Codarts Library: CIRCUS

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Dutch libraries that are definitely valuable during your study, are:

Collections of a large amount of Dutch and foreign libraries can be searched in Picarta on Worldcat. Via this bibliographic database, books can be borrowed and articles requested from other libraries.

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COLLECTIONS, BIBLIOGRAPHIES & MUSEA

• Circus Arts Research Platform (CARP)
  CARP is a new platform for circus researchers. This free online resource is primarily for academic research and studies related to the circus arts and offers an international directory of researchers and an bibliography of academic publications related to circus arts studies.
  Furthermore the platform collects and maps universities and research institutions with circus-related research programs or research chairs; institutions offering residencies to scholars, as well as relevant collections in circus art.
   
• Circusmuseum
  The Circusmuseum is not a museum as such, but a website where the highlights from the circus collections of the Allard Pierson Museum (Special Collections of the University of Amsterdam) are shown. Materials can be consulted by appointment.
  The circus collections (the largest in Europe) consist of more than ten thousand items: posters, photographs, postcards, hundreds of books, pictures, flyers, programmes, but also little sculptures and models. The collection is continually supplemented with new material and more images of  will be added as they are digitised.
  For researchers, students and other interested parties, a Circus research guide is composed (see the bottom of this page). With this guide, you are familiarised with the different catalogues, collections and archives to help you discover and research.
   
• Circuscentrum
  the Belgian Circuscentrum in Gent holds a documentation centre where you can consult hundreds of books, reference works, journals, files, DVDs, comic books and posters on circus. Ideal for your thesis or just to acquire knowledge. Visiting only on appointment.
  
  
• Milner Library’s Circus and Allied Arts Collection (Illinois, USA)
  is one of the largest special collections of its type in existence. While the primary focus of the collection is upon the circus, related arts such as carnivals, sideshows, carousels, conjuring, music halls, and vaudeville circus are also represented.
  The library holds collections of online available historical circus photos and circus films as well.
   
• Ringling Art Library (USA)
  The foundation for the Art Library is the personal collection of books owned by circus magnate John Ringling: books on art, interior design, and circus history. Since the library was founded in 1948, it has continued to be at the forefront of documenting, preserving, and exhibiting the history of the circus. The Art Library has grown into one of the largest and most comprehensive art research libraries in the southeastern United States.
  Check the catalogue for the circus resources or the varied collections in the Circus Museum online. Among the collections are beautifully printed lithographic posters, drawings and other fine art prints.
   
• More website containing circus images, posters, photographs etc.: Europeana, World Digital Library, Gallica
  
   
• www.bibliotheque.enc.qc.ca
   
• http://ecolenationaledecirque.ca/en/school/library
   
• www.rueetcirque.fr

INSTITUTES

• Circostrada is a European network for street arts and contemporary circus, dedicated to information, observation and professional exchanges. 65 members from 22 countries are represented.

• Fedec (European Federation of Professional Circus Schools) is a European and international network of 58 members – 44 secondary, vocational and higher education circus schools and training programmes, and 14 organisations involved in information, research and circus arts advocacy, located in 24 countries in Europe and beyond. The FEDEC is committed to supporting the development and evolution of training, teaching and creation in the field of circus arts.

ONLINE CIRCUS VIDEOS

• Circus Oz Living Archive
  a living, breathing, work-in-progress video archive built upon the Circus Oz collection of performance documentation, dating back to 1978
   
• Circuscentrum Vimeo channel
   

WEBSITES

• Sideshow is a magazine and website that promotes, records and thinks about contemporary circus.

• Unpack the arts
  A European project (2012-2014), that provided residencies for cultural journalists in the context of twelve major festivals programming contemporary circus. The goal of the project was to facilitate the circulation of knowledge and experience, to develop the critical discourses of its participants, and to further the role of the media within the (circus) arts and contemporary society.
  On the website you can find the articles written by the journalists.
  
   

When you have to write a paper or thesis during your study, it's of course very handy to have an example from former students.

The second year papers for circus history can be read ONLINE through our catalogue. In the description of the paper, you can open a PDF file by clicking the link DIGITAL PAPER.

Fourth year theses from circus students are only available in PRINT and can be borrowed.

Various citation styles exist, and many fields of study have a specific preference. The two styles used at Codarts are APA style and Chicago style. Check with your study program or your teacher/research coach which style you should use for crediting the sources used in your paper or thesis.

Consult the BOOKS we have in the library or ONLINE SOURCES like:

CITATIONS IN WORD
In Word, you can easily add citations when writing a document where you need to cite your sources, such as a research paper. Citations can be added in various formats, including APA and Chicago style (see above). Afterwards, you can create a bibliography of the sources you used to write your paper.

CITATION TOOLS IN ONLINE SOURCES
Most of the databases and e-journals the library subscribed to, offer a tool to generate and export citations.