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Using Our Catalog
Books, Music CDs, and Videos
Journals and Other Periodicals
Finding Articles
Subscription Databases
Internet Sites
The Marvin K. Peterson Library has a rich collection of resources in the areas of Music and Performing Arts, focusing on theatre, film, dance, and sound. Use the Library's catalog to find all types of materials in the library, and the Journals at the MKP Library link for journals in all formats (paper, microform and electronic). Both are on the Library's home page. If you are searching for articles, use our print indexes and electronic databases - explained more fully in our Finding Articles section below. Other guides, such as Art, Architecture, and Interior Design, which includes information on visual art, may also be useful.
Come to the Information Desk for assistance with your research, call us at (203) 932-7189 or e-mail us. Books and articles not at our library may be requested via interlibrary loan (ILL). ILL forms are available at the Information Desk or online via the Proxy Connection from links on our home page.
The library catalog is available from our home page. For detailed information on using the online catalog, please refer to the Using the UNH Library Catalog guide. There is also a tutorial available to assist you, called the Online Library Catalog Tutorial.
Reference materials, such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, and statistical compilations are a good place to start research, and are shelved in the reference area on the library's entry level. (Note: 'REF' before the call number means that the book is kept in the Reference area). Reference materials are to be used only in the library. Circulating materials may be borrowed. The following are a sampling of the books available.
Music
Broken Music: A Memoir. ML420.S487 A3 2003
Dictionary of Music Production and Engineering Terminology. Ref. ML102.M85 W3 1988
The Encyclopedia of Jazz. Ref. ML3561.J3 F39 1960
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Ref. ML102.P66 G84 1998
The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. Ref. ML100 .G16 1998 (Accompanying CDs on Permanent Reserve, ask for them at the Circulation Desk)
The Global Music Industry. ML3790 .B39 2007
Healing Songs. ML3920 .G56 2006
Igor Stravinsky: His Life, Works, and Views. ML410.S932 D783 1983
Mastering the Art of Performances. ML456 .G66 2006
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Ref. ML100 .N48
Rock On: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock n' Roll: The Solid Gold Years. Ref. ML105 .N49 1982
Symphony no. 9 [score] M1001.S375 D944 1984
Vocal Apparitions: The Attraction of Cinema to Opera. ML2100 .G76 2005
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: A Biography. ML410 .M9 M4313 2007
Women Composers and Music Technology in the United States. ML1380 .H56 2006
[Note: Musical scores or sheet music are available from our collection. To find scores, search by composer (ex. Mozart) or type of music (ex. opera). To view all scores search "scores" as a subject in Advanced Search mode. You can also browse subject terms such as: operas vocal scores with piano; symphonies scores; suites orchestra scores; and cantatas sacred scores. Come to the Reference Desk for more assistance locating musical scores.]
Theatre
50 Great Scenes for Student Actors. PN6112 .O45
Acting, The Creative Process. PN2061 .A65 1980
Character and Conflict; An Introduction to Drama. PN6112 .K4 1969
The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan. [libretto] ML49.S9 A1 1976
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera. Ref. ML102.O6 R67
The Crown Guide to the World's Great Plays, From Ancient Greece to Modern Times. Ref. PN6112.5 .S45 1984
Encyclopaedia of the Musical Theatre. Ref. ML102.M88 G7
Light Fantastic: The Art and Design of Stage Lighting. PN2091.E4 K45 1999
The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte) An Opera in Two Acts. [libretto] M1500.M84 Z2 1967
Pagliacci. Opera in Two Acts. [vocal score] M1503.L582 P215 1963
Stigmas of the Tamil stage : an ethnography of Special Drama artists in South India. GN635.I4 S37 2005
Strasberg's Method as Taught by Lorrie Hull: A Practical Guide for Actors, Teachers, and Theatre Games. PN2062.H85 1985
Using Drama and Theatre to Promote Literacy Development: Some Basic Classroom Applications.
