Music 

Keyword Search:  Enter a few basic terms on the topic you're looking for.  Example: jazz, blues.  Try the keyword search strategies below to get the most relevant results for your topic.  By the way, you can use these keyword strategies with the online databases and internet search engines, too.

Phrases - Place words in parentheses when it is essential for them to be searched together as a phrase.  Example:  "music theory" 

Boolean Operators - Combine two search terms to focus a topic by using and, or, not.  Example: Texas and music. 

Synonyms  – Always brainstorm about different words for the concept you want to research, and use those terms, too.  Example:  voice or vocal

Truncation - Use an asterisk * to take the place of one or more letters in a word so that variant forms can be searched at the same time.  Example:  music* searches music, musician, musicians, musical.

Nesting -  You can search multiple synonyms at the same time by placing them in parentheses and connecting them with the word or.  Example:  (voice or vocal) and instruction.

These databases are good sources for articles about music, musicians, and particular compositions. 

Noodletools is a very handy software that will create citations in MLA, APA or Chicago style and export the citations with correct punctuation and formatting as a Word document.

Handouts: MLA- journal articles, art images, CQ Researcher, Opposing Viewpoints and APA- journal articles, APA-web pages

Ethnomusicology, Folk Music, and World Music

Internet Public Library Music History

Met Opera Archives

Music Resources on the Internet

Know of some good links about music? Let me know and we can add them to this guide.

Send an email with your suggestion to lreeves3@mail.accd.edu