The definitive research tool for the study of theatre and the performing arts; includes journal articles, books, book chapters and dissertation abstracts on all aspects of theatre and performance in 126 countries. How to export to RefWorks
JSTOR
An interdisciplinary collection of full text articles from scholarly journals. Especially good for historic or classic articles in many fields with the coverage of some journals going back many years.
InfoTrac: Fine Arts and Music Collection Powered by InfoTrac, this database quickly places information from over 5 million articles at the finger tips of arts researchers. More than 150 of the journals in the Fine Arts & Music Collection are covered in the Wilson Art Index and the Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (RILM) indexes and are available in full-text.
Google Scholar
Interdisciplinary -- includes books and journal articles with links to OU's holdings if appropriate.
LexisNexis Academic Universe
Basically an index to newspaper articles, good for reviews of dancers, performances, choreography.
An extensive streaming video library of classical music performances, opera, ballet, live concerts and documentaries. 8 concurrent users at one time. If the limit has been reached, you may see a login screen. This indicates that you should try again later. If you have trouble logging in, please clear your cookies/cache and restart your browser. This can occur if you have not logged out of a previous session.
VAST: Academic Video Online
A service that provides streaming video on a variety of topics. Included in the collections are Dance, Theatre and Music.
Library Catalog
Use the catalog to find books, videos, recordings, and goverment documents we have at the library.
MelCat
A statewide catalog of many of Michigan's libraries. It allows you to request books at another library be sent to Kresge Library for you.
Dance Companies
- Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre
- American Ballet Theatre
- Eisenhower Dance Ensemble
- Joffrey Ballet
- New York City Ballet
Associations and Organizations
Katie Greer
Associate Professor
greer@oakland.edu
248.370.2480
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