INTRODUCTION TO GRADUATE RESEARCH (MUS 6716) LIBRARIAN: Dr. Darlene Ann Parrish The selected sources listed below are useful for finding books and articles about music and composers from antiquity to the 20th century. FAU LIBRARIES CATALOG For books on music history, go to the "Basic Search" screen and choose "Subjects, All" from the "Browse Organized Lists" menu. Type in any of the following Library of Congress subject headings (with two dashes for subheadings): Music--History and criticism--to 400 Music--History and criticism--Medieval, 400-1500 Music--History and criticism--16th century Music--History and criticism--17th century Music--History and criticism--18th century Music--History and criticism--19th century Music--History and criticism--20th century For books on composers, go to the “Basic Search” screen and choose “Subjects, All” from the “Browse Organized Lists” menu.  Type in the name of the composer (e.g. Beethoven or Mozart). ELECTRONIC DATABASES Electronic Databases are available from the FAU Libraries home page at http://www.fau.edu/library by selecting "Research Resources" or "Quick Links" and then "Indexes/Databases". When accessing the databases remotely, be sure to select the link for the "EZproxy" server. Expanded Academic ASAP This general index gives references to articles on the history of music and musicians in such publications as "19th Century Music", the "Journal of the American Musicological Society" and other music periodicals.   Humanities Full Text Provides articles on subject areas that include music, dance, performing arts and many others. The full text of articles is available in this database beginning with January 1995.   JSTOR This database gives access to full text articles from many scholarly journals in the area of music. It can be searched by using keywords or by "browsing" subject lists of journals and their contents.   Music Index 1978-present Contains references to articles on music and musicians in 725 international music periodicals.   New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians This is an excellent starting point for finding information about the life and works of a composer. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Contains references to doctoral dissertations completed in the U.S. at accredited institutions.  Some full text of dissertations is available. RILM Abstracts of Music Literature 1967-present Provides references, with summaries, to articles, books, dissertations and other publications of scholarly interest on various music topics. EVALUATING INFORMATION If you are not using one of the "Electronic Databases" listed above or other databases via the FAU Libraries Electronic Collection, you need to consider some of the following questions when evaluating information from the Internet: How authoritative is the source of information? How accurate is the information? How reliable is the information? How current is the information? How relevant is the information to my topic? CITING REFERENCES REF LB2369 .G53 2003  Gibaldi, Joseph.  MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers.  6th ed.  New York:  Modern Language Association, 2003. MLA Style Electronic Formats (by Dr. Mary Ellen Guffey) This "quick" guide to citing sources found on the Internet provides the important components of a citation, with examples. Ask-A-Librarian email reference help Reference desk phone number: 561-297-3785 Make an appointment with a librarian: One-on-one reference consultation