Course Number: MU271Subject: Music Research tipsuse a variety of sources: articles should be from more than one journal or essay collectionstart early - we can get you material from other librariesknow how to combine keywords:Better searching using AND, OR, NOT (video tutorial: 4:04)Grove Music OnlineAccess is incorporated through Oxford Music OnlineRemember to consult the "Bibliography" at the end of the articleBackground sourcesCambridge HistoriesEighteenth Century MusicNineteenth Century MusicTwentieth Century MusicMusical PerformanceWestern Music TheoryEncyclopedia of Popular Music (Oxford)Orchestra: A very short introduction (Oxford)Romanticism: a very short introduction (Oxford)BooksSearch Omni to identify books at Laurierlimit to "Books and eBooks"Requesting itemprint, from Laurier and other Omni librariesMail on Demand (only within Canada)Scan on DemandLearn about call numbers for locating books and the Waterloo campus floor plansSearch through our ebook collections - these let you search across the full textScholarly ArticlesSearch Omni to identify books at Laurierlimit to "Articles"limit to results from Peer-Reviewed JournalsBeyond the articles you might find using Omni, the following databases provide more direct access to scholarly articles.RILM abstracts of Music Literatureinternational coverage of music publications. Covers articles, books, etc. Limit to peer reviewed, and perhaps EnglishMusic Periodicals Databasearticles from popular music publications. Limit to scholarly (lots of magazine content). Exclude reviews.For more detailed searching, and/or for more obscure topics, try searching across the full text through these databases:JSTORfull text collection of ejournals, searchable across all the full text; you can also limit to music journalsPeriodicals Archive Onlineanother full text collection of ejournals, searchable across all the full text; you can also limit to music journalsThink outside the box, you may find journal literature in other databases. E.g,ATLA Religion DatabaseChurch music, etc.Historical Abstractsmusical issues related to historical and political eventsScoresGo to Scores to find scores in print and online.AudioListen Online (library subscriptions such as Naxos)The Great 78 Projectover 3 million recordings of digitized 78rpm records, covering 1898-1950sVideoThe Library subscribes to a number of streaming video services that may contain helpful resources for your term paperMedici.tvrecorded concerts, live performances, and documentariesFilms on demanddocumentataries, search for specific names or events. Some examples include:Eras of Music History: RomanticEras of Music History: ModernistTchaikovsky or Stravinsky or WagnerCiting your sourcesCiting Music: Chicago Style (University of Manitoba)includes examples for Naxos and YouTubeChicago Manual of Style, 17th edition, complete manual