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
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.
