While parts of our collection are not accessible from home, NYPL offers e-books through multiple sources. To access them, all that is required is a valid New York Public Library Card. We are currently offering digital library cards that can be obtained through this application and used to access e-books.
Many books can be found on NYPL’s Overdrive application that is available on a wide variety of e-readers, portable devices, PCs and Macs. The New York Public Library also has partnerships with publishers and online repositories like the Hathi Trust and Google Books.
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In NYPL’s Digital Collections Portal the Jerome Robbins Dance Division houses a host materials that are accessible while onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts. When trying to access materials from home, many items are restricted, specifically Audio and Moving Image items, but there are still informative pieces available. To make it easier to identify them, items that are not available from home have a lock symbol over the bottom left of each thumbnail. It is not possible to search for just items available from home, so below you can see a short list of some great resources.
Interviews - Part of our Dance Oral History Project, these interviews were recorded with various Tap legends and are available in full anywhere in the world.
Photographs - There are many photographs and notable tap dancers housed in NYPL's Digital Collections. These items are shared across the Jerome Robbins Dance Division as well as the Billy Rose Theatre Division who hold numerous photographs of tap greats performing on Broadway. Some featured dancers include Gregory Hines, Eleanor Powell, Savion Glover, and The Nicholas Brothers.
Oxford Reference Online brings together language and subject reference works from one of the world's biggest reference publishers into a single cross-searchable resource. Titles cover a wide range of humanities, social science, performing arts, and general reference subjects. Dance publications include the International Encyclopedia of Dance and the Oxford Dictionary of Dance. Theatre publications include The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance and The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Contains all of the content available in International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance as well as full text for 100 titles, including Canadian Theatre Review, Dance Chronicle, Dance Teacher, Modern Drama, PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art, Research in Dance Education, Research in Drama Education, Studies in Theatre and Performance, TDR: The Drama Review, Theater, and more. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Previously known as the International Index for the Performing Arts Full Text (IIPA), the Performing Arts Periodicals Database covers the subjects of dance, film, television, drama, recorded sound, theater, stagecraft, musical theater, broadcast arts, circus performance, comedy, storytelling, opera, pantomime, puppetry, magic and more. Contains over 172,013 records providing current and retrospective coverage, with citations dating back to 1864. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
A gateway offering users the ability to access and cross-search multiple music reference resources in one location. Contains the Grove Music Online, as well as The Oxford Dictionary of Music, and The Oxford Companion to Music. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**