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Subject Research Guides

First Year Seminars:
The Power & Pleasure of the Arts

This guide is intended as a research tool to help you locate background information, books, articles, and internet/web links on a variety of topics related to performing arts.

Background Information Sources

Available in the library's reference area:

International Encyclopedia of Dance (6 vols.) REF GV1585 .I586 2004
Complete Guide to Modern Dance REF GV1783 .M26
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (29 vols.) REF ML100 .N48 2001
New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (2 vols.) REF ML102 .J3 N48 1988
Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre (3 vols.) REF ML102.M88 G3 2001
Oxford Companion to Popular Music REF ML102. P66 G35 1991
Encyclopedia of Rock REF ML102. R6 H37 1988x
Crown Guide to the World's Great Plays REF PN1625 .S45 1984
Oxford Companion to the American Theatre REF PN2220. B6 1992
African American Performance and Theater History REF PN2270 A35 A46 2001

Books

Search the library catalog for books on your subject using words or word combinations below, or visit the library’s 2nd floor and browse the following call number ranges: GV (dance); ML, MT (music); PN2000-PN2780 (theater).

  • performing arts
  • ballet
  • modern dance
  • popular music
  • jazz
  • rock music
  • women musicians
  • instrumental music
  • vocal music
  • theater/theatre
  • drama
  • American drama; Irish drama

Newspaper, Magazine, and Academic Journal Articles

Internet Resources

Several internet resources have been selected below. Additional links are available from Web Resources page; follow link for Arts/Performing Arts.

Arts and entertainments listings and reviews:

Local performing arts organizations:

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