QuickSearch+, Manhattanville's online catalog, for books on dance, theatre and related topics.
Includes electronic books from databases, such as NetLibrary and History E-books. Read online and some printing is allowed.
Many important and useful reference books can be read online also. Read online and printing allowed.
Create phrases within quotation marks ("Martha Graham," "Eugene O'Neill," "dance therapy" ) for greater accuracy when searching.
Use Advanced Search for even greater focus.
World Cat
World Cat leads to an even broader selection of Dance and Theatre books. This database shows books available at college and university libraries. Most are available through Interlibrary Loan.
A green bar with the words Manhattanville Col Lib denotes books that are located in the Manhattanville Library.
For resources not available at the Manhattanville Library, you may wish to request a book through ILLIAD. See the link in the left column.
For Theatre subjects, try a Keyword seach, Ibsen and Hedda.
For Dance subjects, try a Keyword search, "modern dance" and choreographers.
Google Book Search
Google Book Search can provide invaluable access to books from many sources. Be aware that some books are only partly viewable and there are important restrictions. Many books are available through Google's Library Project, a cooperative venture with major university libraries.
Fulltext searching is available in books delineated as "Limited Preview" or "Full view".
Much of the text of many of the books can be read online.
Downloading books and printing is allowed only for "Fullview" books since copyright protection on these has expired.
Almost no text is available in books marked "Snippet View" but YOU CAN REQUEST THE BOOK THROUGH ILL.
Sample searches: "Bill T. Jones", "conceptual theater".
