What's New?

 

International Index to Performing Arts is updated with new content every month; this page highlights new feature enhancements and new journals added.

 

New Content

February 2010

This release of IIPA and IIPA Full Text sees the addition of one new index and full text title. About Performance is the journal of the Department of Performance Studies at the University of Sydney and covers the phenomenon of performance and the processes involved in its production and reception in the broadest possible way. IIPA and IIPA Full Text now contain index records and full text from the current issue onwards.

New Content

January 2010

Subscribers to IIPA Full Text can access one new title in this release. The American Journal of Dance Therapy has been indexed in IIPA since March 1996 (18:1) and full text has now been added from June 2008 (30:1) onwards.

New Content

November 2009

For subscribers of IIPA Full Text, one title that was previously index only has now had full text added. The Stage, an important weekly newspaper for the entertainment industry in Britain, now has full text available for issues published from September 2009 onwards.

New Content

October 2009

For subscribers of IIPA Full Text, one title that was previously index only has now had full text added. Back Stage - National Edition is published by Nielsen Business Media and full text is now available for issues published from October 2008 onwards. In addition, two new index titles are available in IIPA and IIPA Full Text this month. International Arts Manager, indexed from October 2004 onwards, covers news and features relating to the performing arts and was absorbed by Gig in 2006. We are also pleased to announce the inclusion of index records from March 2009 onwards for The Stage, an important weekly newspaper for the entertainment industry in Britain.

New Content

September 2009

One new title has been added to IIPA Full Text this month. Caribbean Quarterly published by the University of the West Indies has been indexed selectively in IIPA since June 1999 (45:2-3). Full text has been added from March 2004 onwards and articles available cover a range of performing arts related subjects including theatre, dance, media and television in the context of Caribbean teaching and culture.

New Content

July 2009

There is one new index and full text title in IIPA and IIPA Full Text this month. Covering Spanish, Latin American and US Latino theater, Gestos is an English and Spanish language title and issues are available from 2004 onwards.

New Content

March 2009

Two Cambridge University Press titles that were previously index only have been added in full text to IIPA Full Text this month. NTQ - New Theatre Quarterly (full text from 2002 onwards) and Theatre Research International (full text from 2001 onwards) are already indexed in IIPA from 1998 and 1975 (first issue) respectively. This brings the total number of full text journals to 99.

New Content

January 2009

Two new index titles, Discourses in Dance published by the Laban Centre and Gig are available in IIPA and IIPA Full Text this month. There are now 256 titles available on the subject of the performing arts.

New content

November 2008

One new journal, Shakespeare in Southern Africa has been included in IIPA and IIPA Full Text this month bringing the total number of full text titles to 98 and the total number of indexed titles to 254.

New content

May 2008

New content

April 2008

Every month, IIPA and IIPA Full Text are updated with new citation records and full text articles. There are now over 460,000 citation records from articles found in 253 titles. In addition, customers who subscribe to the full text version of IIPA will see 95 journals are now available to search and browse in full text.

Email alerts

April 2008

Users of IIPA can now chose to receive a customized email update when articles and journals are available in the service. Users can select to be alerted when a journal has a new issue added or have their search run again every time new content is available. To set up alerts, simply click on the 'Set up alert' link on the right hand toolbar of the search results.

Updates to the title spreadsheet

April 2008

We have made some additions to the IIPA title spreadsheet in order to help librarians and users to evaluate the contents of the database. We now include subjects covered for all titles so that it is easy to see the wide range of subject coverage of IIPA. We also now indicate when a title has been selectively indexed. More information about selective indexing is available here.

Linking to JSTOR for IIPA titles

April 2008

IIPA now offers links from the following performing arts titles to JSTOR full text:

  • Asian Theatre Journal
  • Dance Chronicle
  • Dance Research: The Journal of the Society for Dance Research
  • Dance Research Journal
  • PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art
  • Shakespeare Quarterly
  • TDR
  • Theatre Journal

If you have access to JSTOR and would like to enable these links from IIPA, go to the Customization page in the Administration Resources area of the site (password protected) and select the checkbox next to JSTOR linking and click on the 'Submit' button.

New journals added

January 2008

Two new journals have been indexed and added to the January release of IIPA. These are Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft and Theatre Symposium: A Journal of the Southeastern Theatre Conference. Customers with access to IIPA Full Text will also see these titles in full text. There are now 252 indexed titles in the database and 95 in full text covering all areas relating to performing arts, from screenwriting to sound engineering and from film music to folklore.

New design and functionality now live!

July 2007

The International Index to Performing Arts has a new look - and vastly improved functionality. We invite you to explore the site to discover the new features. Here are some highlights:

  • To get an overview of the main areas of the resource, view the product demo.
  • On the Search Articles page, you can now limit keyword searches to citations only or to article full text only in order to perform more focused searches. Results can be sorted by relevance, oldest or most recent record first, and alphabetically by journal title. Sophisticated filters make it easy to narrow down the results and find relevant entries.
  • To save records and searches for future use, create a My Archive profile. You can log in at any time to add or delete items.
  • Subscribe to RSS feeds in the What's New area to receive regular product updates, such as information about new journals and functionality.

We hope you enjoy the improvements we have made, and we welcome your feedback. Please tell us what you think by filling out a form on the Contact Us page.

Improved design and functionality coming in July

June 2007

The International Index to Performing Arts is undergoing an upgrade. The new interface will feature many significant improvements:

  • Switch to the FAST platform to enable faster and more powerful searches.
  • Instant filtering and sorting of results.
  • Addition of My Archive to allow users to save searches and records for future reference.
  • Ability to limit keyword searches to citations only to obtain targeted results.
  • RSS feeds.

Watch out for these exciting features and a new design in mid-July!

To see how the new interface will work, you can view the demo for the Music & Performing Arts Online portal. This portal facilitates the cross-searching of the International Index to Performing Arts and the International Index to Music Periodicals and will have the same functionality as IIPA.

New content added

June 2007

IIPA features a new indexed title from Spain: Scherzo: Revista de Música. Also note that Entertainment Design and Lighting Dimensions have merged, and the content can now be accessed under the title Live Design.

New content added

March 2007

Two additional journals are now being indexed in IIPA-Produced By (USA) and Screen Education (Australia)-bringing the total number of indexed titles up to 244. IIPA now offers access to over 400,000 citations, and there are 22 journal titles with citation coverage going back to the first issue published. New content continues to be added every month.

New titles

November 2006

IIPA is updated with new content every month. IIPA now gives access to a total of 242 indexed titles. The resource includes over 385,000 citations with coverage as early as 1864. In addition, there are 22 indexed titles which offer extensive citation coverage from the first issue published.

Improved navigation on Browse Journals

November 2006

IIPA now offers one A-Z page in order to facilitate browsing. Users can simply click on the hyperlinked letter at the top of the Browse Journals page in order to go straight to the list of journal titles beginning with that letter.

New citation field

November 2006

IIPA now displays an E-journals field in the full bibliographic records which contains a link direct to the relevant article when it is available on an online publisher's own website.

New journals

June 2006

Seven new journals have been indexed in IIPA bringing the total to 241. These are Cine Cubano, Framework, Film Studies, Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film, Slavic and East European Performance, Visual Culture in Britain, Western European Stages.