Thomas Library - Selected Resources for Dance History & Ethnology

Selected Resources for Dance History & Ethnology Classes

Use the red volumes of the LCSH to find Subjects to search for in Ezra and the OhioLINK Catalog. Some useful searches are premade to the right.

Picture of LCSH volumes 22nd ed., 5 vols., 1999.
Kept on the long table by the main bank of EZRA/Web terminals.

Subject headings will be similar to, but may be different from those used in periodical indexes.

Note: many of these headings may be subdivided geographically, e.g:

Folk Dancing [subdivide geographically, e.g. "Folk dancing -- Jamaica"]

International Encyclopedia of Dance: Ref. GV 1585 .I586 1998
Encyclopedia of World Cultures: Ref. GN 307 .E53 1991
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: Main Stacks: ML100 .G16 1998, 10 vols.; Includes some dance-related articles
A Core Collection in Dance: Main Stacks: GV 1594 .C685 2001; Note: bibliography, not text; this book is a guide to books and other resources
The Music and Dance of the World's Religions: A Comprehensive, Annotated Bibliography of Materials in the English Language: Main Stacks: ML 128 .S17 R87 1996; Note: bibliography, not text; this book is a guide to books and other resources

Wilson Index (Index to arts and humanities literature)

Historical Abstracts (Covers non-U.S. History, 1450-Present)

(Index to Arts, Humanities & Social Science Journals)

Other Anthropology/Ethnography Databases
Academic Search Premier	Indexes about 2000 periodicals -- both scholarly journals and popular magazines; covers 1986-Present, with some fulltext coverage starting in the early 1990s.
New York Times Index	Index Table 2 and Older Indexes Index to the New York Times, starting in 1851.
Lexis-Nexis Universe	20 years of full text general, governmental & industrial news, including reviews

At Wittenberg:

Online Fulltext Journal Listing -- covers print and electronic periodicals

At other Ohio academic libraries:

OhioLINK Central Catalog (Note: you cannot get periodicals through OhioLINK)

Evaluating Web Site
Citing Electronic Source
International Folk Dance, Dayton and Ohio: Local folk dance organizations in information
Society of Dance History Scholars: Online Resources
Dance Styles from Sapphire Swan Dance Company: Links to information on various styles of dance from around the world.
Current Bibliographies in Ethnomusicology
: Lists of recent publications in ethnomusicology, but includes many dance-related resources. Categorized by continent.
World Dance: Links to information on dance from many parts of the world
Wikipedia: Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia constantly under revision by its users. Because it may be edited by anyone, it is not the most reliable source in the world, but it is generally good for basic background information, and can be an excellent source of links to other websites.

Compiled by Ken Irwin, kirwin@wittenberg.edu.