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Music Resources
Getting Started
Consult library research guides as necessary to begin creating a research strategy.
How Do I . . .? http://www.valpo.edu/library/howdoi.html
Searching for Information: Concepts & Tools http://www.valpo.edu/library/user/searching.html
Christopher Center User Guides http://www.valpo.edu/library/user/index.html
Researching Biographical Information http://www.valpo.edu/library/user/biog-info.htmlHandbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning Ref. MT 1 .H138 1992
Encyclopedias
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians Ref. ML 100 .N48 2001
New Grove Dictionary of American Music Ref. ML 101 .U6 N48 1986Dictionaries
New Harvard Dictionary of Music Ref. ML 100 .R3 1986
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Classical Music Ref. ML 100 .R29 1997Handbooks
Music Reference and Research Materials, 5th ed. (Duckles/Reed) Ref. ML 113 .D83 1997
Sourcebook for Research in Music (Crabtree/Foster) Ref. ML 113 .C68 1993
Finding Journal & Magazine Articles
Some indexes and databases will provide the full-text of articles online; others offer only a citation and/or abstract of the article. If the database you're using doesn't provide the full-text of an article, first check JournaLocator to see if it is available online in another database or in Christopher Center's in-house collection. If not available through these options, make use of Interlibrary Loan. Still wondering what to do? Go to Quick Tips: Searching for Articles.
Working from off-campus? Learn about accessing these resources via the VU Proxy Server: Browser Settings to use VU Proxy Server.
Subject Headings and Controlled Vocabularies
Use these for subject searches, the "authoritative" words or phrases used to categorize information in a specific discipline.
Useful Journals
(older issues housed in the ASRS; new issues- 2000-present- on first floor in periodicals area)
For current journals (print, online, microform) that contain the word "Music" in the title, search JournaLocator with a "Title contains all words" => "music" search. This will link you to online database holdings and/or VU holdings in GALILEO.
Create a "Subject Heading" search in GALILEO with "music periodicals" to view all holdings (current and inactive) for music periodicals.
Search JournaLocator by journal title or by subject listing to view holdings that include online resources.
Article Indexes & Databases
Music Index (1949 to 1998, covers 350 titles). Ref. ML 118 .M84
Finding Books
For finding resources in Christopher Center and other libraries, construct keyword & subject searches. A good strategy is to do a keyword search first, using words that you think might be in the title or content notes. When you find a resource that looks worthwhile, see what subject headings are used to categorize that item and use them to do subject searches.
Searches in GALILEO will display what resources VU owns in those areas. To check for items in other libraries in your area, perform those same searches in WorldCat, an online index of library holdings worldwide and use our Interlibrary Loan program to borrow those materials.
For more information, go to Quick Tips: Searching for Books.
Subject Headings and Controlled Vocabularies
Use these for subject searches, the "authoritative" words or phrases used to categorize information in a specific discipline. For GALILEO, VU's online catalog, use Library of Congress Subject Headings, found in the big red books located near the lobby GALILEO terminals. WorldCat also uses these headings.
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Library of Congress Classification System
These call number categories are applicable both in the general stacks and in the Reference collection; Government Document call numbers are arranged using a different system (SuDoc). To learn more about these resources, please see the LC Call numbers or government information user guides.
M -- Music Scores
M2 -- Historical Sets
M3 -- Collected Editions of Composers' Works
ML -- Literature on Music
ML134 -- Thematic Catalogs/Composer Resource Guides
ML410 -- Composer Biographies
MT -- Music Instruction and Study
MT40 - MT67 -- Composition, elements, and techniques of music
MT90 - MT146 -- Analysis and Appreciation of Musical Works
Principles of Uniform Titles
Libraries use music uniform titles in their catalog records to uniquely
identify and bring together under one heading similar printed and recorded
musical works by a composer. Uniform titles can be used to find all editions
and recordings of a single work more easily. This user guide gives clear
examples and detailed information about uniform titles.
Finding Internet Resources
The Internet is a very useful resource, but it can be frustrating to use
if you don't know where to look for scholarly information, or to learn if
the information you have found is accurate and true. To begin, use Internet
sites that your program and Christopher Center have chosen. Those sites
have been checked for the accuracy of their information.
If you still question the information, ask your instructor, a librarian,
or use the Christopher Center guide, Evaluating
the Quality of World Wide Web Resources, to help you evaluate various
web sites.
For quick access to the seven primary evaluative criteria, go to the Web Evaluation Criteria section.
Selected Web Links: Music http://www.valpo.edu/library/www/mus.html
Doctoral Dissertations in Music: Online http://www.music.indiana.edu/ddm/
Worldwide Music Internet Resources (Indiana University)
(see categories: "Composers & Composition" and "Genres & Types of Music")
http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/
Music Theory Online
(journal; includes an index of Music Theory Dissertations)
http://www.societymusictheory.org/mto/
Selected Web Links--Music (UC Berkeley) http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MUSI/guides.html#links
Final Writing and Presentation
Citing Resources http://www.valpo.edu/library/citing.html
VU Writing Center http://www.valpo.edu/writingcenter/
Christopher Center Virtual Reference Shelf http://www.valpo.edu/library/select.html#ref
Writing About Music: A Style Sheet from the Editors of 19th Century Music Ref. ML 63 .W68 1988Documentation
The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed. Z253 .U69 2003, one copy in Reference, two copies on Reserve
Chicago Style http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocChicago.html
Additions
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