This document provides guidance on conducting research on dance in the library. It recommends searching specific databases like Art Bibliographies Modern, EBSCO's Academic Search Complete, Project Muse, JSTOR, and Box of Broadcasts to find journal articles, books, and video resources on topics like contemporary dance, choreography, interactive dance and the internet, and dance master classes. The document instructs the reader to refine searches by topic and keyword, look at specific journal titles to get ideas, and save or download any useful resources found.

1. DANCE DISSERTATION
WORKSHOP 25TH
NOV.2014
Simone Ngozi Okolo
s.n.Okolo@uel.ac.uk
02082232666

2. LIBRARY SEARCH - LOOKING FOR
SPECIFIC ITEMS ON DANCE
In this case you are browsing just to see what the library has on this specific topic of Dance

3. REFINE YOUR SEARCH BY TOPIC JUST TO
SEE OTHER TOPICS

4. YOU ARE PRESENTED WITH MORE
IDEAS E.G. CHOREOGRAPHY

5. CONTEMPORARY DANCE - USE
KEYWORDS TO SEARCH FOR THE
SUBJECT OF YOUR INTEREST AND
REFINE YOUR SEARCH BY TOPIC

6. REFINE YOUR SEARCH TO BE AS SPECIFIC
AS POSSIBLE E.G CHOREOGRAPHY

7. WE ARE SEARCHING FOR JOURNALS
WHERE THE SUBJECT IS DANCE
Look at a specific journal title
just to see what topics have been
covered.
This will give you some ideas
You may already have your own
ideas.
In that case just search within
this journal. An example is Dance
Research
Examine the big arrow
closely

8. YOU CAN SEARCH WITHIN THE JOURNAL
FOR A TOPIC
So whatever you are trying to say through your art,
look to see what has been written about it. You may ha

9. SEARCH WITHIN THE JOURNAL
USING YOUR KEYWORD

10. LOOK TO SEE IF THE LIBRARY HAS
PRINT OR ONLINE JOURNALS
Journal of Art & Design
International Journal of Art &
Design
The best way to find a journal is
to search using the Library
search.
Increasingly the library is moving
online

11. ART BIBLIOGRAPHIES MODERN. GOOD
FOR PERFORMING ARTS
Indudes:
Art Bibiliographies Modern – covering
modern and contemporary art
Design & Applied Arts Index – Covering
all aspects of design and crafts
International bibliography of art –
covering scholarship on western art
history

12. “ART EXHIBITIONS” AND CURATORS
By enclosing your keyword, the search will find articles where this is mentioned as a phrase. See the highligh
hand side of your result screen to see how you can further refine your search.

13. ARTICLE ON INTERACTIVE DANCE
AND THE INTERNET

14. ONCE YOU FIND AN IDEAL ARTICLE
PROCEED TO DOWNLOAN,SAVE, READ AND
USE IN YOUR TOPIC
Try searching using other
keywords

15. EBSCO – ACADEMIC SEARCH
COMPLETE IS ANOTHER GOOD
DATABASE
Do a basic search using the keyword Contemporary dance just to see what is available. You can then refine

16. PROCEED TO DOWNLOAD THE
ARTICLE

17. SAVING YOUR SEARCHES IN A
FOLDER SAVES YOU TIME
Once you are happy with an article, proceed to download the fulltext or email the article to yourself.

18. PROJECT MUSE IS ANOTHER
USEFUL DATABASE
If you are off campus, click on the link and type your Athens username and password – uel15u123456 an
31-Nov-85 If you are on campus just click on campus and proceed to search

19. CLICK ON BROWSE THEN FILM,
THEATRE AND PERFORMING ART

20. SEARCHHING WITHIN A SPECIALIST
JOURNAL E.G
DANCE RESEARCH

21. PROCEED TO DOWNLOAD THE
ARTICLE

22. OTHER USEFUL DATABASES –
JSTOR
Good for design ideas and
inspiration
Art history, Museum studies and
cultural studies
Images and text

23. SEARCHING FOR MODERN DANCE IN
DANCE RESEARCH JOURNAL

24. PROCEED TO DOWNLOAD ARTICLE

25. BOX OF BROADCASTS – SEARCH
FOR E.G. DANCE MASTER CLASS

26. SIGN IN WITH YOUR ATHENS
USERNAME AND PASSWORD,
SEARCH, CREATE CLIPS TO
REWATCH

27. DANCE MASTER CLASS