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1 Dance: A short guide to the literature This is a brief guide to finding the books, journals and electronic sources you will need to support your studies. Resources to support the teaching and learning of Dance are located in the I.M. Marsh Learning Resource Centre. However, LJMU’s other two Learning Resource Centres also stock some materials in your subject area. Avril Robarts LRC stocks Materials on eg Sports injuries and Aldham Robarts LRC has Theatre Studies/Performing Arts. Staff with particular responsibility for supporting Dance Jim Rawsthorn Senior Information Officer Available Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 9.00 am - 5.00 pm Wednesday 1.00 - 9.00 pm Friday 9.30 – 5 pm email j.e.rawsthorn@ljmu.ac.uk Tel 0151 231 5215 We don’t want you wasting your time, getting lost and frustrated. If you have any problems finding information - or suggestions for improvements to our provision for Dance - ask for Jim at the Information Desk. You can also book a session for help in finding information for your projects. Books Books in all LJMU Learning Resource Centres are arranged according to the Dewey Decimal Classification system. Whilst the majority of books for Dance will begin with the number 792 other relevant books will be shelved elsewhere. The Library Catalogue can be searched in a number of ways including Words anywhere, Author, Title, and Subject. If an item you need is out on loan here at I M Marsh or is on loan at another of our LRCs you can place a ‘Hold request’ and we will send you an email when the item arrives. The catalogue is available via dedicated terminals within the LRC or via the internet at: http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/librarycatalogue. Always ask the staff if you need any help. A guide to where Dance books are shelved Subject Shelved at Aesthetics 707 Aesthetics of sport 796.01 Anatomy 611 Ballet/Dance 792.8 - Individual works 792.84 Black Dance 793.3196 - in America 793.31973 Choreographers 792.82092 Choreography 792.82 Dance Production 792.80232 Dance History 792.809 Dance Injuries 617.1027 Dance Teaching 792.807 Subject Shelved at Dancers 792.8092 Disco Dance 793.33 Drama 792 Folk Dance 793.31 Gymnastics 796.44 Indian Dance 793.31954 Jazz Dance 793.3 Laban 792.82 National Curriculum - KS 1-2 PE/Dance 372.86 - KS 3-4 PE/Dance 375.796 and 796.07 Performance Theatre 792.022 2 Physical Education 796.07 Physical Fitness 613.7 Physiology of exercise 612.76 Primary PE 372.86 Secondary PE 375.796 Stage Design 792.8025 The 6 Volume International Encyclopaedia of Dance is an extremely useful source of information on most subjects/choreographers. It is shelved at 792.803 COH Electronic Books (e-Books) An increasing number of books are becoming available electronically - including some titles on your reading lists – and are referred to as e-books. The majority of e-books are in a virtual library called Netlibrary http://www.netlibrary.org/. This provides full text access to over 7000 E-books. You can search Netlibrary and all these books are also listed on the Library Catalogue. However, where a book on your reading list is available electronically we will usually purchase a copy. These will not be in Netlibrary but are in the Catalogue. Videos and DVDs can be found on the Library catalogue. Click on Collections and choose the Video or DVD search option. They are shelved separately in an A/V Collection, together with CDs, at the rear of the Ground Floor. Suggestions for expanding this collection are welcomed. Library Desk Collection This is a small collection of key textbooks held behind the main issue desk on the ground floor in class number order. These books are available for reference use only for two hours at a time and cannot be taken out of the LRC. To see what items are available ask at the counter for the Library Desk Collection Holdings List or check the Library catalogue. Photocopy Collection This is a collection of photocopied journal articles and chapters from books, deposited by lecturers for student use and kept behind the issue desk. Items are for use in the LRC only and are issued on a 2-hour loan. To see which items are available, check the library catalogue Browse A-Z menu using the Series search option (search term “photocopies”). Photocopies can also be located in the catalogue under the author or title of the article or chapter or the name of the lecturer recommending the item. Facilities Study Rooms There are 3 bookable study rooms on the First Floor of the LRC and one, smaller, room on the Ground Floor. Use them to watch videos/DVDs and for group discussions. Use the Data projectors and Smartboards to practice computerised presentations. Photocopiers/Printers Can copy A4 and A3 sizes; Enlarge and reduce. Charges 5p per A4 Single sided copy 4p per A4 Double-sided copy (we are a green university) Use a machine near the photocopiers to put credit on your University card. You can also copy in colour. See sign near copiers for complete range of charges. Computers There are PCs on both floors of the LRC. Some of those near the library counter are bookable. USE THE BOOKING SYSTEM. Other PCs have Special Needs software 3 loaded. There are 20 laptops available for use within the LRC. Ask at the Computing Desk. There are also 4 Short stay PCs outside the LRC by the Campus Centre. Pick up a leaflet from of a range of guides designed to help you make the most of our IT provision. Journals Journals are very important