Guide to Library Research in Music
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A Guide to Library Research in Music introduces the process and techniques for researching and writing about music. This informative textbook provides concrete examples of different types of writing, offering a thorough introduction to music literature. It clearly describes various information-searching techniques and library-based organizational systems and introduces the array of music resources available. Each chapter concludes with learning exercises to aid the students' concept application and skill development. Appendixes provide short cuts to specific topics in library organizational systems, including Library of Congress Subject Headings and Classification. The concluding bibliography provides a quick overview of music literature and resources, emphasizing electronic and print publications since 2000, but including standard references that all music researchers should know.
List of FiguresPt. 1 The Short Course: Music Research and Writing 1Ch. 1 The Research Process 5Ch. 2 Starting-Point Resources: Reference Books 13Ch. 3 Starting-Point Resources: Journals 21Ch. 4 Starting-Point Resources: Bibliographies 31Ch. 5 A Case Study 47Ch. 6 Scholarly Writing 53Ch. 7 Writing Samples 67Pt. 2 How To: Discover and Use Resources 91Ch. 8 Browsing as a Discovery Strategy 95Ch. 9 Databases: Structured for Searching 103Ch. 10 Subject Searching in Library Catalogs: Controlled Vocabulary 117Ch. 11 Subject Searching in Indexes and Abstracts 131Ch. 12 Keyword Searching 139Ch. 13 Related-Record Searching and Citation Indexes 155Ch. 14 Other Discovery Methods: Experts and the Internet 161Ch. 15 Using Thematic Catalogs 173Pt. 3 Resources: The Literature of Music 179Ch. 16 M: The Music - Scores and Recordings 183Ch. 17 ML: Music Literature 195Ch. 18 MT: Instruction and Study 209Appendix 1 Form Subdivisions: A Selective List from the Library of Congress Subject Headings 213Appendix 2 Outline of the Library of Congress M-Class 217Appendix 3 Topical Guide to Music in the Library of Congress Classification 223Appendix 4 Bibliographies by Topic in ML128 235Bibliography 239Author-Title Index 259Subject Index 271
