Title:
A guide to library research in music / Pauline Shaw Bayne.
Author:
Bayne, Pauline Shaw.
Publication Information:
Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2008.
Call Number:
ML3797 .B29 2008
Abstract:
"A Guide to Library Research in Music introduces the process and techniques for researching and writing about music. This informative textbook provides examples of different types of writing, offers a thorough introduction to music literature, describes various information-searching methods and library-based organizational systems, and explores the wide array of music resources."--Jacket.
Electronic Access:
Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0820/2008025088.html
ISBN:
9780810861480
9780810862111
Physical Description:
xiv, 274 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Contents:
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 -- 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 -- Resources : the literature of music. M : the music : scores and recordings ; ML : music literature ; MT : instruction and study -- Form subdivisions : a selective list from the Library of Congress subject headings -- Outline of the Library of Congress m-class -- Topical guide to music in the Library of Congress classification -- Bibliographies by topic in ML128.
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