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Databases

These databases are good for finding articles about dance.

Music and Performing Arts Online This link opens in a new window
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Combines International Index to the Performing Arts AND International Index to Music Periodicals. Citations, abstracts, and full text of journal articles in dance, film, music, theater, and puppetry, 1864-present.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly journals from all academic disciplines - an excellent starting point for multidisciplinary research projects. 3,200 full-text journals. Coverage from 1975 to present.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
Arts and Humanities Citation Index This link opens in a new window
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Arts and humanities journal literature from 1975 to present. Searches by author, topic, cited reference and more.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
Performing Arts Periodicals Database This link opens in a new window
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Articles in journals covering theater, dance, film, and puppetry, 1864-present.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Core scholarly journals from a range of disciplines, dating from the earliest issue of each journal to a few years before present.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
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Index to articles from peer-reviewed journals in all disciplines.Search by cited reference, topic, author, and more. Arts and Humanities covers 1975-present; Social Sciences 1900-present; and Science 1900-present.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.

Additional databases below are helpful resources that do not require a library subscription to use.

The University of Florida's Center for Arts in Medicine Research Database: https://arts.ufl.edu/academics/center-for-arts-in-medicine/research-database/.
Dance Education Literature and Research descriptive index (DELRdi): https://www.ndeo.org/content.aspx?page_id=1106&club_id=893257&sl=1491672771

While the Libraries own DVDs of dance performances, these databases are helpful for finding streaming dance videos.

Dance in Video This link opens in a new window
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Videos of dance performances and documentaries on dance, from the 1950's to present.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
Classical Music in Video This link opens in a new window
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Videos of over 700 performances and masterclasses, as well as interviews with teachers of classical music.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
Drama Online This link opens in a new window
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Drama texts of 1,200 titles, audio plays, filmed theatrical performances, production stills, critical works on major playwrights, biographical entries on performers, directors, and choreographers.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
Jacob's Pillow Dance Stream This link opens in a new window
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Collection of full-length dance videos from the Jacob’s Pillow Archives.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
Naxos Video Library This link opens in a new window
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Streaming video library of classical music performances, opera, ballet, live concerts and documentaries.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
OntheBoards.tv This link opens in a new window
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Streaming video of dance, theater and performance art.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.

These databases are helpful for finding streaming musical content.

Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new window
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Naxos Music Library [NML] is the world´s largest online classical music library. Currently, it offers streaming access to more than 129,810 CDs with more than 1,985,900 tracks of both standard and rare repertoire. Over 800 new CDs are added to the library every month.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
Naxos Music Library Jazz This link opens in a new window
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Five thousand tracks of recorded jazz music, with notes.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
Contemporary World Music This link opens in a new window
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Tracks from current pop and traditional labels around the world.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
DRAM This link opens in a new window
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Streaming music from several independent record labels.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
Smithsonian Global Sound This link opens in a new window
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Music from America and elsewhere on the Folkways label. Listen for free and download for a fee. Playlist option available.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.