Anatomy book for musicians (on order)
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DANC/MUSC 008B : Anatomy for Performers (SC)
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Anatomy @ AccessScience
Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body
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Dance anatomy and kinesiology
Publisher: Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, c2007.
"Dance Anatomy and Kinesiology will help dancers learn anatomical and biomechanical principles as they apply to dance performance. The text focuses on optimal dance movement and the related principles for understanding the function of body joints. And by applying those principles, dancers can help reduce their risk of injury and enhance their performance longevity."--BOOK JACKET.
Acland's video atlas of human anatomy
Publisher: [Philadelphia] : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2004.
Format: DVD. System requirements: Either a consumer-grade DVD player or PC capable of playing DVDs. Coded for all international regions (1-6)
Basic anatomy & kinesiology
Publisher: [Sante Fe, NM] : Cathy Roe Productions, c2004.
Performer: Cathy Roe.
Format: DVD.
Demonstration for dancers to visualize and understand their basic anatomy and kinesiology for using proper techniques in dance.
The Johns Hopkins atlas of human functional anatomy
Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986.
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WorldCat
Provider: OCLC
This is a gigantic catalog of materials owned by libraries all over the world listing books, journals, videos, and websites.
New York Public Library Dance Catalog
The NYPL Dance Catalog lists works about anatomy in print and other media. It includes materials in many languages and serves as an index to an international range of dance periodicals.
Finding Journal Articles:
Performing Arts Medicine Association Bibliography
ProQuest Research Library
Provider: ProQuest
Provides online access to an extensive collection of full-text articles from journals across a wide range of subject areas, including dance, theatre, and music. Covers 1971-present.
Web of science
Provider: ISI
Provides access to the Social Sciences Citation Index, Science Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index. Search for scholarly articles in any discipline, or for articles that cite a known author or work. Coverage varies.
JSTOR
Provides full-text and page images from many of the top journals in most academic disciplines. Coverage is from the inception of the journal through three to five years ago.
International index to the performing arts
Publisher: [Alexandria, Va.] : Chadwyck-Healey, Inc.,
Indexes and summarizes articles in over 210 journals and includes full text for over 50 of these. Some indexing goes back as far as 1864.
RILM abstracts of music literature
Provider: CSA
The premier index for scholarly music research including musicians health issues. Produced by the Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale from 1969 to the present.
PubMed
Provider: NCBI
Includes over 15 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. Includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
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