Film
Great Directors at Work: Stanislavsky, Brecht, Kazan, Brook. PN2053 .J62 1986
Hollywood Exile, or, How I Learned to Love the Blacklist: A Memoir. [Bernard Gordon] PN1998.3.G662 A3 1999
How to Read a Film: The Art, Technology, Language, History, and Theory of Film and Media. PN1994 .M59 1981
Music for Silent Films 1894-1929: A Guide. Ref. ML128.M7 A5 1988
The Scorsese Picture: The Art and Life of Martin Scorsese. PN1998.3.S39 E35 1992
Shakespeare: script, stage, screen. PR2976 .B4427 2006
Sontag & Kael : opposites attract me. PS3569.O6547 Z88 2004
Still Me. [Christopher Reeve] PN2287.R292 A3 1998b
Understanding Movies. PN1994 .G47 1996
Dance
The Ballerinas, From the Court of Louis XIV to Pavlova. GV1785.A1 M47
The Challenge of Current Research Methodologies to the Future of Relationship-based Psychotherapies: the Case of Dance-movement Therapy. AS 36 .N29 Com. Psy. 2000 no.2
Dancing class : gender, ethnicity, and social divides in American Dance, 1890-1920. GV1588.6 .T66 1999
The Encyclopedia of Dance & Ballet. Ref.GV1585 .E53
Isadora Duncan; Her Life, Her Art, Her Legacy. GV1785.D8 T4
What is Dance? : Readings in Theory and Criticism. GV1599 .W47 1983
The Library has several music CDs in a variety of genres held on Permanent Reserve. If you wish to learn more about the titles in our collection or check out a CD, please ask at the Circulation Desk. Below is a sample of the music CDs in our collection:
Video Collection
The Marvin K. Peterson Library hosts a newly expanded video collection containing both feature films and educational, or nonfiction, videos. The video collection is intended to enrich and amplify the University's cultural and intellectual resources. The collection supports course offerings and augments our collection of print materials. Members of the UNH community may use videos in-house or check them out at the Circulation Desk.
All videos can be found by using the library catalog, or listed in binders found at the Circulation and Reference Desks. To search the catalog for feature films (movies) select "feature films" as a subject and limit to "videorecording." You can also search for "animated films" as a subject and for fairy tales by using the Advanced Search mode and searching "fairy tales" as a subject combined with "videorecording" as a keyword. The videos are held in Permanent Reserve, please ask for the video at the circulation desk. For more information on searching for videos, see our guide on Videos in the UNH Library.
Here is a sample of some of the videos in our collection:
Feature Films
Educational or Non-Fiction
This also includes fairy tales, legends, and cartoons.
Journals and Other Periodicals
Scholarly journals, popular magazines, newspapers, and some annual publications like yearbooks are called periodicals. Go to the link Journals at the MKP Library to find periodicals in the library and online - you can search by title, title keyword, or browse by subject. Periodicals are shelved by title, ignoring 'the,' 'a', and 'an' at the beginning of the title. Paper journals are on the lower level of the library, the location shown in the Library catalog as ‘Journals Collection.' Those on microfilm or microfiche are in the microform room on the lower level. Those in Government Documents can be retrieved once you fill in a Docs Request form at the Information Desk. Online Journals are available from links on our Library's home page at any Internet Terminal. Use the Journals at the MKP Library link, and check the ‘Linked Resources' tab in our Library's catalog. You may have to go through the Proxy screen.
The following list is a sample of journals on these topics at the Peterson library.
Music
American Music; American Music Teacher; Billboard; Electronic Musician;
Ethnomusicology Online; Guitar Player; Journal of Music Teacher Education
; Journal of Seventeenth-Century Music ; Journal of the American Musicological Society; Mix; Popular Music and Society; Rolling Stone; Sound and Video Contractor; Women & Music
Theatre
American Drama; American Theatre; Back Stage; Cinéaste; Opera News; Plays; TDR: Drama Review; Theatre History Studies
Film
American Cinematographer; Daily Variety; Film Criticism; Film Journal International; Hollywood Reporter; Journal of Popular Film and Television; Variety
Dance
Dance Magazine; Journal of Dance Medicine & Science; Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance; Performing Arts & Entertainment in Canada
Periodical indexes and abstracts provide references, or citations, to articles in periodicals. Indexes and abstracts are available in paper and electronic formats. An index is invaluable in allowing you to search for citations to articles without having to physically browse through the publication page by page. Most subscription databases are electronic indexes to periodical literature, and, in addition, often provide the full text of the articles cited. Once you have a citation, check the Journals at the MKP Library to see if we have the issue of the journal you need. For detailed information about finding periodical articles read the Finding Articles guide, located on the library web site under 'Library Guides'. Some Print Indexes are listed below.
