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Spring 2009 - Dr. Archetto - Mus 101
Locating Background Resources
Find historical and biographical information about composers, scholarly information about musical compositions, and lists of additional critical and scholarly readings with these reference sources.
Recommended Background Resources:
Online Reference Resources
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (Databases@Emory)
The primary English-language reference source for music comprises the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd ed., The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd ed.
Biography Resource Center (Databases@Emory)
A database of biographical information on people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.
Print Reference Collection: located on the first floor
Check out the first floor of the library in the 780's for excellent print resources about music.
Locating Books
Search discoverE -- the Emory University Libraries' new discovery tool for searching the library catalog, databases, and other digital collections.
Recommended Search Terms:
Once you type in your search terms, use the "Refine my results" list on the left-hand side to help narrow down your search by:
- library location
- genre
- topic
- and more!
Locating Articles
- discoverE - (http://discovere.emory.edu/ )
Use DiscoverE, which is the Emory University Libraries' new discovery tool for searching the library catalog, databases, and other digital collections.
- Databases (http://web.library.emory.edu/databases/ )
Use to find articles about your topic.
- eJournals (http://ejournals.emory.edu/ )
Use to find electronic journals owned by Emory Libraries.
Recommended Article Databases:
Recommended Databases
General
- Academic Search Premier
- Multidisciplinary database with scholarly and popular articles
- JSTOR
- Provides full-text access to key journals across a variety of disciplines
- Lexis-Nexis Academic
- Full-text access to international, national, and regional newspapers, magazines, trade journals, wire service reports, and more
- Project Muse
- Provides access to scholarly journals published by major university presses
Music
- RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
- Indexes music literature from 5,200 journals with broad international coverage..
- International Index to Music Periodicals
- A scholarly and popular music journal resource with 500,000+ indexed articles.
- Music Index
- Indexes music periodicals covering music of all periods and genres, musical instruments, composers, performers, the music industry, and more.
Evaluating and Citing Your Sources
Don't forget to evaluate your sources based on:
- Relevance
- Evidence
- Author of source
- Publisher of source
- Timeliness
- Comprehensiveness
Evaluating Sources:
Need help deciding if a source is right for your project? Use the Evaluating Sources Checklist (Bedford-St. Martin's) to help!
Finding Reliable websites
Use Internet Guides and Collections to find reliable sites:
- Voice of the Shuttle: Music and Dance (University of California, Santa Barbara, English Department)
http://vos.ucsb.edu/ - Worldwide Internet Music Resources (William and Gayle Cook Music Library, Indiana University)
http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/