| Contents |
Part one: Research process and research tools. Guides to the research process and research tools. Research process. Music research process ; General research process -- Research tools. Music research tools ; General research tools -- General music encyclopedias and dictionaries. Multi-volume general music encyclopedias and dictionaries. English ; French ; German ; Italian ; Spanish -- Single-volume general music encyclopedias and dictionaries -- Special music encyclopedias and dictionaries. Biographical encyclopedias and dictionaries. General biographical encyclopedias and dictionaries ; Encyclopedias and dictionaries of women musicians ; Encyclopedias and dictionaries of black musicians ; Encyclopedias and dictionaries of American composers ; Encyclopedias and dictionaries of Canadian composers -- Dictionaries of musical terms -- Encyclopedias and dictionaries of musical instruments. General instrument encyclopedias and dictionaries ; Encyclopedias and dictionaries of specific instruments -- Encyclopedias and dictionaries of opera and musical theater. Encyclopedias and dictionaries of opera ; Encyclopedias and dictionaries of musical theater -- Encyclopedias and dictionaries of performance practice -- Encyclopedias and dictionaries of jazz, rock, and popular music. Encyclopedias and dictionaries of jazz ; Encyclopedias and dictionaries of rock and popular music -- Miscellaneous music encyclopedias and dictionaries -- Library catalogs. Author searches -- Title searches. Author/title searches -- Keyword searches and subject heading searches. Keyword searches ; Library of Congress (LC) subject headings ; Format issues ; Keyword searches and title searches -- Limiting search results -- Contents of bibliographic records -- Examples of library catalogs. Local libraries ; Library consortia ; National libraries ; Bibliographic utilities -- Finding library catalogs -- Information centers -- Periodical indexes for music. Major music periodical indexes -- Retrospective periodical indexes -- Other music periodical indexes -- Ceased music periodical indexes -- Periodical indexes for related disciplines. American history ; Business ; Education ; Humanities ; Language and literature ; Performing arts ; Science and medicine ; Social sciences and psychology -- Major general periodical indexes -- Major newspaper indexes -- Finding online journals -- Indexes to music dissertations, theses, conference papers, and Festschriften. Dissertations and theses -- Indexes of dissertations and theses. Music-specific indexes of dissertations and theses ; General indexes of dissertations and theses -- Conference papers and congress reports -- Indexes of conference papers and congress reports. Music-specific indexes of conference papers and congress reports ; General indexes of conference papers and congress reports -- Festschriften -- Indexes of Festschriften. Music-specific indexes of Festschriften ; General indexes of essays -- Indexes to music in complete works editions, musical monuments, historical sets, and anthologies. Complete works editions. Examples of composers complete works editions -- Musical monuments and historical sets. Examples of musical monuments by place ; Examples of historical sets by style period ; Additional examples of sets and series -- Anthologies. Examples of anthologies -- Indexes of complete works editions, musical monuments, historical sets, and anthologies -- Thematic catalogs. Bibliographies of thematic catalogs -- Single-composer thematic catalogs. Examples of single-composer thematic catalogs ; Guides and locators for single-composer thematic catalogs -- Thematic catalogs for particular repertories. Examples of thematic catalogs for particular repertories ; Collections, archives, libraries, and publishers -- |
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Music histories, source readings, and chronologies. Music histories. Multi-volume music histories ; Music history series (W. W. Norton and Prentice Hall) ; General music history texts ; Music appreciation texts ; Study guides and outlines of music history ; Important earlier music histories ; Historiography ; Special topic histories -- Music source readings. General music source readings ; Special topic music source readings -- Music chronologies. General music chronologies ; Special topic music chronologies -- Bibliographies of music and music literature. Bibliographies of music. General music bibliographies ; Bibliographies for particular repertories -- Bibliographies of music literature. General bibliographies of music literature ; Special topic bibliographies of music literature -- Bibliographies of both music and music literature. International Inventory of Musical Sources (RISM) -- Composer bio-bibliographies, guides to research, and other bibliographies. Examples of single-composer bibliographies -- Discographies. Bibliographies of discographies -- Comprehensive and historical discographies -- Currently available catalogs of recordings -- Recommended recordings and buyer's guides -- Library and sound archive catalogs. Local libraries ; Library consortia ; National libraries ; Bibliographic utilities -- Special topic discographies. Discographies for instruments and ensembles ; Opera discographies ; Jazz discographies ; Rock music discographies ; Folk and world music discographies ; Discographies of women in music -- Single-composer discographies. Schoenberg, Arnold ; Stravinsky, Igor ; Wagner, Richard -- Performer discographies -- Recording label discographies -- American music discographies -- Canadian music discographies -- Recording reviews and indexes to reviews -- Music iconographies. Bibliographies of iconographies -- General music iconographies and illustrated histories -- Musical instrument iconographies. General musical instrument iconographies ; Western musical instrument iconographies ; Non-Western musical instruments iconographies -- Multi-composer iconographies -- Single-composer iconographies. Bach, Johann Sebastian ; Beethoven, Ludwig van ; Brahms, Johannes ; Chopin, Frédéric ; Debussy, Claude ; Handel, George Frederic ; Haydn, Franz Joseph ; Liszt, Franz ; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus ; Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da ; Schoenberg, Arnold ; Schubert, Franz ; Schumann, Robert ; Stravinsky, Igor ; Verdi, Giuseppe ; Wagner, Richard -- Music directories. Directories of music libraries and collections. International music library directories ; United States music library directories ; British music library directories ; Canadian music library directories -- Music education directories -- Performing arts directories -- Music industry and music company directories -- Music organizations and music competitions directories -- Internet resources for music. Digital content websites. Multimedia websites ; Online scores websites ; Digital audio streaming services ; Image websites -- Finding music websites. Search engines ; Metasearch engines ; Music subject directories ; Professional association websites -- Websites for staying current -- Part two: Writing style manuals, and citation. Writing. Music-specific writing books -- General writing books. Comprehensive guides ; Compiling bibliographies ; Editing ; Grammar, punctuation, and spelling ; Style and rhetoric ; Writing process -- Style manuals and citation of sources. Citing sources and avoiding plagiarism. Examples of plagiarism -- Major style manuals. University of Chicago Press style (Chicago style) ; American Psychological Association Style (APA style) ; Modern Language Association style (MLA style) -- Music-specific style manuals -- Citing electronic sources -- Citation management software -- Using sources -- Appendixes. Library of Congress classification: Class M outline -- Search tips. Boolean search terms ; Nesting search terms ; Truncation and wildcards ; Phrase and "string" searches ; Proximity -- Composers included as examples in this text -- International Inventory of Musical Sources (RISM) publications. Series A: sources by individual composers ; Series B: sources by multiple composers and bibliographies of materials organized by topic ; Series C: directory of music research libraries -- Chicago style at your fingertips. Bibliographic citation formats ; Footnote/endnote citation formats ; Author-date system -- APA style at your fingertips. Reference list ; Reference citations in the text -- MLA style at your fingertips. List of works cited ; Parenthetical text citations. |
| Abstract |
This book introduces music students to the major print and electronic research tools available to them. Ideal for graduate-level music bibliography and research courses, it can also be used in any undergraduate or graduate music course that requires students to engage in library research or to write a research paper. Concise and practical, this unique handbook does not aim to provide an exhaustive introduction to the subject; rather, it is highly selective and guides students to the most significant English-language research tools and resources, reference titles in major areas, and the principal sources in French, German, Italian, and Spanish. The book's first section (Chapters 1-14) is organized by type of research tool--for example, encyclopedias, periodical indexes, and discographies. Each chapter in this section includes an overview of the tool it covers; an annotated bibliography that describes the tool's purpose, scope, strengths, and weaknesses; and an evaluation checklist that encourages students to think critically about the tools and materials they discover as they do research. The second section (Chapters 15-16) discusses style manuals and various resources for writing about music and citing sources. Methods for evaluating reference and research tools are emphasized throughout the book. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-164), discography (pages 165-183), and index. |
| LCCN | 2007048927 |
| ISBN | 9780195171198 (hardcover ; acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 0195171195 (hardcover ; acid-free paper) |
