The Dance Education Literature and Research descriptive index (DELRdi) is an index of literature and research from 1926 to the present that informs teaching, learning, and future directions of research in the field of dance education. It contains extensive descriptions of 4,500+ literary works including theses, dissertations, journal articles, conference proceedings and other reports from over 200+ different publications and organizations and 147 university dance programs. In addition to providing basic citation information, the DELRdi provides detailed descriptive information on the methodology, techniques, and characteristics of the research documented in the index. The DELRdi is the culminating product of a four-year research project supported by the United States Department of Education (2001-2005).

There are multiple ways to search the index:

• Citation information--author, title, year, location, publication, publisher or university
• Content from 20 US education issues, 14 dance populations served, and 27 areas of service
• Research methods and techniques
• Essential research characteristics
• Keywords

Usage

Broaden your learning and enhance your teaching!  With access to the DELRdi, students will be better equipped to fulfill class assignments, and prepare their papers and projects; dance education professionals will be better informed in the writing of grants and proposals; faculty will be able to augment curriculum design and professional research.

Cost

NDEO offers an annual library license subscription to college and university library systems for $850 a year.  Bracket pricing is available for library systems that support multiple colleges/universities. Special pricing packages available for K-12 schools and private studios/institutions. Trials are available. For sales, information, or to start a trial, contact the NDEO office at 301-585-2880 or e-mail research@ndeo.org.

Access

Library license subscriptions give an unlimited number of computers within the university community access to the DELRdi via IP addresses.

Individual NDEO members receive unlimited access to the DELRdi through logging on to NDEO's website using their username and passwords.

Guests are able to conduct searches on the DELRdi, but are limited to viewing just the citation information of the search results. 

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List of Journals in DELRdi

DELRdi Tutorial for First Time Users