Finding information on funk, tap and jazz dance

The purpose of this publication is to provide you with a starting point to locate resources pertaining to Funk, Tap and Jazz.

• Reference Texts
• Manuals, study and teaching
• Subject Headings
• Journals
• Journal databases
• Internet guides and resources
• Web search tools

Reference Texts

Reference sources are a good starting point for any assignment topic, as they can help to clarify concepts and keywords, as well as provide an overview of a topic. They include dictionaries, encyclopaedias, directories, handbooks, manuals, etc. Reference books are not available for loan, but can instead be used in the library.

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Manuals, study and teaching

Below is a selection of practical resources to aid the teaching and learning of Funk, Tap and Jazz. Some of these items are books, while others are video or DVD.

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Subject Headings

To find resources on a topic, the best starting point is to perform a keyword search on the library catalogue. Once you have found an item that looks relevant, you can then use the subject headings assigned to that record to find other items. Below some subject headings that you may find useful:

Journals

(Also referred to as magazines, serials or periodicals.)

Journals comprise articles about current developments and research in a subject area. Browsing relevant journals is a good way of keeping up to date in your area. You can access our electronic journals either through the catalogue if you know the name of the journal you're after, or through searching the databases.

For a list of key journals see the guide Dance

Journal databases

Locating journal articles is different from locating books. The Library Catalogue will tell you if QUT Library holds a particular journal but it will not provide information about individual journal articles. However, the journal databases will help you to locate references to journal articles, and sometimes the abstract and full-text of the articles.

The journal databases vary in the amount of information which they provide. If you find a reference to a journal article, but not the full text, then you will need to perform "Journal Title" search on the library catalogue. The library catalogue will provide the print and/or electronic holding details if the journal is available to QUT staff and students.

Effective use of the databases requires an understanding of search techniques and the Pilot Information Literacy tutorial provides help on developing search strategies.

QUT staff and students can access the databases from within QUT libraries or remotely from your School, home or office via the Internet. Most databases require your QUT username and password. Access to the databases is available from the Databases page. The symbol is used to show databases with a significant amount of full-text journal coverage.

For more recommended databases, see the Databases Subject Guide (Creative Industries)

Internet guides and resources

The Internet provides access to a large range of resources. However, the quality of the resources varies, and as part of your research process, you will need to evaluate each web site. There are guidelines for evaluating information which can help you with the evaluation process. Here is a small sample of Internet guides and resources.

Web search tools

For further information about using libraries and the principles of searching the Library Databases and the Internet, try Pilot. It is a series of short interactive tutorials on finding information in the library and on the Internet.

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