MUSI 1306 @ NLC Library 

HANDOUTS

• Library Essentials Word PDF
• Basic Research Word PDF
• Citing Sources Word PDF
• Using Online Databases Word PDF

ACTIVITIES

• Start Your Research Today!
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Want books? Use:

ALAMO LIBRARY ONLINE CATALOG 

• New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
• Music Research: A Handbook
• How to Dance Through Time - DVD at SAC or PAC
• A History of Opera
• Richard Wagner - DVD
• Charms that Sooth
• Living Through Pop

Want articles? Use:

ELECTRONIC DATABASES

Need Background Information:

• Encyclopedia Britannica Online: Expanded Academic Edition

Need Articles:

• Academic Onefile
• Academic Search Complete
• Expanded Academic ASAP
• JSTOR
• Biography Resource Center

INTERNET SITES

• Worldwide Internet Music Resources from Indiana University
• Music History & Literature Guide from UTSA
• Sheet Music Consortium
• Librarian's Internet Index - Music
• American Memory Browse by Category - Performing Arts, Music
• Eighteenth-Century Resources - Music
• Classical Music Websites - Subject & Course Guides - Kellog Library

Evaluating Websites (MS Word) ( PDF)

• CRAAP Test
• Michigan State University Library Website Eval
• Purdue University Library Website Eval Chart

Why Cite?

SEARCH STRATEGIES

• Boolean - AND, OR, NOT
• Field searching - Subject, Author, Title
• Quotation marks for exact phrase
• Truncation - root + variants (*) 
• Database Limiters: date, publication type, type, peer-reviewed, etc.

OPTIONS FOR FULL-TEXT - Where is the actual article???

•  PDF or HTML in database
• A to Z Online Journal Locator
• IDB & ILL

NEED HELP? Contact Us!

Call: (210) 486-5388

Email: nlc-reference@alamo.edu

Library Instructor(s):  Kristin Johnson, Julie Nichols