Course Number: MU271Subject: Music Research help contact me to set up an appointment: gsennema@wlu.ca Research tips use a variety of sources: articles should be from more than one journal or essay collection start early - we can get you material from other libraries know how to combine keywords: Better searching using AND, OR, NOT (video tutorial: 4:04) Grove Music Online Access is incorporated through Oxford Music Online Remember to consult the "Bibliography" at the end of the article Background sources Cambridge Histories Eighteenth Century Music Nineteenth Century Music Twentieth Century Music Musical Performance Western Music Theory Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Oxford) Orchestra: A very short introduction (Oxford) Romanticism: a very short introduction (Oxford) Books Search Omni to identify books at Laurier limit to "Books and eBooks" Requesting item print, from Laurier and other Omni libraries Mail on Demand (only within Canada) Scan on Demand Learn about call numbers for locating books and the Waterloo campus floor plans Search through our ebook collections - these let you search across the full text Scholarly Articles Search Omni to identify books at Laurier limit to "Articles" limit to results from Peer-Reviewed Journals Beyond the articles you might find using Omni, the following databases provide more direct access to scholarly articles. RILM abstracts of Music Literature international coverage of music publications. Covers articles, books, etc. Limit to peer reviewed, and perhaps English Music Periodicals Database articles 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: JSTOR full text collection of ejournals, searchable across all the full text; you can also limit to music journals Periodicals Archive Online another full text collection of ejournals, searchable across all the full text; you can also limit to music journals Think outside the box, you may find journal literature in other databases. E.g, ATLA Religion Database Church music, etc. Historical Abstracts musical issues related to historical and political events Scores Go to Scores to find scores in print and online. Audio Listen Online (library subscriptions such as Naxos) The Great 78 Project over 3 million recordings of digitized 78rpm records, covering 1898-1950s Video The Library subscribes to a number of streaming video services that may contain helpful resources for your term paper Medici.tv recorded concerts, live performances, and documentaries Films on demand documentataries, search for specific names or events. Some examples include: Eras of Music History: Romantic Eras of Music History: Modernist Tchaikovsky or Stravinsky or Wagner Citing your sources Citing Music: Chicago Style (University of Manitoba) includes examples for Naxos and YouTube Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition, complete manual