Information Services
Greer
Music Library (located on the lower level of Cummings Arts Center)
serves the research, information and performance needs of the Department
of Music and the entire college community. The library collection
includes books about music and musicians, periodicals, reference
sources and indexes (print and electronic), collected works of major
composers, study and performance scores of music, sound and video/laser
recordings of musical performances, and computer-based support for
the teaching and research needs of users.
Books & Media
Search the Library
Catalog to find books, scores, journals and media of all types
(recordings, videos, DVDs, etc.). The catalog can be searched by
author, title, keyword or subject and contains the holdings of Connecticut
College as well as Trinity College and Wesleyan University. To search
for books and media outside of the local catalog, use WorldCat.
Specialized music resources available in the Greer Music library
include:
Information
About the Collection
Complete
Works in Greer Music Library
Music
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Keyboard
Resources
String
Resources
Vocal
Resources
Woodwinds
and Brass Resources
Other resources for locating
information on books and media include:
Books
in Print
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Style
Manuals
Information is also available from the Citation
Guides for Print and Electronic Resources page.
Bellman, Jonathan. A short guide to writing about music. New York: Longman,
2000.
ML3797 .B4 2000
This source offers the usual style manual rules and examples, i.e.,
how to properly cite sources, how to format
footnotes and bibliographies, how to write using correct grammar,
and so on. In addition, Bellman describes the different types of
music writing assignments a musician might encounter – everything
from a history paper to music analysis to criticism -- and suggests
approaches to, and formatting of, each different kind of writing.
Standard music notation practice. [a joint publication of the] Music
Publishers’ Association and the Music Educators National Conference. 1993.
MT35 .S726 1993
Two major music organizations, the APA and the MENC, co-published
this brief but useful pamphlet.
Wingell, Richard J. Writing about music: an introductory guide. 3rd ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2002.
REF ML3797 .W54 2002
This book overlaps the Bellman book to some extent, but spends less
time describing as many discrete writing projects. Those Wingell
does touch on are more typically college-oriented topics such as
papers, seminar presentations, and concert reports. He includes
a brief section on evaluating resources, both print and electronic, an important step often overlooked by novice researchers.
Databases & Indexes
A full listing of all scholarly databases is available
grouped by subject
or listed alphabetically.
Expanded
Academic Index
A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range
of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education,
environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature
and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology,
and many general interest topics. Coverage is 1980 forward.
Grove
Music Online
Comprises the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music
and Musicians, second edition, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera,
and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, second edition.
Lexis-Nexis
Provides full-text documents from over 5,900 news, business, legal,
medical, and reference publications. See the User
Guide for more information on searching in Lexis-Nexis.
Music Index Online
A guide to music periodical literature from 1976 to present.
The Performing Arts in Colonial American Newspapers, 1690-1783.
CD-ROM (call number CDR 17, on reserve in the Greer Music Library)
"This publication fills a major gap in access to 18th-century
American sources for research in the performing arts and related
humanities fields. It includes all references to music, poetry,
dance, and theater found by our readers in American newspapers,
from the earliest extant copy (1690) through the end of the Revolutionary
War (1783), including those published in the French and German languages.” -- on container. The CD-ROM is kept in the Greer Music Library and
must be used there.
RILM
Abstracts of Music Literature
An index of music literature that includes records in over 100 languages
from 3,700 journals. Dates of Coverage are 1969 - present.
Internet
Resources
Doctoral Dissertations Online (DDM).
A listing of completed or new topic doctoral dissertations in music and related fields (scientific, humanistic); international in scope. Please note that the actual dissertation is not available in full-text and must be obtained through ILL or purchase.
Library
of Congress American Memory Project
Covers a number of subject areas, including music. Follow the links
to explore the great American musical heritage.
Music Library Association copyright resource guide
The Televised Opera and Musical Comedy Database
Database of hard-to-find U.S. opera telecasts, including programming of early live presentations on experimental television stations and contemporary productions released on broadcast television, cable, and home video. Produced by Indiana University Digital Library Program.
Worldwide Internet Music Resources
From the Indiana University School of Music
e-Journals
A complete listing of full text electronic journals is
located on the Library homepage under the Journal
Locator link.
Assistance
For assistance in locating or using these or other sources,
please contact the Music
Librarian or schedule an appointment for a Personalized
Research Session. Page content by Carolyn
Johnson
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