Research Guides: Dance: Find Scholarly Articles

Databases for Dance

Listed below are databases that are great for finding articles on dance. These databases, with the exception of the New York Public Library Dance Collection, require Temple authentication.

Performing Arts Periodicals Database This link opens in a new window
Performing Arts Periodicals Database (formerly International Index) provides indexing, abstracts and full text journals on dance, drama, theater, stagecraft, musical theater and performance art.
International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full-Text This link opens in a new window
International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full-Text contains content on International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance as well as full text titles, including Canadian Theatre Review, Dance Chronicle, Dance Teacher and Modern Drama.
Music and Performing Arts Collection This link opens in a new window
Portal that allows simultaneous searching of International Index to Music Periodicals Full-Text (IIMPFT) and International Index to the Performing Arts Full-Text (IIPAFT).
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR provides page images of ebooks, ebook chapters, and back issues of scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and basic sciences from the earliest issues to current publication. It also offers millions of high-quality ArtStor images, curated from leading museums and archives around the world.
Cambridge Journals Online This link opens in a new window
Cambridge Journals Online contains Full text online journals from Cambridge University Press.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Concurrent user limit: unlimited
Project Muse provides access to full-text journals, ebooks, and ebook chapters from university presses. Temple does not have access to all available ebooks.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Complete provides full text scholarly publications and full text journals for academic areas of study.

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BrowZine Web This link opens in a new window
BrowZine contains articles found in Open Access and subscription databases, uniting them into complete journals, and then arranging these journals on a common newsstand. This is a way to browse, read and monitor scholarly journals across the disciplines.