Use the advanced search to search for journal articles within Performing Arts. Narrowing to Performing Arts will search within journals such as Dance Chronicle (coverage: 1977-2009), Dance Research Journal (1969-2015), and Dance Research (1983-2013). Unrestricted searching will find articles from related disciplines within cultural and area studies, social sciences, and the arts.
Collections owned by Watzek Library: Arts & Sciences I - IX, Jewish Studies, and Biological Sciences. The JSTOR collections contain the full text of several hundred scholarly journals, from their earliest issues up to 3-5 years ago. A wide range of subjects are covered in the arts and sciences, including language and literature, ecology, history, political science, mathematics, anthropology, sociology and philosophy. Through a partnership with ARTstor, JSTOR also can run a concurrent search for images, separating results into "Articles," "Images from Articles," and "ARTstor Images."
Provides full-text online access to journals such as Dance Research Journal (coverage: 2008-present) and Dance Research (2006-2008), as well as an array of other titles in the humanities and social sciences.
A unique collaboration between libraries and the world's leading university presses and scholarly societies, providing 100% full-text, online access to over 400 titles from prestigious humanities and social sciences journals.
Indexing and selected full text for journals and magazines such as Dance Chronicle (coverage: 1993-present), Dance Magazine (1998-present), Dance Spirit (2001-present), Performing Arts Journal (1998-present), and Research in Dance Education (2000-present). Also provides access to dance-related articles and reviews from general-interest popular publications.
Academic Search Premier is a comprehensive, scholarly, and multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 12,000 full-text periodicals, including more than 4,700 peer-reviewed journals. The database also offers indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. Many areas of academic study are covered, including: animal science, anthropology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion & theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology, and many other fields. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,400 journals.
Use the following to search for reviews of performances.
Provides access to full text articles, photos, and advertisements in the New York Times from 1851 to the present (1 month delay).
The Historical New York Times provides full text and full image articles for the New York Times dating from 1851 through <3 years ago>. It has digital reproductions of every page of every issue, from cover to cover. The print New York Times Index is available in the Library and is useful for searching for specific topics, since the online version does not assign subject headings to articles.
Digital Archive of The Times of London for the years 1785–2019. Printed subject indexes to the Times can help locating relevant articles.
As the "world's newspaper of record," The Times of London has covered major international events from the French Revolution to the War in Iraq. The Times Digital Archive, 1785–2006 makes 221 years of this highly regarded resource available for students and researchers of 19th-, 20th-, and early 21st-century history, literature, culture, business, art and architecture, and more. Every complete page of every issue is full-text searchable.
Use the search function on the right side of the page to identify articles of interest. A small minority of articles may already be available digitally.
An ever-growing collection of dance videos filmed at Jacob’s Pillow from the 1930s to today. Search, browse, select curated playlists, or try an interactive game.
Some but not all of these videos are restricted to users physically visiting the NYPL. Check the "Exclude location-restricted videos" box to see materials available off-site.