The Music Library has recently received the following new reference books:
Donahue, Thomas. A Style and Usage Guide to Writing About Music. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2010. Call no. MUR ML3797 .D76 2010
Meadows, Eddie S. Blues, Funk, R&B, Soul, Hip Hop, and Rap: A Research and Information Guide. Routledge Music Bibliographies. New York: Routledge, 2010. Call no. MUR ML128.P63 M43 2010
Musical America Worldwide: International Directory of the Performing Arts, 2011 edition. Call no. MUR ML12 .M883 2011
Wentzel, Wayne C. Samuel Barber: A Research and Information Guide, 2nd ed. Routledge Music Bibliographies. New York: Routledge, 2010. Call no. MUR ML134.B175 W46 2010
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Monday, February 7, 2011
Friday, May 29, 2009
New reference title
The Music Library recently acquired a new title in the reference collection:
Herbert, Trevor. Music in Words: A Guide to Researching & Writing about Music. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. Call no. MUR 3797.H537 2009
Herbert, Trevor. Music in Words: A Guide to Researching & Writing about Music. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. Call no. MUR 3797.H537 2009
Monday, July 21, 2008
Highlights from new items
The Music Library just acquired the score to Steven Stucky's Second Concerto for Orchestra, (King of Prussia, Pa.: Merion Music, 2006), winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Music. It is available at call no. MUX M1042.S88 no.2 2006.
We are excited to present another resource for writers in our reference collection: D. Kern Holoman's Writing about Music: A Style Sheet, 2d ed. (Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 2008). I am glad to see the inclusion of the eighth chapter, entitled "Best Practices for Student Writers," and I think it would be a good idea for students to consult this before beginning a writing assignment. It is located at MUR ML3797 .W75 2008.
Finally, we now have the most up-to-date print outline of the Library of Congress's Classification scheme for Music. This can be helpful because we use this system to arrange our books, scores, and recordings (with the exception of part of our LP collection) in the Music Library. If you know the call number range to check, you can see what is available on the shelf on an approximate topic, or in the case of music, a medium of performance (duets, trios, orchestral music, etc.). It is shelved under call no. MUR Z696 .U5 M 2007.
We are excited to present another resource for writers in our reference collection: D. Kern Holoman's Writing about Music: A Style Sheet, 2d ed. (Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 2008). I am glad to see the inclusion of the eighth chapter, entitled "Best Practices for Student Writers," and I think it would be a good idea for students to consult this before beginning a writing assignment. It is located at MUR ML3797 .W75 2008.
Finally, we now have the most up-to-date print outline of the Library of Congress's Classification scheme for Music. This can be helpful because we use this system to arrange our books, scores, and recordings (with the exception of part of our LP collection) in the Music Library. If you know the call number range to check, you can see what is available on the shelf on an approximate topic, or in the case of music, a medium of performance (duets, trios, orchestral music, etc.). It is shelved under call no. MUR Z696 .U5 M 2007.
Friday, March 28, 2008
New Resources for Music Research
If you are working on a research project, and are stuck, need some help, or just want to brush up on your research skills, the Music Library has two relatively new books in the reference collection for you! Laurie Sampsel's Music Research just arrived today, and we have had the seventh edition of Kate L. Turabian's A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations for a few months now. See complete citations below:
- Sampsel, Laurie J. Music Research: A Handbook. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. Call no. MUR ML113 .S28 2009.
This book is a very well annotated bibliography, divided into two parts: "Research Process and Research Tools," and "Writing, Style Manuals, and Citation." It has something for everyone, from advanced researchers to those new to academic music libraries. To get started, Sampsel's chapters on library catalogs (ch. 4), and periodical indexes (ch. 5), are excellent.
- Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers, 7th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007. Call no. MUR LB2369 .T8 2007.
This is a major overhaul of Turabian's style manual. Much has been added since the publication of the sixth edition in 1996. For starters, this new edition contains an entire section of material on the research process. Authors Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams contributed this section, using material from their text on the research process, The Craft of Research, 2d ed. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003). Also, the organization of the chapters on the way sources should be cited seems much more intuitive. The "notes-bibliography" and "parenthetical citations-reference list" styles are now addressed in separate chapters. And very importantly, there are many more examples of how electronic information should be cited!
I encourage anyone who is working on a music research project of any kind to consult Sampsel's book, and I also highly recommend Turabian's style manual, if you are not required to use another style (such as MLA or APA).
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