Dance Subject Guide

Articles in Periodicals

 

8 resources available
restricted - Restricted to WMU users open access - Open Access


These sources may be used to find articles on dance topics and people. For reviews, see the "Reviews and Current Events" section of this study guide.



International Index to Performing Arts restricted

This database provides coverage of dance, film, television, drama, theater, stagecraft, and more, indexes more than 250 performing arts journals and provides full text for more than 100 journals. Coverage varies.

OmniFile Full Text Select restricted

Index to full text articles in science, humanities, social sciences, education and business. The index includes records from: Readers' Guide Abstracts, Social Sciences Abstracts, Humanities Abstracts, General Science Abstracts and Wilson Business Abstracts. Coverage: 1994 to the present. Updated weekly.
Formerly called Wilson Select Plus.

Librarian's Comment: Articles on dance from general periodical sources.

ProQuest Research Library restricted

Indexes popular magazines, scholarly journals, newspapers and trade publications in a wide range of subject areas, including business, education, humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Full-text available for over 2,500 journals. Coverage from 1971.

Librarian's Comment: Includes recent articles from Dance Chronicle, Dance Magazine, Dance Research Journal, Dance Spirit, Dance Teacher.

JSTOR restricted

Full-text access to selected scholarly journals in a number of humanities and social sciences disciplines. Search by individual title or in the whole collection. This database contains only back issues and does not include issues of the most recent 3 to 5 years.

Librarian's Comment: Includes articles from older issues of Dance Chronicle, Dance Research Journal, Dance Research.

International Index to Music Periodicals Full Text restricted

Indexes and abstracts articles, reviews and other features from more than 430 music periodicals, with full text coverage of 125 journals and magazines.

Librarian's Comment: Useful for finding articles on dance music as well as choreographer/composer collaborations.

Physical Education Index restricted

Indexes more than 230,000 articles in health, physical education, recreation, athletic training and dance. Coverage: 1970-present. Updated monthly.

Medline (FirstSearch) restricted

The major index to medical research, from clinical medicine to cellular and biomolecular biology. Produced by the US National Library of Medicine. Coverage: 1965 - present. Updated daily.

  • RefWorks Info: Medline will export marked citations directly into your RefWorks account. (You will be prompted to login.)

Librarian's Comment: May be used for dance medicine and therapy, dancers' health and injuries, etc.

Journal Finder (Find It @ WMU)

Find electronic and print journals available at WMU. Search for a journal title, browse journals by subject or collection, or look for a specific article if you have a citation (CitationLinker).

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Last updated: October 2010