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Intro to Musicology: A Guide to Electronic Materials

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Library Web Page

Library Web Page - Access point to GIL, GALILEO, electronic subscriptions to databases and journals, Internet sites, 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 do not have a specific author or title. For a detailed list of subject headings, consult the Library of Congress Subject Headings.

• Ethnomusicology
• Music-Editing
• Music-Historiography-Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Music archaeology
• Musical Criticism-Authorship-Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Musicologists
• Musicology

Library of Congress Classification Numbers

Selected List of Current Periodicals

• Acta Musicologica
• Current Musicology (full text articles via GALILEO, 1996-current)
• Ethnomusicology (GALILEO, 1998-2001)
• Journal of the American Musicological Society
• Music & Letters
• Musical Quarterly
• Notes (print & GALILEO, 1996-current)
• Perspectives of New Music
• Popular Music

Music Indices

• The Music Index , (web interface via library home page; print in Reference, ML118 .M84)
• RILM

Other Indices

• Academic Search Premier at EBSCOhost [some full-text articles]
• Archive of Dissertation Abstracts in Music
• Dissertation Abstracts
• Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology Online
• Research Library at ProQuest [some full-text articles]

GALILEO Headings

For subject access to related GALILEO databases and select the Arts & Humanities tab.

Other Music Education Sites

• American Musicological Association
• Duckles, Vincent H. and Reed, Ida. Music reference and research materials : an annotated bibliography.
  A list of URL's for the electronic resources outlined in Chapter 12
• Duke University Music Library's DW3 website
• Internet Resources for Music Scholars, Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library, Harvard University
• Strunk, Jr., William. The Elements of Style
• Worldwide Internet Music Resources
  Indiana University's William and Gayle Cook Music Library & Indiana University School of Music

Sample online historical collections (primary source material)

• Historic American Sheet Music collection, Duke University
• Library of Congress American Memory collection: "Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943
• Library of Congress Vatican Exhibit: Music

Access to Circulating Books

• Ebooks at netLibrary
• GIL - to search the CSU collection
• GIL Express - search/request circulating print items from all USG libraries
• WorldCat - contains bibliographic records for items owned by CSU & libraries world-wide, many of which may be available via Interlibrary Services

Citing electronic sources

• Citing sources from GALILEO
• On-line Resources for Documenting Electronic Sources (from Purdue University)
• Or consult the latest edition of style manuals, e.g. APA, Chicago Style Manual, MLA, Turabian

Electronic Guides to Copyright & Music

• Music Library Association: A Guide to Copyright for Music Librarians
• Regents [State of Georgia] Guide to Understanding Copyright
• Simmons College Music Librarianship: Fair Use and Copyright
• William and Gayle Cook Music Library/Indiana University School of Music Worldwide Internet Music Resources: Copyright

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