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Best Resources for Music Research Laurie J. Sampsel

Best Resources for Music Research Laurie J. Sampsel. Library Catalogs. Local Catalog Next-Generation Catalog Consortia Catalog WorldCat http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/ http://www.worldcat.org/ (free). General Music Encyclopedias and Dictionaries.

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Best Resources for Music Research Laurie J. Sampsel

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  1. Best Resources for Music ResearchLaurie J. Sampsel

  2. Library Catalogs • Local Catalog • Next-Generation Catalog • Consortia Catalog • WorldCat • http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/ • http://www.worldcat.org/ (free)

  3. General Music Encyclopedias and Dictionaries • Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online • http://alexanderstreet.com/ • Oxford Music Online • http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/

  4. Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online • E-book version of the encyclopedia published 1998–2002 • Audio examples are included • Articles have not been updated

  5. Oxford Music Online Includes: • New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Second Edition Plus: • New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, Second Edition • New Grove Dictionary of Opera • Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers

  6. Oxford Music Online Also includes: • Oxford Companion to Music • Oxford Dictionary of Music • Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Fourth Edition (optional add-on)

  7. Oxford Music Online Does not include: • New Grove Dictionary of American Music (1986) • New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments (1984) • But it will include the forthcoming second edition of both, which are in preparation

  8. Best Biographical Dictionary of Musicians • Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Music, Ninth Edition • Part of Alexander Street Press’s Classical Music Reference Library • http://alexanderstreet.com/

  9. Best Dictionary of Musical Terms • Harvard Dictionary of Music, Fourth Edition • Available online from Credo Reference • http://corp.credoreference.com/

  10. Music Periodical Indexes • International Index to Music Periodicals (IIMP) and IIMP Full Text • http://iimp.chadwyck.com/ • Music Index • http://www.ebscohost.com/academic/music-index • RILM Abstracts (International Repertory of Music Literature) • http://rilm.org/

  11. IIMP (ProQuest/Chadwyck-Healey) • Best Bet for Recent Articles with Full Text • Number of records: over 900,000 • Dates: primarily 1996–present; there is some retrospective indexing back to 1874 • Journals Indexed: over 480 titles indexed; 167 titles are full text • Abstracts provided for citations from 1996 forward • Full Text Available? Sometimes • Update Schedule? Monthly

  12. IIMP Search Tips • Use “select from a list” especially for subject terms • Subject searches only work on citations from 1996 forward • Use “*” for truncation • Use option to limit search to citations with full text when necessary • Check box “Exclude reviews” and/or “Peer-reviewed articles only” • After searching, use “Filter Results By” to reduce the number of results • Use the online help for more information

  13. Music Index • Number of records: almost 2 million • Online Dates: 1970–present (with some indexing back to 1952) • Paper Dates: 1949–2005; be sure to search the paper index for 1949–1970 • Journals Indexed: ca. 680 • Abstracts Provided? Some abstracts are available • Full Text Available? No • Update Schedule? Weekly

  14. Music Index Search Tips • Use the “Advanced Search” • Use “Limit your results” • Use “Indexes” and “Browse an Index” to find correct forms of search terms • Use “Choose Databases” to also search RILM Abstracts, RIPM, etc., if those are available from EBSCO • Try the “Narrow Results by” options to reduce the number of results • Try the “Refine your results” options including “Source type” and “Subject” • Use the online help for more information

  15. RILM • Number of records: about 670,000 • Dates: 1967–present • Journals Indexed: over 680 core titles and over 650 secondary titles • Abstracts provided? Yes • Full Text Available? No • Update Schedule? Monthly

  16. RILM Abstracts Search Tips • Varies by Vendor • EBSCO • ProQuest/CSA • RILM offers tutorials on each platform; see http://rilm.org/

  17. General Periodical Indexes • Academic Search Premier • http://www.ebscohost.com/ • Includes over 30 music journals • JSTOR • http://www.jstor.org/ • Includes over 80 music titles • Project MUSE • http://muse.jhu.edu/ • Includes over 10 music titles

  18. Music Dissertations and Theses • ProQuest Dissertations and Theses (PQDT) • http://proquest.com/ • Use subjects “music” and “music education” with keywords • Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology Online • http://www.ams-net.org/ddm/ • Includes registered dissertations in progress

  19. Online Scores • International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) (free) • http://imslp.org/ • Classical Scores Library and Classical Scores Library: Volume II • http://alexanderstreet.com/

  20. Online Scores, Individual Composer Site Examples • Neue Mozart-Ausgabe: Digitized Version (NMA Online) (free) • http://dme.mozarteum.at/DME/main/? • Beethoven Haus Bonn Digital Archives (free) • http://www.beethoven-haus-bonn.de/

  21. Online Recordings • Classical Music Library • http://alexanderstreet.com/ • Includes almost 6,000 discs (almost 90,000 tracks) from 65 labels • Naxos Music Library • http://www.naxos.com/ • Includes almost 55,000 discs (almost 800,000 tracks) from over 400 labels

  22. Online Videos • Classical Music in Video • http://alexanderstreet.com/ • Includes over 400 hours of video • Opera in Video • http://alexanderstreet.com/ • Includes over 250 operas licensed for educational use

  23. Online Multimedia Library Projects • American Memory • http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html • Includes 32 performing arts and music collections with images, audio, and video • Performing Arts Encyclopedia • http://www.loc.gov/performingarts/pae-home.html • A guide to the LC collections in several divisions, including the Music Division

  24. Directories of Online Music Research Tools • Harvard College Library’s Online Resources for Music Scholars • http://hcl.harvard.edu/research/guides/onmusic/ • Selected and updated by music librarians

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