Guides: Dance: Getting Started

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Lisa C. .Brown, Untitled (Dancer, Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, PA), 2009. Digital photograph. (Used with permission of the artist)

Researching at Milner

Welcome
How to Research
Start Researching Here
Helpful Links
MLA Citations

Hello, my name is Kathleen Lonbom. I'm the librarian for Dance. Please contact me with any of your questions using the information on the right.

This Dance guide can help you with:

Getting started with the research process
Identifying databases specific to Dance
Techniques for finding subject-specific sources such as books, articles, etc.
Linking to a course-specific guide

Conducting research is an iterative process. For more information about how to conduct research, consult our Getting Started With Research guide.

Understanding Call Numbers
Find books on the shelves more quickly with this quick overview of how to read Library of Congress call numbers.
Citing Sources
Evaluating Sources
Criteria and examples of how to evaluate a source to determine relevance and credibility.
Find short help videos about the research process
Watch short video clips that will walk you through the steps for searching for books or articles, finding Course Reserves, submitting storage, I-Share/VuFind, Interlibrary Loan/ILLiad requests, accessing your library accounts and much more.
Connect to research databases in Dance
Connect to online journals
Use this link to determine if Milner Library has access to online full text of a specific journal, magazine or newspaper. Enter the journal, magazine or newspaper title and if available, link to it.
NOTE: Not all journals, magazines and newspapers are available with full text online. Search Milner's Catalog if online full text is not available.
Find a specific journal article
Enter all or part of a citation to determine if online full text of an article is available and if available, link to it.
NOTE: Not all articles in journals, magazines and newspapers are available with full text online. Search the journal, magazine or newspaper title in Milner's Catalog if online full text is not available.
Search for books, media, and print journals in Milner's catalog
Search the Library's Catalog for books, ebooks, print journal and magazine titles to which Milner subscribes, films, CDs, music scores and materials in other formats available at Milner.