Centre for Dance Research (C-DaRE): Key Information Resources
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
- Arts & Humanities Database This link opens in a new windowIncludees both scholarly peer-reviewed journals and selected trade and consumer titles relevant to applied arts and cultural studies. Contains over 400 arts journal titles.
- International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text This link opens in a new windowMain 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 Library This link opens in a new windowBroad 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
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowGeneral academic database with wide ranging scope of subjects.
- SCOPUS This link opens in a new windowCovers 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.
Below are the main resources to find theses from Coventry University and other national and international universities.
Please note that the library does not hold copies of undergraduate or taught Masters dissertations.
Based at the British Library, EThOS allows you to view records for all theses (PhD & Masters level) produced at UK HE institutions and many of these are now available to download online. You need to register first to do this and it is free of charge.
You can use ProQuest dissertations & theses to find copies of theses produced in the UK. Many are available in full text.
Dart Europe helps you search and access theses produced a wide range of European Universities.
NDLTD is a free service which allows you to see across thousands of theses produced at institutions around the world.
You can find theses produced at Coventry through our online institutional repository - PURE.
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For a wider range of international theses portals in different languages you can view the worldwide theses page from Manchester University
Newspapers (full text)
Historical archives of newspapers (full-text)
Media
- Box of Broadcasts This link opens in a new windowFor more indepth information about Box of Broadcasts go to the relevant libguide at https://libguides.coventry.ac.uk/bob
- Planet eStream This link opens in a new windowHelix stores past recorded online films, TV and radio programmes by Coventry University Library under our ERA licence.