Goals of this session:

• Become familiar with dance history research strategies
• Become familiar with some of the world dance resources.
• Learn how to use ANTPAC to find books and videos.
• How do I find articles about world dance?
• Dance article databases
• Databases for other disciplines (anthropology, history, education, etc.)
• Books shown in class
• Explore Internet sites
• Know where to go for help
• Citing sources
• Special Collections in Dance

Four types of research strategies:

1. Interviewing experts.

Southern California Dance and Directory [Louise Reichlin at USC]
http://www.usc.edu/dept/dance/
Sapphire Swan Dance Directory [worldwide directory; extensive links to dance styles, ballet sites, etc.]
http://www.SapphireSwan.com/dance/

3. Footnote/Bibliography Tracking.
Find a good book or article and use the footnotes or bibliography to lead you to additional information. The assumption is that the author has researched this field and identified the most important sources.

*Try looking at bibliographies in major encyclopedias like*:
International Encyclopedia of Dance. 6 vols. (Reference GV 1585 I586 1998)
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians 20 vols. (Online and Reference ML 100 N48 2001)

4. Structured Approach.
Use online library catalogs with Library of Congress subject headings for finding books or videos.  Keyword searching can also be effective (use performer, artist, choreographer names, styles, titles, etc) but subject headings often yield more results (and they are hotlinked in Antpac for "spinoff searching").  A new feature of Antpac is "Select a Collection" which allows you to limit to Films and Videos if you wish.

Here are a sampling of the structure of Library of Congress subject headings (there are many more).  You can ask for the bound volumes listing all headings at the Reference Desk (or use spinoff approach):

• Dance
• Dance history
• Dance--Japan
• Dance--Indonesia
• Folk dancing

• ANTPAC - UCI catalog for books, videos, journals, newspapers.  We will do sample searches and learn to interpret book and journal records.
• MELVYL - UC (and CSU, other CA-wide libraries) system catalog; also a gateway to many article databases.  CDL, California Digital Library, includes CA digital projects, Searchlight (cross-subject searching), Melvyl and many article databases (from CDL website, select from pulldown Article Databases menu).  Many can also be accessed through Antpac and UCI Libraries website.  You can use this as well as Worldcat to request materials through inter-library loan.
• New York Public Library (NYPL) Dictionary Catalog - Online catalog of the world-renowned (and very comprehensive) Dance Collection at NYPL.  Use this as an index to dance books and articles that UCI might own (we will demonstrate how to find some in Antpac).   Click on this link and select "Connect to Dance Catalog".

Article Databases or How Do I find Articles in Scholarly Journals?

Use article databases for finding journal/newspaper articles and more (access by clicking on these direct links or use the Dance Subject Guide.  Or, go to Online Research and search the alphabetical lists of Article Databases and Selected List of Resources).  Also, most are searchable by title in ANTPAC, where'll you get print and internet access.

*In order to access all of these resources you will need to activate your UCINetID and configure your browser -- instructions under Connecting from Home (Proxy Server (bottom of page) is recommended option).*

Dance and arts-specific (please also consult the Dance Subject Guide):

• New York Public Library (NYPL) Dictionary Catalog - Online catalog of the world-renowned (and very comprehensive) Dance Collection at NYPL.  Use this as an index to dance books and articles that UCI might own (we will demonstrate how to find some in Antpac).   Click on this link and select "Connect to Dance Catalog".
• International Index to the Performing Arts  Index to journal articles for dance, cinema, theatre, and music.  Find obituaries, research material, performance reviews, articles on world dance.  Make use of browse lists to improve searching, as we will demonstrate.

• Expanded Academic ASAP is a multidisciplinary database containing full-text to selected dance articles and journals (including Dance Magazine).
• Current Contents  Access to scholarly journal articles in all fields including dance.  From the Online Research tab, click "Selected Resources A-Z", scroll to "Current Contents".
• LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe   From the Online Research tab, click "Selected Resources A-Z", scroll to "LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe" (select News).  Useful for locating performance reviews, articles, popular news items, obituaries.
• Anthropological Literature- Access to articles and essays on anthropology and archaeology, including art history, demography, economics,  performing arts, psychology, and religious studies.
• Chicano Database - Index to Mexican-American and other Latin American topics, including dance.
• Ethnic News Watch  News, culture and history from 200+ publications of the ethnic, minority and native press in English and Spanish.
• Global Newsbank Index and full-text articles to domestic and international newspaper 1996-Current.
• ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) - Prime resource for educational materials (including dance).
• Periodical Contents Index (PCI)- Access to multidisciplinary journal articles in full text from 1770-1995 (many performing arts electronic journals included).

Books shown in class (located in Langson Library Stacks):

Dancing. (GV 1594 J66 1992)
Balinese Dance in Transition (GV 1703 I532 B34322 1995)
Khmer Court Dance (GV 1703 C3 C48 1987)
History of Chinese Dance (GV 1691 W3613 1985)
Amalia Hernandez' Folkloric Ballet of Mexico (GV 1786 B233 A3813 1994)
Korean intangible cultural properties (DS904 .K64 2000  v.3)
Flamencos: la rage et la grâce (Not on shelf yet but in process; in French with wonderful photographs of flamenco dancers)
 

Videos (housed and available for viewing in the Multimedia Resource Center, 1st floor):

Search strategy: All the UCI videotapes are in ANTPAC. Do a keyword search using the words "danc*" and select "Film and Videos Collection" from the second drop-down menu. This picks up any videorecordings with the truncation of the word dance, dancing, dances, etc. This is not a comprehensive list, because some videorecordings are cataloged under performance title or the choreographer/creator's name.  Keyword searching on style or genre, performer names in this collection can be effective as well.

Here are a few examples of major video series in world dance.

JVC video anthology of world music and dance [videorecording]. IMPRINT [Tokyo?] : Victor Company of Japan, ; Cambridge, MA : Distributed by Rounder Records, [1990?]DESCRIPTION 30 videocassettes (332 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 9 guides.
MAIN MULTIMEDIA M1627 .J87 1990

JVC Smithsonian Folkways video anthology of music and dance of Europe [videorecording] / a production of JVC ; director, Kunihiko Nakagawa. IMPRINT Barre, VT : Distributed by Multicultural Media, c1996. DESCRIPTION 2 videocassettes (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 2 guides. SUBJ-LCSH Folk music -- Europe. Folk dancing -- Europe.
MAIN MULTIMEDIA ML3580 .J83 1996

JVC/Smithsonian Folkways video anthology of music and dance of the Americas [videorecording] IMPRINT [S.l.] : JVC, Victor Company of Japan ; Montpelier, VT : Distributed by Multicultural Media, c1995. DESCRIPTION 6 videocassettes (332 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 6 guides. SUBJ-LCSH Folk music.
MAIN MULTIMEDIA MRC D73

JVC Smithsonian Folkways video anthology of music and dance of Africa [videorecording] / a production of JVC ; directed by Hiroshi Yamamoto. IMPRINT Barre, VT : Distributed by Multicultural Media, c1996. DESCRIPTION 3 videocassettes (156 min.) sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 3 guides.
MAIN MULTIMEDIA ML3760 .J83 1996

Dance in the Noh theater [videorecording] / produced and directed by Monica Bethe and Karen Brazell. IMPRINT [Ithaca, N.Y.] : Cornell University, China Japan Program : [Distributed by Cornell University, Media Services], [1979?] DESCRIPTION 5 videocassettes (246 min.) : sd., b&w, ; 1/2 in.
MAIN MULTIMEDIA PN2924.5.N6 D36 1979

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