Some of the dance-related journals available through the library are listed below. Use these links to browse journals electronically, or to find out what issues the library provides access to, either in print or online.
If you are searching for a particular topic, use the databases to the right.
From off campus, on the authentication screen, select West Chester from the Institution drop-down menu and log in with your campus username and password.
Use the following databases to find information about dance and teaching dance, choreography, productions, etc. These databases index journals, newspapers, and other material. Using these databases, you may be able to find the full text of articles online, find out if the library owns a particular journal, or request an article through interlibrary loan.
From off campus, when accessing most full text, log in with your campus username and password.
See the Theatre subject guide for databases that might also be of interest to dancers. You could also look at the Databases list by subject or by alphabetical order by database title to find other relevant databases.
Or try OneSearch (see search box to the right of the database list), which searches across most of our databases as well as digital content and the library catalog.
Contains dance productions and documentaries by the most influential performers and companies of the 20th century. Selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as forerunners of the forms and the pioneers of modern concert dance.
Streaming educational videos in a wide variety of subject areas.
Classical music performances, opera, ballet, concerts, and documentaries in streaming video.
Watch recent British theatre productions online. Includes study guides and cast & director interviews.
In addition to the individually-listed video databases, others may be of interest depending on your topic, as they all contain dance-related material. See Counseling and Therapy in Video, Education in Video, Kanopy Streaming Video, and Sports Medicine and Exercise Science in Video.
Full-text documents for a variety of source types including journal articles, books, conference papers, curriculum guides, policy papers and more. In addition, it provides an education-specific thesaurus that includes controlled vocabulary to help users find what they need.
Essential source of literature for full-text sports and sports medicine journals for health professionals, researchers and students, providing extensive coverage in the areas of fitness, health and sport studies.
Complete archive of American Vogue, from 1892 to present, in high-resolution color images. Use Advanced Search to search by garment type, designer, or brand name and limit to a specific document type or date range.
Comprehensive database of art images to view, analyze, download, or save for use in presentations. To save images you must set up a personal account with JSTOR.
For assistance, please contact me: Tim Sestrick, tsestrick@wcupa.edu, 610-436-2379, Swope Music Building 116.
The streaming audio databases below bring you music of the ballet, some musicals, and a wide variety of genres other than classical. Music from many cultures is also included.
Naxos Music Library is the most comprehensive collection of classical music available online. It includes the complete Naxos and Marco Polo catalogues of over 150,000 tracks, including Classical music, Jazz, World, Folk, and Chinese music.