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!