Cultures of the World Through Music and Dance

Course Number:

FNA 101

Starting Points

Oxford Music Online

A good first stop for finding out more about your topic.

EBSCOHost

Both full text and citations. Try clicking on the boxes next to the following databases to search all or some of them simultaneously:

Academic Search Premier,
MasterFILE Premier,
Art Abstracts,
ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials,
Communication & Mass Media Complete,
Historical Abstracts,
Humanities International Index,
MLA International Bibliography,
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature,
The Music Index Online.

Articles & eResources

In order to find scholarly journal or popular magazine articles, you need to search the online databases.

Most often, the full text of the articles you find will be available in the databases. If not, however, do a “Journal Title” search in the Library Catalog on the name of the journal, magazine, or newspaper that the article you want comes from. The catalog will tell you if the library owns the issue you need.

Suggested Search Strategies for the Databases

aborigin* and animism

powwow and tradition* and danc*

powwow and tradition* and ("native american" or "american indian")

"latin america*" and danc*

shinto* and music

bali* and music

indonesia* and danc* and wom?n

Recommended Databases for FNA 101:

Classical Music Library

Streaming audio of classical music.

Contemporary World Music

Streaming audio of contemporary world music.

Performing arts subject database; both full text and citations.

Jazz Music Library

Streaming audio of jazz music.

JSTOR

Good music and dance coverage; predominantly full text.

LexisNexis Academic

Full-text access to major newspapers and non-English language news.

Music Index Online

A music-specific online database; coverage starts from 1978 onwards. Both full text and citations.

New York Times Archive

Full-text access to the New York Times from 1851. A great resource for finding reviews of past dance companies and performances in NYC.

Project MUSE

Good music and dance coverage; full text.

Readers' Guide Retrospective

Indexes popular periodicals from 1890 to 1982. Citations only.

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature

A music-specific database; coverage starts at 1969. Citations only.

WorldCat

The best source for finding books and other materials that are available at other libraries worldwide -- like searching our catalog, but with access to a global library. Use this in conjunction with Interlibrary Loan (ILL).

Using the Library Catalog

Click here to search the Library Catalog

Scoped Searching

To search for books, videos, DVDs, CDs, and other library materials located at Randall Library, search the catalog, which is linked right from the library homepage.

Unscoped Searching

To search for items located at UNCP or FSU, "unscope" the catalog by selecting "UNC Coastal Library Consortium" from the dropdown menu below the search box.

To request an item located at UNCP or FSU, click into the full record for the item. Then click the "Hold Item" button located at the top of the screen and log in with your name, university ID number, and library PIN.

Suggested Search Strategies

Keyword Search