Poetry and Music
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photo, Beyonce |
Montecruz Foto |
photo - Else Dorfman |
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Casey J. Hopkins, photo |
Poetry Websites
Music etc. websites
- Entertainment Weekly - articles like "Beyonce tells us about her influences"
- Inflooenz - consult with some scepticism
- MTV
More Music Guides
MUSIC Guide
Popular Music Guide
Sibelius
This composition software is available in the Bixler Media Lab. Colleen Wright is the student tutor for help learning to use the software.
Her hours are:
Th 8 - 10 pm and F 9 - 11 am.
You can also email her at cewright
Research Strategies
Think about what sorts of publications the information you need might be published in.
Biographical? Try Credo and other reference sources, monographic biographies, - or look for interviews in databases or online
Public reactions? Search newspapers, Academic Search Complete, or expert blogs and trade websites on the web
Musical analyses? Search RILM or Music Periodicals databases.
And don't hesitate to ask questions! Karen Gillum kjgillum@colby.edu Bonnie Paige bepaige@colby.edu
Reference
- Credo - a cross-searchable collection of general and special encyclopedias
- Encyclopedia of Literature and Criticism - a searchable ebook for reference
- Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism - presents a comprehensive historical survey of the field's most important figures, schools, and movements, with entries on critics and theorists, critical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods
- New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics
- Oxford Music Online - basic information on musicians, vocalists, genres, movements, periods
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music Online - somewhat better coverage of pop artists
NOTE: If your musician is still active in the field, encyclopedias may not have been updated with their most recent work. Check for "last updated" on the entry and find more recent articles to fill in the gap.
Music Articles
Music Periodicals -- Journal, newspaper, and magazine articles focused on music.
RILM -- Abstracts and citations from music journals, books, and magazines. In addition to scholarly work, it includes magazines like Spin and Rolling Stone, which often have interviews about a musician's favorite albums.
Academic Search Complete -- Multidisciplinary database, includes popular magazine articles
Rock's Back Pages -- database of articles on rock music
RoJaRo -- most comprehensive index of articles on rock music; citations only, without full text
Tips
1-Minute Video Tutorials on Using Library Resources
Directions on signing up for ILL
For works by individual musicians, search CBBcat by Author, typing in the family name first.
For books about individual musicians, search using their names as Subject, e.g.:
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