Book Review Index. 1965 to 1982. Ref. Z1035.A1 B6
Humanities Index. 1974/75 to March 2008. Ref. AI3 .H8
An Index to Book Reviews in the Humanities. 1961 to 1980. Ref. Z1035.A1 I63
Most of the library's databases are available online from any Internet terminal, via links on the library's home page. There are a few databases that are for use in the library only-- if so it is noted on the database list. To access the library's databases, you will use the Proxy Connection: Log in with your UNH ID number, which is the 16-digit number at the bottom or back of your UNH photo ID. Only currently registered students, faculty and staff are eligible to use our subscription databases.
The following lists some databases useful to students studying Music and Performing Arts. For a complete list of our electronic resources, see our annotated listing of databases.
Business and Company Resource Center (from Gale via iCONN) A database of company profiles, brand information, market intelligence, rankings, financials, investment reports, histories and industry news going back twenty years. Includes information from Brands and their Companies, and Business Rankings Annual. Good for information on the business aspects of the performing arts.
Education Journals and Wilson Education Abstracts (from ProQuest): Contains over 760 titles with over 600 in full text. Contains information on film, music and theatre.
FirstSearch provides access to databases in the Arts & Humanities, such as the Arts and Humanities Citation Index. Available in the library only. Ask at the Information Desk for assistance logging on.
General OneFile (from Gale via iConn): 6,300 full text titles covering a broad range of subjects. Access to over 11,000 titles from general interest magazines, academic journals, business and technology publications, law journals, health care periodicals, newspapers and news services.
Literary Reference Center (from Ebsco) Biographies, literary criticism, plot summaries, reviews, interviews, reference books, full text classics, periodicals, poems, shorts stories, and images.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection (from Ebsco) Mostly full text of non-APA (American Psychological Association) journal literature from the 1970s on. Includes book reviews, conference proceedings and reports.
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, (from E-Reference Books, also known as the Gale Virtual Reference Library) Major topics include: television, movies, theater, art, books, magazines, radio, music, sports, fashion, health, politics, trends, community life and advertising.
Internet Sites
The Internet provides much valuable information. As with any material you use, evaluate the sources you use. This can be challenging with the Internet, since it is not always readily apparent who is responsible for the information on a particular page found via a Google or Yahoo! search. Look for a home page and 'About us' link. Consider how qualified the organization or person is to provide the information, whether they have an agenda or particular point of view, how up-to-date the information is, and how it affects the point you want to make. Here is a selection of useful web sites.
Music
The 111 Greatest (Anglo-American) Folk Music Artists
AMG All-Music Guide. Search this site by name, album, song, or classical work and find a wealth of information.
American Memory from the Library of Congress: Performing Arts, Music
Aria Database. Information on over 1,000 arias. Includes translations, aria texts, and MIDI files of arias and opera ensembles.
Baroque Music Homepage. An overview of baroque music, composers, and instruments.
Billboard. Features news, current charts, artist information, tour finder, and the latest headlines from Billboard Magazine.
Essentials of Music. Provides basic information about classical music with overviews of the six main periods in music history, brief biographies of nearly 70 composers, and a glossary with musical examples.
Performing Arts Encyclopedia. Hosted by the Music, Theatre, and Dance Collections of the Library of Congress. View special collections and presentations.
Worldwide Internet Music Resources. This is produced by the William and Gayle Cook Music Library, Indiana University School of Music. It host links to internet resources including information on individual musicians and popular groups, composers and composition, ensembles and groups, genres and types of music, research and study, journals and magazines, commercial music and more.
Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music. The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music is part of Special Collections at the Milton S. Eisenhower Library of The Johns Hopkins University. It contains over 29,000 pieces of music and focuses on popular American music spanning the period 1780 to 1960. An image of the cover and each page of music will also be retrieved if the music was published before 1923 and is in the public domain.
Librarians' Internet Index (LII): Music. The LII's music site which hosts links on information regarding: musical genres, musical instruments, musicians, periodicals, sound recordings, composers, history, copyright and other topics.
Lift Every Voice: Music in American Life. This exhibition takes its name from "Lift Every Voice and Sing", a hymn composed a century ago by two African-American brothers, James Weldon and J. Rosamond Johnson. This site discusses African-American ballads, hymns and spirituals, patriotic odes, minstrels and musicals, protest songs, and "Virginiana." Includes audio clips and scanned images of original books and photos.
Lyrics Domain. Over 59,000 songs listed. Find the lyrics to songs by searching by artist and browsing songs. Become a member free, which allows you to post lyrics and comments.