sources of information. They are published weekly, monthly or quarterly and provide up-to-date information on research in your subject. This is not a comprehensive list. The only sure way to check whether we subscribe to a journal is to check the Library Catalogue. Copies of unbound journals, except for the most recent issue, may be borrowed overnight. There are two places to check whether we subscribe to a journal (as a print subscription or as an electronic journal): the Library Catalogue http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/librarycatalogue and Findref http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/lea/81553.htm See also http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/lea/78917.htm for links to relevant electronic journals Adapted physical activity quarterly** Animated Arts Journal: Daily Arts News* Arts Research Digest Ballet.co Magazine* Ballet Dance Magazine* British Journal of Aesthetics British journal of Teaching Physical Education (PEA) Bulletin of Physical Education Contact Quarterly Dance Chronicle* Dance Magazine** Dance Now Dance Research* Dance Research Journal Dance Spirit* Dance Theatre Journal Dancing Times** DICE (Dance in the Community Exists) Discourses in Dance 2D Drama and Dance Drama Review: the journal of Performance Studies* European Physical Education Review** Gymnast Inclusive sport International journal of performance analysis in sport* International review for the sociology of sport** Journal of Aesthetic Education Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism* Journal of Dance Education Journal of Physical Education New Zealand Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Journal of sport and social issues* Journal of sport behavior** Journal of Teaching in Physical Education** Journal of the Philosophy of Sport** Mailout** Movement and Dance New Dance Review* PAJ: A Journal of Performance & Art* PE and sport today** Physical education and sport pedagogy** Physical education matters Physical Educator** Primary PE Focus Research in Dance Education** Research in Drama Education* Sociology of sport journal** TDR: The Drama Review* *full text electronic journal **hard copy and full text electronic journal Searching for journal articles There are certain points you need to bear in mind when doing a literature search: 1. Define your topic as closely as possible. Be prepared to narrow it down or broaden it depending on how much information you can find (in consultation with your tutor). 2. Compile a list of search words and phrases which describe the subject. 3. Search more than one database. 4. Make use of the Userguides – usually available to print out before clicking on the Database link. 5. If the database offers a Basic or an Advanced search, always choose Advanced. 6. Databases often contain a mix of abstracts of articles as well as full text articles. LJMU does not have access to the full text of ALL journals. However, abstract only articles MAY be available in full text in a different database – or Findref http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/lea/81553.htm will tell you whether the journal you need is available 7. If, after checking the catalogue and Findref, LJMU does not have full text access to an article, you can fill in an Inter Library Loan form at the LRC counter and we will order a photocopy of the article for you (for a small charge, currently £1). Articles take approx two weeks to arrive. Full text online services Rather than waste time browsing through the contents pages of individual journal titles, it is far quicker to use an electronic database to search the contents of 100 or 1000 journals with a single search. Learning Information Services subscribe to a number of electronic services accessible at: http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/LEA/77340.htm You will almost certainly require a username and password to access them. Some of the key services for Dance are listed below, most of which are controlled by AthensDA, which means you need to log in using your LJMU username and password. Tip If you are ever asked to login to a journals database, look around the login screen for the word Athens. Usually you will need to login with your LJMU username and password, but some e- journals and databases have their own specific usernames and passwords. These are available at: http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/lea/LJMUOnly/79353.htm Almost all our e-journals and databases can be accessed off-campus. Please make sure you read the on-screen information for further instruction for accessing e-journals, and check the in to obtain login details for databases. For a comprehensive search you are advised to search the databases below, one at a time. However, you can begin with a quick search using to check which are the best databases for your subject. http://metalib.jmu.ac.uk:8331/ offers an effortless way to search several electronic information services simultaneously. Researchers may also find ’s advanced features e.g. personal journal lists, personalised database lists and automatic search alerts, useful. 