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Department
of Music
Departmental Research Guide
This research
guide relays some basic information on library and information
resources pertaining to the concerns of this department, as
provided by University Libraries and/or sites on the World
Wide Web.
1.
LC Call Nos. - - - 2.
Finding Articles - - - 3.
Reference Collection - - - 4.
Music Faculty - - - 5.
Professional Societies - - - 6.
Web Sites
1.
To Shelf-Browse for Books (using main Library
of Congress Subject Divisions)
Books
on subjects associated with this field are shelved under the
call number ranges listed below. Use TOPCAT
to search for specific items in the collection, or more narrowly-defined
subjects.
Main
Category:
M, ML & MT: Music and Books on Music
Subcategories:
M5- M1490, Instrumental Music ------- M1497-
M1998, Secular Vocal Music ------- M1999- M2199,
Secular Vocal Music ------- ML, Literature on Music
------- ML459- ML1380, Literature on Instruments &
Instrumental Music ------- ML1400- ML3275, Literature
on Vocal Music ------- ML3800- ML3923, Philosophy &
Physics of Music ------- MT, Musical Instruction
and Study ------- MT170- MT810, Instrumental Techniques
------- MT820- MT915, Singing & Vocal Techniques
2. To Find Journal and Magazine Articles
(using indexing/abstracting/full-text services)
- RILM:
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (1969-present)
is the world's largest, continuously updated bibliography
of music literature providing broad international coverage
including records in over 202 languages from 3,700 journals.
There is no better single source for exploring the world
of music, from Western and Eastern classical to pop, folk,
and jazz.
- The
Music Index: A paper index to the serial literature
concerning popular, classical, and traditional music styles,
coverage from 1966 to the present. Location: Ref.Per.Ind.
ML118 .M84.
- Academic
Search Premier
and MasterFILE Premier: These two multi-subject,
web-based services are part of the EBSCOhost system.
They feature indexing and abstracting of many journals and
magazines which WKU Libraries receives in hardcopy, plus
a large selection of articles in full-text. Both databases
have a somewhat limited range concerning topics of music,
but they do have some full-text journals that are useful
to the undergraduate researcher.
- Google
Scholar: A free Web-based Google service that restricts
searches to the scholarly literature. Now features linking
to full-text of articles held by WKU.
- Art
and Humanities Citation Index (AHSearch):
FirstSearch database available to faculty and graduate
students (and to undergraduate students by special permission).
Indexes over 1,300 of the world's leading arts and humanities
journals, 1980 to present.
- ArticleFirst:
FirstSearch database available to faculty and graduate
students (and to undergraduate students by special permission).
Indexes almost 13,000 journals and magazines from 1990 onward,
including some ninety percent of the ones University Libraries
carries in hardcopy.
- DOAJ
(Directory of Open Access Journals): "This
service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific
and scholarly journals" (across all subject areas,
and in multiple languages).
- Electronic
Journal Service: EJS (EBSCOhost):
Full-text articles, tables of content, and abstracts from
journals across all subject areas.
Special
resource: TDNet
Electronic Journal Finder [use to access Libraries'
electronic journals, magazines, and newspapers, as well as
some indexes and databases containing full-text articles;
includes a comprehensive A-Z listing of titles]
Special resource:
Naxos
Music Library [Use to access our subscription to streaming
audio files of over 85,000 tracks of music produced by the
Naxos label, including a vast array of classical music recordings
and some international, new age, and other material. The liner
notes of each recording and special biographical write-ups
on the composers are also searchable, and provide a good reference
source in themselves.]
3.
Monographic Reference Works in the Helm Library
The following, located in the
Reference Collection, are recommended for use:
- Baker's
Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (REF ML105 .B16
2001)
- Garland
Encyclopedia of World Music (REF ML100 .G16 1998)
- The
Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music (REF ML105
.H38 1996)
- Die
Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (REF ML100 .M92 1994x)
- Die
Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Personenteil (REF
ML100 .M9732x 1998)
- The
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
(REF ML100 .N48 2001x)
- The
New Harvard Dictionary of Music (REF ML100 .N485 1986)
For
citing music books in bibliographies:
- Chicago
Manual of Style (REF Z253 .U69)
4.
Department of Music Faculty
Department
of Music Faculty http://www.wku.edu/Dept/Academic/AHSS/Music/facultyAndStaff.php
5.
Related Professional Societies (for professional news,
careers/jobs, memberships, etc.)
Education/Teaching
Other
6.
Web Sites Recommended by Department of Music Faculty
Education/Teaching/Jobs
Classical
Music: General Classical
Composers Popular/Traditional
Music Misc.
Subjects
Music
Education/Teaching/Jobs
Classical
Music: General & Miscellaneous
Individual
Classical Music Composers (alphabetically arranged):
Popular
and Traditional Music Styles
Miscellaneous
Subjects
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