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How to Use Your How to Use Your LibrariesLibraries
For Music MajorsFor Music Majors
Information Literacy for Music Information Literacy for Music MajorsMajors11
Know what you’re looking forKnow what you’re looking for Know where to lookKnow where to look Know how to find what you needKnow how to find what you need Know how to determine if what Know how to determine if what
you’ve found is appropriateyou’ve found is appropriate
1 Information taken from Cary & Sampsel, “Information Literacy Instructional Objectives for Undergraduate Music Students,” Notes, March 2006. 663 -679
Things you need to knowThings you need to know
How to:How to:– Search for booksSearch for books– Search for scores, recordings and video Search for scores, recordings and video – Search for articlesSearch for articles
Searching SkillsSearching Skills
Boolean OperatorsBoolean Operators– AndAnd– OrOr– NotNot
– Wildcard (?): Wildcard (?): replaces a single replaces a single charactercharacter
– Truncation (*): Truncation (*): replaces multiple replaces multiple characters characters (sometimes ? is (sometimes ? is used to truncate, as used to truncate, as in Voyager catalog).in Voyager catalog).
Wildcard/Wildcard/TruncationTruncation
Two LibrariesTwo Libraries
James E. Walker LibraryJames E. Walker Library– http://library.http://library.mtsumtsu..edu/edu/– Find books about music here.Find books about music here.
Two LibrariesTwo Libraries
Philip J. Howard Music LibraryPhilip J. Howard Music Library– http://www.mtsu.edu/~music/howardlibrhttp://www.mtsu.edu/~music/howardlibr
ary.htmlary.html– Find scores, recordings and video here.Find scores, recordings and video here.
How to find books about musicHow to find books about music
Start at the music library website: Start at the music library website: http://www.mtsu.edu/~music/howardlibrary.html
How to Find Books About How to Find Books About MusicMusic
Scroll down to:Scroll down to:
How to Find Books About How to Find Books About MusicMusic
Search Voyager Catalog:Search Voyager Catalog:
Basic SearchBasic Search
Basic SearchBasic Search
““I’m looking for some books about I’m looking for some books about Wagner”Wagner”
Basic SearchBasic Search
451 pages of results! Let’s limit…451 pages of results! Let’s limit…
Basic SearchBasic Search
Set Limits:Set Limits:
Basic SearchBasic Search
Results (A few less..)Results (A few less..)
Guided Keyword Search Guided Keyword Search
Similar to Basic Search, but offers Similar to Basic Search, but offers multiple options:multiple options:
Guided Keyword SearchGuided Keyword Search
I’m looking for a book about I’m looking for a book about Stravinsky’s Stravinsky’s Rite of SpringRite of Spring
Guided Keyword SearchGuided Keyword Search
21 pages of results- Let’s limit.21 pages of results- Let’s limit.
Guided Keyword SearchGuided Keyword Search
Set limit to “Book”Set limit to “Book”
Guided Keyword SearchGuided Keyword Search
Now, only 3 results!Now, only 3 results!
How to Find How to Find Scores/RecordingsScores/Recordings
GeneralGeneral– Keyword Search: Composer + Title or Keyword Search: Composer + Title or
OpusOpus– Author Search: ComposerAuthor Search: Composer– Limit to “Music Scores” or “Sound Limit to “Music Scores” or “Sound
Recordings”Recordings”
How to Find How to Find Scores/RecordingsScores/Recordings
Note “Author Name” and “Title” are Note “Author Name” and “Title” are selected:selected:
How to Find How to Find Scores/RecordingsScores/Recordings
How to Find How to Find Scores/RecordingsScores/Recordings
How to Find How to Find Scores/RecordingsScores/Recordings
How to Find ArticlesHow to Find Articles
What are databases?What are databases?– Online subscription based collections of Online subscription based collections of
various informationvarious information Why not just search the Internet?Why not just search the Internet?
– Articles in databases are often peer-Articles in databases are often peer-reviewedreviewed
– Articles in databases offer full-text from Articles in databases offer full-text from scholarly journalsscholarly journals
Evaluating InformationEvaluating Information2
How do I know the information is How do I know the information is reliable?reliable?– Verifiable InformationVerifiable Information– Reliability of publication/sourceReliability of publication/source– AuthorityAuthority– TimelinessTimeliness– Point of View or BiasPoint of View or Bias– AudienceAudience
2 Information taken from: http://info.lib.uh.edu/help/tutorials/evaluate.html
DatabasesDatabases
Selected databases:Selected databases:– Academic Search Premier/CompleteAcademic Search Premier/Complete– Grove Music OnlineGrove Music Online– IIMPIIMP– RILMRILM– JSTORJSTOR
Academic Search Academic Search Complete/PremierComplete/Premier
Good general, multidisciplinary Good general, multidisciplinary databasedatabase
Grove Music OnlineGrove Music Online
Includes the text of all Grove Music Includes the text of all Grove Music productsproducts
Definitive music resourceDefinitive music resource
Grove Music OnlineGrove Music Online
International Index to Music International Index to Music PeriodicalsPeriodicals
Covers music education, jazz, theory, Covers music education, jazz, theory, composition, ethnomusicology, composition, ethnomusicology, performance.performance.
Indexing, abstracting and selected Indexing, abstracting and selected full text of articlesfull text of articles
IIMPIIMP
Répertoire International de Répertoire International de la Littérature Musicalela Littérature Musicale
Abstracts of Music LiteratureAbstracts of Music Literature Indexes articles, books, Indexes articles, books,
bibliographies, catalogs, conference bibliographies, catalogs, conference proceedings and moreproceedings and more
RILMRILM
JSTORJSTOR
Does not include the most recent Does not include the most recent issuesissues
Includes full-textIncludes full-text Includes Music Journals such as Includes Music Journals such as 19th 19th
Century MusicCentury Music, , Early MusicEarly Music, , EthnomusicologyEthnomusicology, , JAMSJAMS, , Journal of Journal of MusicologyMusicology, , NotesNotes and others and others
JSTORJSTOR
Evaluating InformationEvaluating Information2
How do I know the information is How do I know the information is reliable?reliable?– Verifiable InformationVerifiable Information– Reliability of publication/sourceReliability of publication/source– AuthorityAuthority– TimelinessTimeliness– Point of View or BiasPoint of View or Bias– AudienceAudience
2 Information taken from: http://info.lib.uh.edu/help/tutorials/evaluate.html
““What if I need What if I need moremore help? help?
Ask the librarian!Ask the librarian! Questions include:Questions include:
– I have a research project. How do I I have a research project. How do I start?start?
– I can’t find this particular I can’t find this particular score/recording… can you help?score/recording… can you help?
– Where is this book?Where is this book?– Anything else you need- we’re here to Anything else you need- we’re here to
help!help!