4 is a linking button to navigate from an article reference or an abstract to the full-text (where this is available to members of LJMU). buttons appear next to search results in a number of online databases, in the Library Catalogue and in . They may link directly to the full text of an article, but if not, the article may still be available elsewhere. The Library Catalogue or Findref will tell you if we have access to a journal. Electronic journal databases Dance on Disc The most useful resource for finding journal references to support your Dance assignments. It does not offer full text articles but it covers most of the dance journals subscribed to by LJMU so you are likely to be able to get hold of the articles. NB It is only available from PCs at I M Marsh so is not accessible Off-campus. Click on the Start button – JMU Applications – Subject software – General and Computing – Dance Pick up a Guide to searching Dance on Disc from I M Marsh LRC or print it out at http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/lea/lea_docs/DanceOnDisc2005.pdf Similarly DANCECAB, though less user-friendly, indexes almost all of the Dance journals subscribed to by I M Marsh LRC. A search of both databases will produce some duplication but also some extra references. Available from LJMU PCs only via Subject software (see above). Access them from our Electronic journals and databases page http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/lea/77449.htm using your LJMU Username and Password. NB Always use the button to link to our journals (if we have a subscription) Academic Search Complete Nearly 4,500 full text electronic journals covering all subjects, over 3,600 of which are peer reviewed. Also provides abstracts only for a further 3,500 journal titles. British Education Index - covers P.E./Sport in school. It is recommended that you print out the help guide http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/LEA/LEA_Docs/beiguide.doc Informaworld Over 1,000 Full text journals from Taylor and Francis publishers (2003 onwards) IngentaConnect Thousands of electronic journals across a range of subjects Mintel Leisure Reports – Useful for statistical information SPORTDiscus with Full text - for physical education, sports and exercise, sports management and dance. 5 6 Swetswise full text journals. Covers all academic subjects. Over 1100 full text journals, plus 18,000 journals searchable at the abstract only level. Includes a number of full text Dance journals but also picks up relevant Dance articles in other journal titles. Newspapers While newspapers are not as ‘Academic’ as many journals – so you should be wary of how you use them - depending on the subject you are researching they can be very useful sources of information – and will always be more up-to-date than journals. http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/lea/78575.htm Times Educational Supplement and Times Higher Education Supplement. The latest issues are available in paper format, but the very searchable Full Text CD-Rom is available on a dedicated PC on the Ground Floor of the LRC. You can also access the online versions of these papers using usernames and passwords available at http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/lea/LJMUOnly/79353.htm Factiva (https://global.factiva.com/en/sess/login.asp?) provides a global news information service providing access to over 1700 newspapers from around the world. Paperboy All the popular British – and international - newspapers Dissertations Sport and Leisure Research on disc is available on the local LJMU network (ie not available from home PCs). Use it to search for UK dissertations at the Doctorate and Postgraduate Level. Click on the Start button – JMU Applications – Subject Software – General and Computing – Sport & L Off-Campus support When you are not on campus, you can still access most of our electronic resources, including the library catalogue and full text electronic journals from our electronic journals and datasets page http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/LEA/79226.htm. There is also an Off-Campus Support web page http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/LEA/64861.htm which brings together all LJMU’s services for Off Campus users in the one place. Resources for Dance Visit WWW sites on the Dance pages selected for you. They contain full text articles, details of the week’s coming dance programmes on TV/Radio and contents pages of dance journals. http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/lea/78912.htm 7 Other Learning Resource Centres Other Learning Resource Centres Although I M Marsh aims to provide the resources you will need while you are pursuing your studies here, you might find that other Learning Resource Centres are also of use to you. Remember that as a registered student of LJMU you are entitled to borrow from any of its LRCs provided you are able to present a valid university card. The two city centre Learning Resource Centres are: Aldham Robarts Centre Tourism, Management, Theatre Studies Avril Robarts Centre Sociology, Health, Sport Science, Leisure (Both have 24 hour opening for Computer Access) LJMU is also a member of Libraries Together – Liverpool Learning Partnership. You can join and borrow from Liverpool City Libraries. You also have reference access to the other local Higher Education Libraries such as Liverpool University http://newlib.liv.ac.uk/ LJMU has a range of agreements, which allows various groups to either reference access only or to borrow from other higher education institutions. Further information is available at: http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/LEA/77345.htm Finally, if you would like help in developing your skills at finding useful information try the Information Skills Online Tutorials. A link to these can be found on your Blackboard home page. September 2008
