Call Numbers for Dance

Titles with dance as their primary subject are cataloged in the range GV1580-GV1799.

Other call number ranges containing materials that may be of interest to students of dance are:

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Find a Book

• Material in reference is useful to begin your research or to find quick information.
• Check the catalog and the Dance Databases.
• If you find an item at ASU or UNCA, use our ABC Express service.
• There are several options available for obtaining material that is not located in Hunter Library. Click here for a list of free services.
• You can also search in WorldCat or in bibliographies. WorldCat is an online database and will provide you with a list of items in libraries in the USA and abroad. You will need to use the interlibrary loan service to get the items not at ASU or UNCA.
• Is your research taking too long? Ask for help.

Tips to Search the Catalog

• Learn the difference between keyword and subject searching.
• Enter keywords that describe your topic.
• The library catalog accepts both theater and theatre.
• Click on the subject heading to anything in the catalog about your topic.
• Use synonyms and related terms for different results.
• Use the * to search for word variants. For example, photograph* searches for photographers, photographic, photographs, photography, etc.
• Too few results? Broaden your search by removing keywords or using a more general term.
• Too many results? Narrow your search by adding another keyword or using a more specific term.  

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Subject Headings Search

Subject Headings allow you to search library catalogs for materials on a particular topic. Often Subject Heading searching can be more productive than searching by simple keywords.

Listed here are some examples of subject headings of interest for dance:

• Choreographers
• Dance notation
• Feminism and dance
• Gender identity in dance
• Gesture in dance
• Homosexuality and dance
• Jazz dance
• Modern dance
• Movement notation
• Music and dance
• Dance history
• Dance therapy
• Ballet dancers
• Movement therapy

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Bibliographies

Are useful lists of important research resources and often include an annotation with critical descriptions.

Bibliographies cover the literature over a longer period, providing in-depth research that can lead to other resources. Some bibliographies explain research strategies and methodologies.

Dance: An Annotated Bibliography, 1965-1982
Author index and subject index. ASU Z7514.D2 F58 1986 (request using ABC Express) 

Masters of Movement: Portraits of America's Great Choreographers
GEN GV1785.A1 E53 2004

Speaking of Dance: Twelve Contemporary Choreographers on their Craft

GEN GV1782.5 .M67 2004

Library of Congress Performing Arts Reading Room Internet Resources for Music, Theater and Dance

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Find Media

You can find the media collection in the Curriculum Materials Center (CMC). Hunter Library outlines borrowing policies for audio, video, and multimedia. In addition to browsing, you can also search the collection using the catalog.

To search for videos and DVDs in our media collection type “film and [your topic]”. Example: film and ballet.

A list of items will come up. From the scroll down menu (where you limit your search by institution), select DVD/Video and then click search again. This search will limit your search by medium, but will not limit the search to WCU.

Please note that ASU and UNCA have different lending policies for audio/video material.

A selected list of new visual material is available here. This list changes monthly.