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Dance

Reference

Ballet plot index: a guide to locating plots and descriptions of ballets and associated material 
Location: Ref GV1790.A1 S77 1987

Biographical dictionary of dance
Location: Ref GV1785.A1 C58 1982

The complete guide to modern dance
Location: Ref GV1783 .M26

The Concise Oxford dictionary of ballet
Location: Ref GV1585 .C73 1977

The dance encyclopedia,
Location: Ref GV1585 .C5 1967

The dance handbook
Location: Ref GV1601 .R63 1990

Dance history: a methodology for study
Location: Ref GV1603 .D25 1983

Dictionary of the dance,
Location: Ref GV1585 .R3 1975

International encyclopedia of dance: a project of Dance Perspectives Foundation, Inc.
Location: Ref GV1585 .I586 1998

International dictionary of ballet
Location: Ref GV1585 .I57 1993

International dictionary of modern dance
Location: Ref GV1585 .B46 1998

The language of ballet: a dictionary
Location: Ref GV1585 .M37 1987

Tapworks: a tap dictionary and reference manual
Location: Ref GV1794 .F555 2002 


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Articles - Dance

Core Resources:

Dance Collection Catalog
The Dance Catalog of The New York Public Library lists works about all forms of dance, from all cultures, in print and other media. It includes materials in many languages and serves as an index to an international range of dance periodicals. Produced by The New York Public Library.


Additional Resources:
 

For more, consult the library's dance databases page.

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Books

ALEX
Hamilton College Library's catalog. Use our call number locator to find items from your catalog search.

WorldCat
Catalog with more than 60 million records for books and other materials owned by libraries around the world. Use the Find It. button to request items through interlibrary loan.

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Citing Sources

Ask your professor if he or she has particular citation style preferences. The Writing Center also provides some information on departmental preferences.

The following resources can be especially helpful:

Citing Sources
The library's guide to documenting sources includes general subject area preferences and examples of citations for books, journals, and other commonly used resources.

RefWorks
RefWorks is an online bibliographic manager that can be used to create, organize and store references. Information can be imported from most of the library's research databases and reformatted to create bibliographies in wide range of documentation styles, including APA, MLA, and Chicago.

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Get Help

For further assistance, contact:

Kristin Strohmeyer
Reference Librarian
Burke Library
315-859-4481
kstrohme@hamilton.edu

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(Reviewed: August 24, 2007)