Performing arts

DELRdi, from the National Dance Education Organization, provides indexing of dance education literature and research from 1926 to the present including abstracts of theses, dissertations, journal articles, conference proceedings, etc. from 200+ different publications, more than 150 university dance programs, organizations and individuals. You can search by author, title, keyword and limit by document type, institution, date and more.

The trial goes through October 24th, 2014. Subscription price is $850. Please give us your feedback.(UMass NetID login required for UMass App)

The Libraries have 5 new Alexander Street Press databases on trial through November 14th, 2010:

• Audio Drama: The L.A. Theatre Works Collection – streaming audio from the archive of this radio theatre company
• North American Indian Drama – contains character, author, bibliographic and production information and text of 172 plays written by 33 playwrights. Includes Native Playwright’s Newsletter.
• North American Theater Online – a reference source covering all aspects of Canadian and American Theater
• Theatre in Video – 500  hours of 250 performances of the world’s leading plays representing playwrights, actors and directors
• Twentieth Century North American Drama – contains character, author, bibliographic and production information and text of 1,530 plays by 223 playwrights.

Contact Jim Kelly, Humanities Bibliographer, at 413-545-3981 with questions or comments.