MENC: The National Association for Music Education. Contains information pertaining to band, chorus, orchestra, teacher education, the collegiate level, and more.
MTV. MTV.com is the online home of all things MTV, with videos, music news and reviews, TV show information, and music awards.
Malvina Reynolds: Song Lyrics and Poems. A site devoted to a prominent folk musician.
Medieval and Renaissance Instruments. This is Musica Antiqua's illustrated guide to Medieval and Renaissance Instruments. This contains pictures, descriptions, and the history of the instruments used in playing early music.
Music History 102: A Guide to Western Composers and their Music from the Middle Ages to the Present
Musicals101.com: the Cyber Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre, TV and Film.
Operabase. This site, offered in several languages, allows you to search for opera performances, performers, managers, companies/opera houses, and festivals. You can also learn about significant happenings in opera in "On This Day" and view city guides.
A Passion for Jazz! Music History and Education.
Performing Arts in America, 1875-1923: Music. Created and maintained by the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Browse through names, titles or subjects, or search for a specific word or phrase.
Popular American Music. A digital archive from UCLA's Music Library.
Public Domain Music. A reference site to help the ordinary person identify music and songs in the public domain.
Recording Industry Association of America. Anti-piracy, gold and platinum record status, glossary issues, legal cases, etc.
Ricci Adams' Musictheory.net. This site houses animated music theory lessons, with note and interval trainers, ear trainers, chord calculators, and more.
Smithsonian Global Sound (SGS). Smithsonian Global Sound delivers the world's diverse cultural expressions via the Internet in an informative way for a reasonable price. It also helps encourage local musicians and traditions around the planet through international recognition, the payment of royalties, and support for regional archives.
Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip. The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip is a multi-format ethnographic field collection that includes nearly 700 sound recordings, as well as field notes, dust jackets, and other manuscripts. These recordings represent a broad spectrum of traditional musical styles, including ballads, blues, children's songs, cowboy songs, fiddle tunes, field hollers, lullabies, play-party songs, religious dramas, spirituals, and work songs.
Teoría Music Theory Web. A site devoted to practical music theory. It includes tutorials, exercises, reference materials, and other features for members.
VH1. official site of the music network VH1. Includes news, reviews, music videos, artist information, message boards, and more.
The Virtual Instrument Museum. Provided by the World Music Collection at Wesleyan University. Browse by instrument type, geographic region, material (instrument is made of), alphabetical index, or perform a simple search.
Voice of the Shuttle: Music. From the University of California at Santa Barbara, this outstanding site is one of the most comprehensive web resources for the humanities. Includes a multitude of subdivisions. See more links for this site under Theatre, Film and Dance, below.
WWW Sites of Interest to Musicologists. The American Musicological Society provides links to academic job listings, dissertations, music publishing and record labels, women in music, music and film, and more.
Yahoo! Entertainment > Music. Find music artists, song lyrics, sheet music, guitar tabs, and information about musical instruments and styles such as rock and pop, rap, hip-hop, jazz, classical, country, and other genres.
Theatre
ActorSite. The site of choice for professional actors. Audition information including Equity casting calls, national audition notices, and various casting hotlines. Registration required.
American Theatre Wing. Dedicated to supporting excellence and education in theatre, the American Theatre Wing operates an array of programs to support those goals, including the long-running Working In The Theatre series of televised seminars with top practitioners in the field; Downstage Center, a weekly radio theatrical interview show on XM Satellite Radio; a grants and scholarship program awarding more than 50 grants annually to New York not-for-profit theatre companies and theatre students; the annual Hewes Design Awards for achievement in theatrical design in New York City; SpringboardNYC, a two-week, college-to-career arts "boot camp"; Theatre Intern Group, a networking and professional development group for young people who work in theatrical offices; and the annual presentation of The Tony Awards.
American Variety Stage, Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment 1870-1920. Search or browse several different anthologies including: Houdini, theater playbills and programs, sound recordings, motion pictures, English play scripts, and Yiddish play scripts.
Artslynx International Theatre Resources. Students, actors, and designers will find information on production histories, books, design, technical theatre, costumes, and acting on this site.
The Costume Page. This site is divided into topic areas of: reference, museums, history, ethnic, theatrical, organizations, events, schools, instructions, Halloween, other lists, materials accessories, costumes (ready-made). This site covers material ranging from how to tie a tie to making Elizabethan corsets, links to how-to, where-to-find, and in-depth information that would interest just about everyone.
