Selected Resources in
CRIT 117—Music in the Media
February 14, 2001
Gail Egbers
535-8869  egbersgl@plu.edu

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FINDING BOOKS, VIDEOS, & CDs: QUEST, our computerized catalog, provides access to the materials in our library.  Use the Library of Congress Subject Headings (large red books near QUEST) to identify the best subject headings for your topic. You will be most successful using specific headings.  Subject headings relevant to your topic include:

FINDING ARTICLES IN PERIODICALS/JOURNALS: Periodical indexes and abstracts provide the most efficient subject access to journals and periodicals.

Arts & Humanities Search (via PLU library home page)
Indexes many of the world's leading arts and humanities journals

EBSCOhost (via PLU Library website; from off-campus you  need a password)
Indexes and abstracts about 3000 journals.  About 1000 journals include full-text online.

Humanities Index (Index Area ref.AI3.R51 & via PLU library home page)
Indexes periodicals in archaeology, art, classics, film, folklore, journalism, linguistics, music, the performing arts, philosophy, religion, world history, and world literature

Lexis/Nexis (via PLU Library website, on campus only)
Provides access to a range of news, business, legal, and reference information. It is particularly strong in its news coverage, featuring mostly full-text articles from newspapers around the world.

Music Index (Index Area, ref.ML118.M84)
A subject-author guide to music periodical literature from over 640 international music periodicals

ProQuest (via PLU Library website; from off-campus you need a password)
This is a family of databases that includes some full-text journals and newspapers.

RILM abstracts of music literature (Index Area ref.ML118.R4 & via PLU Library home page)
Citations on international music produced by the Repertoire International de Literature Musicale.
 
 
 

LOCATING PERIODICALS/JOURNALS:  Periodicals are arranged according to the Library of Congress classification system.  Use Journals at PLU to identify the call number of the journal you need.  Current issues of journals are shelved on the first floor.  Older issues (bound volumes and microfilm) are interfiled with the books in the main collection on the second(J-Z) and third(A-H) floors.  Journals at PLU also identifies journals available online.

REFERENCE MATERIALS
 

Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians (ref.ML105.B16 2000)
Encyclopedia Of Popular Music (ref.ML102.P66G84 1998)
Garland encyclopedia of world music (ref.ML100.G16 1998)
Guinness encyclopedia of popular music (ML102.P66G84 1995)
History of the mass media in the United States : an encyclopedia (ref.P92.U5H55 1998)
Penguin guide to compact discs (ref.ML156.9.M33 1999)
World musicians (ref.ML385.W67 1999)
 
 

OTHER USEFUL SOURCES

Darker side of black (VIDEO ML198.5.D37 1994)
Exploring the world of music (VIDEO ML160.E97 1998)
 
 

BEYOND PLU

PLU's library may not own all of the materials you want to use.  You may either order them from Interlibrary Loan or go to a local library personally.  We are part of a consortium of libraries that includes:  Northwest College, St. Martin's College, University of Puget Sound, Seattle Pacific University, and Seattle University.  You may use your PLU ID card to check out materials from these libraries.  If you wish to order from Interlibrary Loan, be sure to allow sufficient time for the materials to arrive.
 
 
 

If you have questions while doing library research, ask for help at the reference desk or make an appointment with me for personal research assistance.

 

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