Finding Books and Scores
Books: Books are listed in the OSU Libraries Catalog by author, title, and subject. The Library of Congress Subject Headings books (located at the Reference Desk) can aid you in selecting the appropriate subject heading.
Scores: Since both The Valley Library and the Music Resource Center at Benton Hall have score collections, look both places and ask for assistance if necessary to determine if a desired composition is located in either collection. Individual scores in the Library are listed in the OSU Libraries Catalog with the composer as author, and sometimes by distinctive title, if there is one.
Scores are also listed under their form, such as Harpsichord music or Symphonies - Scores.For works of music issued in parts of collections, see books listed in the Music Research Guide under the heading Indexes to Music.
To locate and request scores from other libraries, use the new Summit catalog. With one search, the new catalog presents results from the collections of regional academic library catalogs (indicated by the heading Held by: Summit), followed by results from libraries around the world (Held by: WorldCat Libraries). If OSU does not own the item you may request it through Summit. If it is not in Summit, request through Interlibrary Loan (ILL). Summit requests generally arrive within 3 working days; ILL often takes longer, so use Summit first.
Music Copyright
- Music Library Association. A Guide to Copyright for Music Librarians.
http://www.lib.jmu.edu/org/mla/
A Comprehensive guide to information on copyright law for music and recordings. - Worldwide Internet Music Resources: Copyright.
http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/copy.html
Extensive list of copyright sites linked from the Indiana University School of Music's Worldwide Internet Music Resources list. - PDInfo: Public domain music
http://www.pdinfo.com
The Web home of the Public Domain Information Project. Stated mission is to teach "how to understand and fully respect legal copyright protection," and offer music that is in the public domain. Provides users with information on how to identify published music in the public domain, and how to confirm a particular work's public domain status. Extremely useful for performers and music arrangers, and anyone else who seeks royalty-free music. - ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Performers) http://ascap.com The American Society of Composers, Authors and Performers is a membership trade association of over 145,000 U.S. composers, songwriters and publishers of every kind of music. ASCAP protects the rights of its members by licensing and distributing royalties for the non-dramatic public performances of their copyrighted works. ASCAP's licensees encompass all who want to perform copyrighted music publicly. The Society makes giving and obtaining permission to perform music simple for both creators and users of music.
Identifying Scholarly/Peer Reviewed Sources
Using research that has been evaluated by other experts in the field (peer reviewed or refereed) is an efficient way of finding research of value. Some ways to identify if the research is peer-reviewed:
- Use the database: some databases consist entirely (or almost entirely) of peer-reviewed literature (for example: Sociological Abstracts, Abstracts in Anthropology, ERIC, PsycInfo)
- Many databases allow you to LIMIT your search to peer-reviewed or scholarly literature (the EBSCOhost databases like Academic Search Premier for example)
- Check journal's entry in Ulrich's (reference books located at the Reference Desk)
- Check the journal's editorial policy statement for an explicit statement (generally small print at the front of the issue, or visit the journal's web page). Look for a list of editors, which can be an implicit indication of peer review.
- Ask a librarian for assistance
Other ways to identify scholarly articles:
- Look for common characteristics of scholarly works, such as
- easily identifiable author names and affiliations
- an abstract, introduction, methodology, conclusions
- citation of others' works
- a complete list of references
- Determine if article is written by a scholar in the field for other researchers (rather than the general public)
The University of Arizona Library has a web page and tutorial on identifying the differenced between popular and scholarly articles at http://www.library.arizona.edu/help/tutorials/scholarly/guide.html
Music Articles in Journals
If you are looking for articles on a topic and do not know which journals they may be contained in, please use a periodical database to search for them. (See section on Music Databases)
If you already know the title of the journal you want, or want to browse what journals are available, they are cataloged in the OSU Libraries Catalog. They can be searched by the name of the periodical or found by searching using a broad subject search, such as Music - Periodicals.
There are a variety of electronic journals about music available by library subscription or full-text within various databases. They can be found in two ways: through their OSU Libraries Catalog records, or from the complete E-Journals list linked on the Libraries' home page.
Music Databases
Online resources for music research at OSU Libraries include both online reference sources, such as the Grove Dictionary of Music (now included in Oxford Music Online with several other high quality music reference works) and several databases that index scholarly music literature. Here are some of the most useful.
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Oxford Music Online
[reference] Oxford Music Online (formerly Grove Music Online) is a gateway that offers users the ability to access and cross-search the vast resources of Oxford's music reference in one location, including the full-text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition; the New Grove Dictionary of Opera; The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, second edition); The Oxford Companion to Music; and The Oxford Dictionary of Music, second edition, revised.
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Oxford Reference Online Premium
[reference] Oxford Reference Online brings together language and subject reference works from one of the world's biggest reference publishers into a single, fully indexed, cross-searchable resource. (When searching for music references, click on Performing Arts.)
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Academic Search Premier
[journal index] Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study.
Coverage Dates: 1975 - present -
Arts & Humanities Citation Index
[journal index] Index to over 1.4 million records from more than 1,300 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals. Searches can be done by subject, author or authors who are cited by another author.
Index only: 1980-present
Coverage Dates: 1980 - present -
MLA International Bibliography
[journal index] MLA International Bibliography is an index of journal articles, books and dissertations and contains over 1.5 million citations from more than 4,400 journals and series and 1,000 book publishers. Coverage is international and subjects include music along with literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, and dramatic arts.
Coverage Dates: 1926 - present -
Project Muse
[journals] Project MUSE is an interdisciplinary collection of high quality, peer reviewed journals. Eleven scholarly music journals are included here in full-text, including Notes, Music and Letters, and Women and Music.
Coverage Dates: Varies by journal
Education Databases
In addition to the resources available in music, it will prove useful to be familiar with the general education resources as well. They may include important literature on music education. Here are some of the ones that have proven most useful.
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Education Research Complete
Covers all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, including music education. Indexing and abstracts for more than 1,500 journals, as well as full text for more than 750 journals, full text for more than 100 books, monographs, and numerous education-related conference papers.
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ERIC (EBSCOhost)
Index to research articles, government and independent reports and conference papers covering all areas of education at all levels. Includes thesaurus searching, links to the OSU Libraries Online Catalog and full text document service (EDRS), where applicable (via the Locate Document button).
1966-present. Links are provided for full text articles and documents. Index and Abstracts plus links to the EDRS collection.
Coverage Dates: 1966 - present
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