The Development of Scenic Spectacle. This site is devoted to the study of Renaissance and Baroque theatrical spectacle. You can view information on scene change, sea scenes, flying machines, traps and elevators, lighting, and other effects for the 16th through the 18th centuries.
Didaskalia: Ancient Theatre Today. Didaskalia is an electronic resource and journal dedicated to the study of ancient Greek and Roman drama in performance.
The Guide to Musical Theatre. This guide has been designed for those who enjoy musicals, especially to those who participate in productions of Broadway, West End, and shows written with the amateur in mind.
The Internet Broadway Database. This site lists all currently running Broadway productions and archives past Broadway productions. Under each production you can find cast and crew, songs, awards and nominations, dates ran and at which theater, and links to the official website of the production which usually includes story synopsis and other detailed information.
Lortel Archives: The Internet Off-Broadway Database
The New Deal Stage, Selections from the Federal Theatre Project 1935-1939. Hosted by the Music Division of the Library of Congress. Browse play scripts, administrative records, or the productions of MacBeth, Power, or the Tragic History of Dr. Faustus.
Performing Arts in America, 1875-1923: Theatrical Productions. Created and maintained by the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Browse through names, titles or subjects, or search for a specific word or phrase.
The Rogers and Hammerstein Organization. Representing the works of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II and their numerous collaborators. Contains biographies, a newsletter, the R&H concert library, R&H theatricals, and the R&H organization.
Theatre Communications Group. This organization works to support nonprofit theatre through artistic, management, and government programs. It also publishes American Theatre magazine, as well as selection of plays and theatre reference books.
Theatre Development Fund. In addition to TDF's most visible program, its TKTS® discount ticket booths in Times Square and South Street Seaport, TDF administers a range of audience development and financial assistance programs that encourage production of new plays and musicals and enable more New Yorkers and visitors to enjoy the riches and variety of the city's theatre, dance and music.
Voice of the Shuttle: Drama, Theater and Performance Art Studies. See description of site under Music, above.
Film
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Official site for the professional organization with a special section on the annual Academy Awards (Oscars) and Student Academy Awards.
All Movie Guide. This site offers factual and descriptive data for movies, actors, directors, writers, and other professionals. Plot synopses, reviews, MPAA ratings, and purchase information is also available.
American Film Institute (AFI). A national arts organization dedicated to preserving the heritage of film and television, identifying and training new talent, and increasing the recognition of the moving image as an art form.
BBC-Film. Contains information on BBC films, film network shorts, Bollywood, filmmaking advices, directors' diaries, soundtracks and more.
The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made. This site lists the 1,000 best movies ever made according to the New York Times Film Critics. Browse movies by title to read reviews. Free registration (required to get complete access to reviews).
Black Film Center/Archive. A repository of films and related materials by and about African Americans.
Bright Lights Film Journal. Bright Lights Film Journal is a popular-academic hybrid of movie analysis, history, and commentary, looking at classic and commercial, independent, exploitation, and international film from a wide range of vantage points from the aesthetic to the political. Current issue and archives available in full-text.
British Film Institute (BFI). The British Film Institute promotes understanding and appreciation of Britain's rich film and television heritage and culture. Established in 1933, the BFI runs a range of activities and services including: the National Film Theatre; film festivals, a national film and television archive; and Sight and Sound magazine.
Cinéaste. A quarterly magazine on the art and politics of the cinema. Some full-text is available. The library subscribes to this title and is available as an online journal.
Cinemathèque Ontario. Cinemathèque Ontario, one of five divisions of the Toronto International Film Festival Group, is a year-round screening programme dedicated to presenting the history of world cinema on the big screen in carefully curated retrospectives. Their website includes information about the cinemathèque, programs, schedule, locations, publications, and membership and tickets.
Cinema Treasures. Non-profit website dedicated to saving classic movie theaters. Includes theater info, news, photographs, virtual tours, message boards, and more.
DocumentaryFilms.net. Information on independent documentary films and festivals.
Earlycinema.com. Earlycinema.com aims to provide an introduction to the first decade of motion pictures and the developments which helped shape cinema as we know it today. Includes a timeline of events, pioneers of cinema, technology of motion pictures along with major inventions, and a browsable index.
