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Music Education

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Curricular Materials

Textbooks may be found in Music Library circulating stacks arranged by LC class number. Accompanying CDs are located behind the service desk.

kcdlonline
Provides online access to PDF reproductions of the curriculum documents that make up the Kraus Curriculum Development Library, beginning with the 20th edition, and online access to the KCDL Cumulative Index back to 1983. This searchable database of curricula, frameworks, and standards brings together educational objectives, content, instructional strategies, and evaluative techniques for all subjects covered in PreK-12 and Adult Basic Education. Linked Resource from GIL (library subscription).

Professional Development Collection is a specialized collection of journal articles and pamphlets especially for professional educators that includes abstract and index coverage for 800 professional development titles and searchable full text for over 500 journals covering the most current topics in the field of education. This database also provides full text for more than 160 education pamphlets.

NOTE: Most of the journals in the Professional Development Collection are also included in Academic Search Premier ; however, there are some publications that are only found in the Professional Development Collection. The Professional Development Collection may be searched individually or in conjunction with other EBSCO databases. To search multiple EBSCO databases at one time, click the Choose Databases tab on the EBSCOhost search screen.

TIP: From the EBSCOhost Databases menu, select both the Professional Development Collection and the ERIC database.

CSU Libraries Web Site

The Libraries' web site is an access point to GIL, GALILEO, electronic subscriptions to databases and journals, electronic resources via the Internet, and library services and instruction.

GIL

GIL, CSU's online catalog

Examples of Library of Congress Subject Headings found in GIL

Subject access is useful for finding books when you are not looking for a specific author or title. For a detailed list of subject headings, consult the Library of Congress Subject Headings (Schwob Library).

• Child study
• Children as musicians
• Instrumental music-Instruction and study
• Music-Bibliographies
• Music-Indexes
• Music-Instruction and study
• Music-Manuals, textbooks, etc.
• Music-Periodicals
• Music in education
• School music-Instruction and study
• School music supervision

Library of Congress Classification Numbers

Selected List of Current Periodicals

• American Music Teacher
• Journal of Research in Music Education
• Music Educators Journal
• Teaching Music

Music Indices

• The Music Index , (web interface via GALILEO; print in Reference, ML118 .M84)
• CAIRSS (Computer-Assisted Information Retrieval Service System) for Music

Education Indices

• ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)
• JSTOR (available on- and off-campus)
  Full-text articles available for the following education titles:
• Journal of Blacks in Higher Education 1993-1999
• Journal of Higher Education 1930-1996
• Journal of Negro Education 1932-1996
• Journal of Educational Sociology 1927-1963
• Sociology of Education 1963-1996

Other Indices

• Academic Search Premier at EBSCOhost [some full-text articles]
• Archive of Dissertation Abstracts in Music
• Dissertation Abstracts
• PsycINFO
• Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection [some full-text articles]
• Research Library at ProQuest [some full-text articles]

GALILEO Headings

For subject access to related GALILEO databases -- Select the Arts & Humanities tab and then the Music and Performing Arts subheading OR the Social Sciences tab and then the Education or Psychology subheadings from across the top of the GALILEO home page. You may also use the following links: Music and Performing Arts; Education; or, Psychology.

To go directly to a specific database, you may select the Databases A-Z tab from across the top of the page, then select the first letter of the name of the database, then scroll the selected alphabetical listing for the database.

Other Music Education Sites (available from the Music Library homepage)

• Music Education Online
• Music Educators National Conference

CSU Music Education Research: Reference Books

• Bartle, Barton K. Computer software in music and music education: a guide. - ML74.35 .B33 1987
• Colwell, Richard J. Institutional directory of approved music education dissertations in progress. - ML113 .I57
• Duckles, Vincent H. and Reed, Ida. Music reference and research materials : an annotated bibliography. - ML113 .D83 1997
• Harris, Ernest E. Music Education: a guide to information sources. - ML19 .H37
• Kantorski, Vincent. A bibliography of source readings in music education. - ML128 .I64 K36 1997
• Phelps, Roger P. A guide to research in music education. - MT1 .P5 1992

CSU Music Education Research: Circulating Books

• Barnes, Stephen H., ed. A Cross-section of research in music education. - MT1 .C86
• Colwell, Richard. Handbook of research on music teaching and learning: a project of the Music Educators National Conference. - MT1 .H138 1992
• Phelps, Roger P. Guide to research in music education. - MT1 .P5
• Ebooks at netLibrary (also searchable in GIL)

Finding Materials at Other Institutions

• GIL Express
• WorldCat - bibliographic records for items owned by libraries worldwide, some of which may be available via Interlibrary Services.

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