REMOTE RESEARCH
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FIRST STEPS for REMOTE RESEARCH
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CBBcat for Books
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To find books, use the catalog for Colby, Bates, and Bowdoin: To look for E-Books, change Entire CBB Collection to E-Books.
Subject links in each record can lead you to more sources on your topic. |
A few subjects in CBBcat are listed below:
Folk music -- Latin America -- History and criticism.
Ethnomusicology -- Latin America.
Music -- Latin America -- History and criticism.
Arts -- Latin America -- History.
Latin America -- Civilization -- 19th century.
World music -- Latin America -- History and criticism.
Sorry - physical books not available for Spring 2020
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Finding the book! Which library, Miller or Bixler? Look at the Location Colby Bixler Bookstacks and the call number MUSIC ML3760 .M68 1985 Call numbers run alphabetically, then numerically. Look for signs at the end of each set of shelves; in Miller, there is a chart by the stairs to show you which letters are on which floors. |
Bolero
A bolero dancer
Antonio Cabral Bejarano, 1842
Streaming Music
The Library subscribes to these streaming music services for study and enjoyment!
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DRAM: Database of Recorded American MusicDRAM presents a wide range of American music, including: contemporary composers of concert music; early American music; jazz; Native American, folk, and popular music; and music theater. Notes to all recording are available online.
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Music Online (complete database)Cross search American Song, Classical Music Library, Contemporary World Music Online, Jazz Music Library, Smithsonian Global Sound and companion reference sources. Jazz, blues, classical, fado, flamenco, klezmer, zydeco, gagaku, etc. Music of the world!
News
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Web portals for news:
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US News in Spanish:
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Blogs:
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Magazines:
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Merengue
Jaime Colson - Merengue (1938)
Research Strategies
Think Strategically about Your Research
- Looking up background information first can save you time later - use Credo Reference, subject encyclopedias and handbooks, or print dictionaries and encyclopedias
- Use terminology and facts learned from the background information to search for articles in the MLA International Bibliograhy, Academic Search Complete, and other databases below. Articles present an argument on a particular aspect of a topic, not facts alone.
- Search for books in any of Colby's catalogs, expanding your search with subject linking. The longer form of a book provides greater breadth of general information or greater depth of argument.
- Investigate the notes and bibliographies of every good source you find for leads to more
- Think about what sorts of publications the information you need might be published in
For secondary sources, i.e., articles that advance an argument:
- Academic Search Complete - multidisciplinary, both scholarly and popular content
- Anthropology Plus
- International Index to Music Periodicals (IIMP)
- MLA International Bibliography for literary criticism
- RILM Abstracts of Music Literature Online
- JSTOR - multidisciplinary, all academic
- Rock's Back Pages - a collection of classic articles on all varieties of rock music
Continue your research by browsing particular Journals:
- Ethnomusicology - Scholarly, peer-reviewed journal, published by the Society for Ethnomusicology.
- Revista de música latinoamericana = Latin American Music Review - Peer reviewed electronic journal from University of Texas Press.
- More Ethnomusicology Journals at Colby
- Always pay attention to vocabulary in records as you try a variety of approaches. Stay focused as you explore! The guide page Reading as You Research has some tips that may help.
- Ask your librarian! Karen Gillum kjgillum@colby.edu Miller 107B
For Reference
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Oxford Music OnlineIntroductory articles on musicians, music cultures, styles, and musical instruments, with sources for further information.
Primary Sources
Newspapers
Global Newsstream - contemporary
Latin American Newspapers - historical
Hispanic American Newspapers (1808 - 1980)
ProQuest Historical Newspapers (a few major papers, 19th & 20th c.)
LA Times (1881 - 1989)
Archives
Digital Archive of Latin American & Caribbean Ephemera - results of a search for musica (Princeton)
Gladys Palmera - Worlds Largest online Latin American Music Archive
LANIC: Archives - major archives in Latin America and the Caribbean
LANIC - Latin American Music - some links are outdated
Latin American & Caribbean Digital Primary Sources (SALALM)
Latin American and Carribean Resources - explore links in the right-hand column only (Yale)
Radio/Magazine
Alt.Latino Latin Alternative Music and Rock
Radio Programas del Peru - Radio en Vivo
Searching Tips
KEYWORD SEARCHING
- Use an asterisk to stand in for different word endings: femin* = feminist, feminism, etc.
- Use quotation marks to "glue together" a phrase: "gender roles"
- Use parentheses & OR to search synonyms: (refugee OR migrant)
REFINE YOUR SEARCH
- Use the various limiting parameters in sidebars of databases to narrow your search appropriately
- Skim the terminology in entries for new keywords and synonyms to use in repeating your search
EXPAND YOUR SEARCH
- On the EBSCO platform, click on the Choose Databases link near the top of the screen to add another subject database to your field of search
SUBJECT SEARCHING
- Find a good book or article in a Keyword search? Look at its full record to see if there are Subject Terms. Click on these links to find other sources about that subject.