Dance History & Appreciation: Find Books

Use the Library Catalog to search for electronic books by subject, keyword, author, or title.

• refine search results by Availability and select Available Online
• further refine the results by Resource Type and select Books 

To browse the library shelves for books about dance use the general call number range of GV1585 - GV1799. Within that range, some of the useful subdivisions for dance are:

• GV1585 - Dictionaries, encyclopedias
• GV1587 - Terminology, Abbreviations, Notation
• GV1588 - Philosophy and Theory
• GV1589 - Study and Teaching
• GV1590 -1594 - General Works
• GV1595 - Special aspects of the subject
• GV1596 - Pictorial Works
• GV1597 - Dancing as a profession
• GV1600-1620 - Dance criticism, appreciation, history
• GV1621-1728 - The above by geographical region
• GV1743 - National dances. Folk dances
• GV1746-1771 - Social dancing. Ballroom dancing
• GV1783 - Modern Dance
• GV1784 - Jazz dance
• GV1785 - Biography
• GV1787 - Ballet
• GV1794 - Tap dancing
• GV 1796-1799 - Special dances

Finding Books on Your Topic 

Once you have chosen a topic and done your background research you will be ready to conduct more comprehensive research using books.

Use the Library Catalog to find books available in the Cerritos College Library. Books can provide a broad overview of a topic or in-depth information. You can search for books by author, title, subject, or keyword. 

Below are some suggested terms to search by SUBJECT for books on your topic:

• Dance
• Dance History
• Dancers
• Ballet
• Folk dancing
• Modern dance
• Jazz dance
• Tap dancing
• Choreographers
• Ballroom dancing
• Flamenco
• Swing (dance)
• Hip-hop dance
• Break dancing

To find a book on an individual dancer, do a subject search on their name:

Here are some of our e-books which may be useful for your research:

Here are a few books available in the library which may be useful in your research: