Centre for Dance Research (C-DaRE): Key Information Resources
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Locate
Locate is the library's online catalogue and a reliable route to all of our paid-for journals and books. It is a useful starting point for scoping out a research topic. For more information on how to search Locate effectively consult the Locate Help Guide. The Key Resources box below highlights other paid-for or freely available sources that will be useful to you when interrogating a topic in detail.
Key Resources
Using a database is the best way to find journal articles. The following databases are recommended to search for journal articles.
Dance Databases
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Arts & Humanities DatabaseIncludees both scholarly peer-reviewed journals and selected trade and consumer titles relevant to applied arts and cultural studies. Contains over 400 arts journal titles.
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International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full TextMain database for dance research. Not totally full text.
You can click on the export function for records to export them into Refworks/Endnote. Indexes over 170 journals and includes book reviews and theses. -
Research LibraryBroad research database with American bias.
When searching use the 'anywhere except full text' option on the right - this will bring up more relevant results.
Databases for background research
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Academic Search CompleteGeneral academic database with wide ranging scope of subjects.
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SCOPUSCovers a broad range of journal titles - mainly social sciences and sciences, but also some creative articles can be found.
You can also check the number of times an article has been cited.
Also available on Scopus is SciVal in which you can benchmark Coventry University against other universities.
For more information go to the Disseminating your research tab on this website and look under the Bibliometrics area.
Newspapers (full text)
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Lexis LibraryFull text of UK Newspapers
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US NewsstreamFull text of American papers
Media
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Box of BroadcastsFor more indepth information about Box of Broadcasts go to the relevant libguide at https://libguides.coventry.ac.uk/bob
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Helix Media LibraryHelix stores past recorded online films, TV and radio programmes by Coventry University Library under our ERA licence.