Searching sources for musical theatre and dance - Module 2 or 3

Searching literature is a really good way of 'shopping' for issues within a topic area. We will be discussing this in the Module 2 campus session after we discuss ethical practice.

In this instance I used the key word - musical theatre research issues
what you do is then scan and shop - look for sources... that lead to sources from Google... You have to be somewhat targeted -= so having an inquiry topic area helps...

http://www.port.ac.uk/departments/academic/scafm/staff/title,9801,en.html

for example Dominic Symonds is a member of 

https://www.firt-iftr.org/ that publishes things like http://www.Liminalities.net/

and is also linked to:

http://www.musicaltheatrematters.org.uk/musical-theatre-in-the-uk/

http://www.musicaltheatrematters.org.uk/events/

http://www.musicaltheatrematters.org.uk/assets/MTMChoreographingforMusicalTheatre200212.mp3

http://www.musicaltheatrematters.org.uk/news/

http://www.scribd.com/doc/34110116/Studies-in-Musical-Theatre-2-1

http://www.cssd.ac.uk/research/publications

Also there is Middlesex University led research 

http://www.rescen.net/Chris_Bannerman/c_bannerman.html

http://www.rescen.net/home.html

http://www.rescen.net/archive/AoD08/trans/05_KB.html

AND universities that do theatre arts are a good source as well

http://www.cssd.ac.uk/research/publications

The point here is just like a good investigative reporter, you need to follow leads and dig a bit to uncover the sources that will inform your topic. Also use the links with your own professional bodies and colleagues to start you off or link up disparate strands of your inquiry. You and your practice are at the centre of your inquiry. While doing this, you can acknowledge (through citation) http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/content.php?pid=220238&sid=1828721 where you got your ideas from in the writing that you do to explain your point of view. This is one of the cores of critical thinking, using other people to tell you about what you need to know. It is not so much a 'he said she said' but rather a way to enrich and deepen the thinking that has gone on to develop the ideas and topics.