A guide to library research in music
By: Pauline Shaw Bayne.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780810861480; 9780810862111
Subjects: Musicology; Library orientation for college students; Music librarianship
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The short course : music research and writing. The research process ; Starting-point resources : reference books ; Starting-point resources : journals ; Starting-point resources : bibliographies ; A case study ; Scholarly writing ; Writing samples; title: How to : discover and use resources. Browsing as a discovery strategy ; Databases : structured for searching ; Subject searching in library catalogs : controlled vocabulary ; Subject searching in indexes and abstracts ; Keyword searching ; Related-record searching and citation indexes ; Other discovery methods : experts and the Internet ; Using thematic catalogs; title: Resources : the literature of music. M : the music scores and recordings ; ML : music literature ; MT : instruction and study.