SCHOLARLY ENCYCLOPEDIAS
International Encyclopedia of Dance - Scholarly encyclopedia of just dance topics. Any word typed into this db will be related to dance.
Encyclopedia of Religion - encyclopedia for religion; e-book searchable.
Grove Music Online - music is intimately related to dance and performance. The Grove music is an excellent ancillary source for dance-topic issues.
REFERENCE CONFLATIONS
Oxford Reference [Sources] - collection of scholarly online reference sources from Oxford University Press. You can select "performing arts" as a subcategory.
Gale EBooks - collection of scholarly online reference sources from Gale publishers. Search key word.
Asian Studies - there are also guides for individual countries at Duke Library Guides page
Sexualities Studies - Guide for Women's Studies and Gender identification studies
Theater Studies - Other aspects of performative research
