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Also known as peer-reviewed articles, scholarly articles are sources that are:
While you can find scholarly articles through general search engines, databases contain a feature where you can narrow your results to only scholarly articles.
Books and eBooks often provide a broader overview and cover more information than a scholarly journal article.
You don't need to read an entire book to use it in your research. Use the index at the back of a book to find the information you need.
Scores from well-known composers as well as musicals and other productions are available in the 4th Floor Hallway. You can search within the scores through this link.
The Curriculum Library, located off Stack 3, contains music education guides, kits, instruments, and other music related tools to use in your classroom. You can search within the curriculum library through this link.
M 1-5000 - Music
ML 1-3930 - Literature on Music
MT 1-960 Instruction & Study
For a detailed list of the subclasses in the Music section, see the LC Classification Guide for M.
Conveniently located right next to the music section is the general section on Education. These books are in the L-LT section.
If you found an article on a database, look for the Cite button to get a formatted citation for your Works Cited, in less time than it takes for EasyBib to load.
| Works Cited Format | Author. "Title." Title of container (self contained if book), Other contributors (translators or editors), Version (edition), Number (vol. and/or no.), Publisher, Publication Date, Location (pages, paragraphs and/or URL, DOI or permalink). |
|---|---|
| 1 Author | Brennan, Mylie. “Dungeons & Dragons and Damsels in Distress: A Visual Rhetorical Critique of The Dungeon Master’s Guide.” Women & Language, vol. 43, no. 2, Fall 2020, pp. 223–51. EBSCOhost, https://doi.org/10.34036/WL.2020.021. |
| 2 Authors | Wang, Yichen, and Xiaofei Hao. “Virtual Nexus: Female Players’ Emotional Attachment in a Role-Playing Video Game.” Convergence: The Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, vol. 28, no. 2, Apr. 2022, pp. 488–505. EBSCOhost, https://doi.org/10.1177/13548565221089212. |
| 3+ Authors | Domahidi, Emese, et al. “A Longitudinal Analysis of Gaming- and Non-Gaming-Related Friendships and Social Support among Social Online Game Players.” Media Psychology, vol. 21, no. 2, Apr. 2018, pp. 288–307. EBSCOhost, https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2016.1257393. |
| In-text Citation Format | Format | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Author | (Author's Family Name Location). | (Brennan 225). |
| 2 Authors | (Family Name and Family Name Location). | (Wang and Hao 500). |
| 3+ Authors | (Family Name et al. Location). | (Domahidi et al. 290). |
| Works Cited Format | Author. "Title." Title of container (self contained if book), Other contributors (translators or editors), Version (edition), Number (vol. and/or no.), Publisher, Publication Date, Location (pages, paragraphs and/or URL, DOI or permalink). |
|---|---|
| 1 Author | Brennan, M. (2020). Dungeons & Dragons and Damsels in Distress: A Visual Rhetorical Critique of The Dungeon Master’s Guide. Women & Language, 43(2), 223–251. https://doi.org/10.34036/WL.2020.021 |
| 2 Authors | Wang, Y., & Hao, X. (2022). Virtual nexus: Female players’ emotional attachment in a role-playing video game. Convergence: The Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 28(2), 488–505. https://doi.org/10.1177/13548565221089212 |
| 3+ Authors | Domahidi, E., Breuer, J., Kowert, R., Festl, R., & Quandt, T. (2018). A Longitudinal Analysis of Gaming- and Non-Gaming-Related Friendships and Social Support among Social Online Game Players. Media Psychology, 21(2), 288–307. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2016.1257393 |
| In-text Citation Format | Format | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Author | (Author's Family Name Date). | (Brennan 2020). |
| 2 Authors | (Family Name and Family Name Date). | (Wang and Hao 2022). |
| 3+ Authors | (Family Name et al. Date). | (Domahidi et al. 2018). |
Forming your Search StringThe more complicated your question, the less likely a search engine can understand it. To get the best result, identify keywords and like terms to create a search string.
Example research question: How do music teachers incorporate popular music into lesson plans?
Keywords: Music teachers, popular music, lesson plans
Like terms can include synonyms and also examples of your keywords. If you don't get results from searching your keywords, it doesn't mean that the research doesn't exist. It could mean that the researcher used different language to describe the same topic
Search strings connect your keywords and like terms together for the best results.
Too many results? Use AND to narrow results
music teachers AND popular music AND lesson plans
Too few results? Use OR to broaden results
music teachers OR music education AND popular music OR "Taylor Swift" AND lesson plans OR curriculum
If you find an article or book that you can't access, don't pay for it! Instead, submit an Interlibrary Loan request, and you'll receive articles within a few days!
Are you looking for a specific article, like an article that you found referenced in a bibliography? Search for the journal in Journal Finder, linked below:
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