Theatre & Dance 200: Dance History & other dance classes

Selected Resources for Dance History & Ethnology Classes

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

[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

Other Anthropology/Ethnography Databases
	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.
	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:

(Note: you cannot get periodicals through OhioLINK)

Evaluating Web Site
Citing Electronic Source
: Local folk dance organizations in information

from Sapphire Swan Dance Company: Links to information on various styles of dance from around the world.
: 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.