous dictionaries and encyclopedias by Oxford University Press as well as selected titles from the Oxford Companion series.
- Teacher Reference Center This link opens in a new window Topics include: Assessment, Best Practices, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Higher Education, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, School Administration, Science & Mathematics, and Teacher Education.
Performing Arts Non-Print Media Databases
- ARTstor This link opens in a new window ARTstor consists of a repository of hundreds of thousands of digital images and related data and tools to actively use those images. Includes over 7500 images from Philadelphia Museum of Art.An ARTstor account is needed to download images and setup personal options. Sign into the Stockton portal to create your account.
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- Films on Demand: Master Academic collection This link opens in a new window FoD has titles from more than 1,200 international producers to bring a wide variety of videos to suit the unique instructional needs of every subject.
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- Kanopy This link opens in a new window "Kanopy...provides access to more than 30,000 independent and documentary films ─ titles of unique social and cultural value."
- Masterworks (art) This link opens in a new window The Masterworks Collection has over 190 art history videos. Each short documentary showcases an artist and a key piece, illuminating the context and history of the work.
- Swank Digital Campus This link opens in a new window Swank Digital Campus includes streaming access to over 1,000 of the most popular films on the Swank platform including feature films and documentaries. Selections include films from major studios, independent, foreign, and art producers.
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Satriawan, I Wayan. Balinese Dance Terunajaya. 2019. I Wayan Satriawan. via Wikimedia Commons.
Primary & Secondary Source Guides
- Primary vs. Secondary Sources [American Univ.] A guide from American University's library on distinguishing between primary and secondary sources.
Dance Research Websites
- Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation's mission is to further the pioneering vision of the choreographer, dancer, and cultural leader Alvin Ailey by building an extended cultural community which provides dance performances, training and education, and community programs for all people.
- Building Audiences for the Arts: Research and Resources [DanceUSA] Dance/USA and The Wallace Foundation support the field's efforts to build audiences for dance. Diversifying the current audience mix, converting people who are inclined to attend, but don't, into attendees; getting current audiences members to attend more often.
- Critical Correspondence [Movement Research] A web-based publication of Movement Research that provides a forum for diverse engagements with artistic practice, research, and the contexts that surround the field of dance.
- CriticalDance CriticalDance.org publishes a wide variety of dance and dance-related reviews, features and interviews. These reviews, features and interviews are intended to raise the global awareness of the dance arts, promote dance events and performances, educate the community about lesser known companies and issues, and encourage fresh voices in dance journalism. It also maintains a public forum which provides the opportunity for a global bond not only among dance arts supporters but also between professionals and enthusiasts.
- DanceMedia A site compiling content from five dance magazines.
- Internet Broadway Database IBDB provides a comprehensive database of shows produced on Broadway, including all "title page" information about each production. It also offers historical information about theaters and various statistics and fun facts related to Broadway.
- Jerome Robbins Dance Division Audio & Moving Image Archive [NYPL] Explore the Dance Division's digitized moving image and audio recordings.
- Research Resources [Dance/USA] Dance/USA conducts research activities focused on the U.S. professional dance field and involve the collation and analysis of data on the state of the field, the administration of surveys on the operations, finances, and programming of organizational members, and discrete examinations into topics of concern to dancemakers.
- UbuWeb Dance Part of UbuWeb's film & video collection. A selection of videos depicting pure, art, and pop dance forms.