European Films. This privately owned and operated site wants to increase public awareness about European feature length films that are currently in (pre-) production or in release in theatres or on DVD around the world. The site offers news and reviews of such films for the general public, hoping to stimulate interest in the diverse output of European filmmakers working today.
Fédération Internationale des Archives du Film (International Federation of Film Archives). Founded in Paris in 1938, FIAF is a collaborative association of the world's leading film archives whose purpose has always been to ensure the proper preservation and showing of motion pictures.
Film Quarterly. The official website for the journal Film Quarterly. Browse the contents of past issues and read sample articles. For full-text of the journal, subscription is necessary.
Film Score Monthly. This is the website for the online magazine of motion picture and television music appreciation. Includes daily articles, feature articles, message board, polls, FAQ, handbook, links, and an online store.
Filmmaking.com: The Filmmaking Portal. A resource for film schools and digital filmmaking information.
Filmmaking.net. A reference and community source for the new and independent filmmaker.
Filmsound.org. A site created by a media teacher in Sweden. Contains full-text articles about film sound and sound design, a glossary of terms, and descriptions of how film sounds were made for some major films.
The Greatest Films. The greatest movies in cinematic history: greatest moments, famous scenes, and film quotes. Organized by historical decades, years, and genres.
GreenCine Movie Primers. Offers introductory overviews of major film genres and movements.
IFP.org. Independent Feature Project was founded in 1979 on a belief that a truly vital American cinema must include the personal, idiosyncratic, and sometimes controversial voices of filmmakers working outside of the established studio system.
Images: A Journal of Film and Popular Culture. A quarterly journal that features in-depth discussions of movies and other visual arts.
The Internet Movie Database (IMDB). Search this site for movies, television shows, actors and actresses, companies, or characters. You can find plot synopses of movies, user reviews, trivia, and mini-bios and pictures of actors.
The Internet Movie Script Database. This site allows you to read or download film or television scripts for free. You can find a script by search, browse by title, or browse by genre.
Masters of Cinema. This site provides full-text current news and articles on directors and films, past and present. They also list DVD release date of films internationally and link to information about directors.
Movie Review Query Engine. This database allows you to search for movie reviews published online and in popular magazines and newspapers. Includes reviews from publications such as the New York Times and the Chicago Sun Times (Roger Ebert).
Reel Classics. Dedicated exclusively to classic movies with profiles of the stars, movies, moviemakers, and more.
Reelviews: Berardinelli Sees Film. Covers comprehensive reviews of new releases and films on video.
RogerEbert.com Site of the famed film critic. Site has reviews, commentary, film festival listings, a movie glossary, and more.
Scope: Institute of Film Studies Journal. Established in 1999, Scope is a fully peer-reviewed online journal edited by staff and students in the Institute of Film & Television Studies at the University of Nottingham. This journal provides a forum for discussion of all aspects of film history, theory and criticism.
ScreenSite. ScreenSite facilitates the teaching and research of film/TV/new media and is designed principally for educators and students. This site includes information on production, research, education, fair use, and publication.
Silent Era: The Silent Film Website. Provides reviews, news, and lists from the silent film era.
SilverScreen Archive. A website devoted to classic films, which offer renting hard-to-find classic films online. Browse by title or search by keyword to find information on classic films including cast, running time, rating, format, genre, year, and summary.
Simply Scripts. Screenplays, transcripts, and partial scripts of old, current and soon-to-be-released movies.
Turner Classic Movies. You can view original trailers from this site. Their free newsletter is available via email subscription.
Voice of the Shuttle: Media Studies: Film/Video. See description of site under Music, above.
Who's Who in Victorian Cinema. This site covers leading figures in Victorian Cinema, the British period from the 1870s to 1901. Browse names to find important figures in Victorian Cinema, often complemented with photos and a description of the person's contribution to cinema.
Women Make Movies. A multicultural, multiracial, nonprofit media arts organization which facilitates the production, promotion, distribution, and exhibition of independent films and videotapes by and about women.
Dance
An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals ca. 1490-1920. This site presents a collection of over two hundred social dance manuals at the Library of Congress. Along with dance instruction manuals, this online presentation also includes a significant number of anti-dance manuals, histories, treatises on etiquette, and items from other conceptual categories.
Artslynx/Dance. Artslynx International Dance Resources. Contains information and links on a variety of dance-related topics such as choreographers, competitions, companies, dance therapy, dance history, funding, and studio listings.
