FSDMS201: Dance: Ritual of Experience  

FSDMS201  Dance: Ritual of Experience

Professor: James Reedy

Librarian: Cynthia Burton, x2982

Subject Guide:  Dance

Survey

1.  Refworks :   collect, organize and use citations for your research

2.  Allecat is Pelletier Library's online catalog.  It is a database of records for our books (ebooks and print books), videos/dvds (including what is in the Gameroom), music recordings, and more.  It does not have any records for jounal articles, however.  

3.  List Four Databases you have used for conducting research in your field.  Lots of variety in these answers.  These answers show you do know how to begin finding journal articles.

4.  Why Use quotation marks in a search? "facial gesture*"  You nailed this one-to find the exact phrase rather than facial somewhere and gesture somewhere in the result.

5.  Which search gets the most:  answer women* OR mother* OR daughter*   Remember that OR IS MORE.  Also  remember that using the truncation symbol * allows the end of your word to vary.

6.  Citation types:  We'll talk more about this!!

7.  What you want to know:  how to find and then locate the full text of journal articles.

Search ALLECAT:

For books about a topic, start with keyword searches then identify the relevant subject headings from the results list:

             bharata natyam--->  Dance, Social Aspects   Gesture

Rave

Soulstepping

Dance, India

Ballet

Ballet Dancers

Ritual

Rite and Ritual

Incognito : the secret lives of the brain

Flamenco