Access World News
For searching newspapers articles included in the database Access World News. Browse suggested topics, and click to perform a search.
Best Bets for Finding Articles
For the most up-to-date scholarly information, be sure you're searching the databases. The following databases are linked from the University Libraries' Databases page and are recommended for dance research.
- International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text This link opens in a new windowThe International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance contains full text for the top performing arts journals. The database covers dance and related topics such as film, drama, comedy, mimes, and puppetry.
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowA general database that includes many dance-related journals. Easy to search, lots of full-text.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowJSTOR functions as an electronic archive of older journals. It contains complete backfiles of scholarly journals starting with first issues, many of which date back from the 1800s. It often does not contain the most recent years of a journal. Includes several important dance journals.
- Project MUSE This link opens in a new windowFull text database of journals in disciplines such as art, literature, history, political science, and economics. Some full text will come from the JSTOR database, in PDF format. Includes two dance journals.
- OneSearch This link opens in a new windowA discovery tool which searches through descriptions of our library titles, as well as a wealth of article databases. Can be useful for finding dance articles in cross-disciplinary works.
When You Want to be Really Thorough
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI) This link opens in a new windowThis database provides electronic access to the Arts & Humanities Citation Index which reports how many times an article is cited and where it is cited. It also allows you to search across more than 1,700 of the leading journals in the arts & humanities. Covers 1982 to present. Includes "Find it @Ball State" button to determine if Ball State University Libraries has access to the article.