Ballet.co.uk. All you need to know on British ballet, including upcoming performances, dancers, news and reviews.
Ballet.com. This site is broken up into two main content sections, the first being "Studio to Stage" has step-by-step articles on ballet including: History; The Dancer; The Performance; and Technique. The second main category "Encyclopedia" contains entries for information on ballet dancers and ballets.
BalletCompanies.com. This site is a gateway to the ballet and dance world. On this site you'll find over 3000 links to ballet and dance companies all over the world. In addition, this site offers unique advertising opportunities for dance suppliers and teachers.
Criticaldance. Hosted, maintained, moderated and published by CriticalDance, an international non-profit entity founded for the purpose of promoting and supporting the dance arts, including dance arts professionals, organizations, companies, presenters, and writers and audiences.
Culture Kiosque: Dance. Read reviews of dances and books. Membership is required to access the text, but membership is free.
CyberDance: Ballet on the Net. Includes a variety of information on ballet including summer programs and educational resources, ballet and modern dance companies, colleges in the United States and Canada, schools in the United States and Canada, people and organizations, news and information, international ballet links, and other websites and links.
Dance on Video: Media Resources Center, University of California, Berkeley. Browse this collection by topic, such as Native American dance, dance in Africa, dance in Latin America and the Caribbean, and dance in the movies.
Dance Films Association. Promoting excellence in dance films and video and public awareness through screenings, publications, grants, and workshops.
Dance Insider. This site devoted to dance includes reviews of performances, directories, interviews, classifieds, and more.
Dance Notation Bureau. The Dance Notation Bureau's (DNB) mission is to advance the art of dance through the use of a system of notation. DNB does this by creating dance scores using the symbol system called Labanotation. This allows the dances to continue to be performed long after the lifetime of the artist.
Digital Performance Archive. The Digital Performance Archive (DPA) traces the rapid developments taking place which combine performance activity with new digital technologies -from live theatre and dance productions that incorporate digital projections, to performances that take place on the computer-screen via webcasts and interactive virtual environments
Free to Dance. Lesson Plans. Lesson 2: Modern Dance and the Harlem Renaissance. This site contains information for a lesson plan intended for high school student use. This lesson explores how modern dance developed during this era by focusing on the lives of important choreographers and dancers whose work was impacted by the constraints and possibilities of the time.
International Association for Dance Medicine and Science. A forum for education and research regarding dance medicine and science.
International Dance Organization. Contains information on competitions, awards, news, and links.
Jerome Robbins Dance Division of the New York Public Library. The Jerome Robbins Dance Division of The New York Public Library is the largest and most comprehensive archive in the world devoted to the documentation of dance. It preserves the history of dance by gathering diverse written, visual, and aural resources, and it works to ensure the art forms continuity through an active documentation program.
The Kennedy Center Arts Edge - Curricula Lessons and Activities: Performing Arts. ARTSEDGE - the National Arts and Education Network - supports the placement of the arts at the center of the curriculum and advocates creative use of technology to enhance the K-12 educational experience. This site offers free, standards-based teaching materials for use in and out of the classroom, as well as professional development resources, student materials, and guidelines for arts-based instruction and assessment.
Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies LIMS Online. LIMS seeks to maintain and grow a vital, dynamic network - comprised of a school, an arts and cultural center, and a research institution. It is an international community of movement specialists dedicated to the preservation and advancement of the work of Rudolf Laban and Irmgard Bartenieff. Through conferences, research, publications, workshops, performing arts events, media appearances and our Certification Programs, the organization introduces Laban Movement Analysis, the Bartenieff Fundamentals and related work to movement professionals and the general public.
Performing Arts in America, 1875-1923: Dance and Dancers. Created and maintained by the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Browse through names, titles or subjects, or search for a specific word or phrase.
Society of Dance History Scholars. The Society of Dance History Scholars (SDHS) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting study, research, discussion, performance, and publication in dance history and related fields. This site includes information on conferences, awards, publication, membership, working groups, and online resources.
Voice of Dance. Contains archived news articles, multimedia, Q&A columns with top dance professionals, message boards, an online store, and listings for colleges and universities that offer dance programs. An excellent site for professional and amateur dancers as well as dance enthusiasts.
Voice of the Shuttle: Dance. See description of site under Music, above.
Writing the Paper and Citing Your Research
The Library produces guides to several citation styles. The Center for Learning Resources in Maxcy Hall room 106 also assists students writing papers.
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