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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.
FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Plus This link opens in a new window
Note: FIAF has moved to the ProQuest platform and has an updated URL.
FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Plus is a bibliographical index covering the film journals up to the present day. FIAF also includes the following databases: International index to film periodicals (1972- ) and International index to television periodicals (1979-1998).
Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text contains articles from magazine for film, television and cinema reviews. Subject coverage includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews.
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.
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.
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.

Primary Sources

Dance Online: Dance Studies Collection This link opens in a new window
Dance Online: Dance Studies Collection presents the historical context of 20th and 21st century dance through photographs, correspondence, magazines, dance notation, and reference material.
New York Times Full-Text (1980 - present) [via ProQuest U.S. Newsstream] This link opens in a new window
New York Times Full-Text / Full-Image (1851-2020) [via ProQuest Historical Newspapers] This link opens in a new window
Incorporates the New York Times Index
Rock's Backpages This link opens in a new window
Rock's Backpages is a database of music journalism, featuring almost 50,000 articles on thousands of artists from Aaliyah to ZZ Top.
Dance in Video This link opens in a new window
Dance in Video contains dance productions and documentaries by performers and companies of the 20th century. Selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance.

Historical Overviews

Social Dancing in America: A History and Reference
Volume 1 contains history of social dance from 1607-1900; Volume 2 contains 1901-2000.

ABC-CLIO eBooks [via Bloomsbury] This link opens in a new window
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ABC-CLIO eBook Collection provides digital collection with encyclopedias, dictionaries and handbooks.

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