Summit Catalog
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Locating Books
To search for books on Dance in Western's library catalog you may use the subject heading template below. Most dance books are found in the GV1580-GV1799 call number range. The following are selected Library of Congress Subject Headings used by the Western Libraries.
| Art and Dance | Dance Notation | Movement Notation |
| Ballet | Dance Psychological Aspects | Music and Dance |
| Ballet Companies | Dance Therapy | Music in Physical Education |
| Ballroom Dancing | Folk Dancing | Perceptual Motor Learning |
| Choreography | Improvisation in Dance | Religious Dance Modern |
| Country Dance | Indian Dance | Sex in Dance |
| Dance Anthropological Aspects | Jazz Dance | Square Dancing |
| Dance Companies | Labanotation | Tap Dancing |
| Dance for Children | Modern Dance | Tango |
| Dance Music | Movement Education | Waltz |
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Online Dance Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
- Oxford Music Online (Grove Music Online) [Oxford University Press]A reference resource covering all aspects of music, including composers, performers, other persons involved with music, terminology, musical genres and forms, orchestras, institutions, and cities and towns with significant musical traditions.
- Oxford Dictionary of DanceClick on the online content link.
Print Resources
- International encyclopedia of dance: a project of Dance Perspectives Foundation, Inc.Call Number: Reference GV1585 .I586 1998
- Dance wordsCall Number: Reference GV1585 .P74 1995
- International dictionary of modern danceCall Number: Reference GV1585 .P74 1995
- Oxford dictionary of danceCall Number: Reference GV1585 .C78 2000
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