resources and tips for your music dissertation or project

Resources and tips for your Music dissertation/projectLucy Keating

Resources to help

you

Books: print and electronic

Articles and

papers

Other libraries

Social media

Audio-visual

materials

Explore and discover with LibrarySearch

Books, articles and much, much more

Full & mobile views

Our subject guides are packed with

resources, news and guidance

Library Search?

Subject guide?

Databases not covered

Better search options, e.g. thesauri, alerts, non-English languages

Specialist resources (newspapers, multimedia, archives)

Books, DVDs, articles..

Good starting point

Audio materials and scores

Music Online

Listening/viewing facilities in the library

CDs, DVDs, LPs, microforms in ‘media room’ on Level 4

Scores on Level 4 with books

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Your literature search needs to be thorough….

…but selective

Plan Narrow down Broaden Evaluate

Keep ahead Keep on track Explorer

Hop on board at the Dissertation Station!libguides.ncl.ac.uk/sacs

Found too

much?

Search a more

specialised resource

Apply limits (date,

genre etc)

Combine terms with

‘AND’

More specific search terms

Can’t find

enough?

Search a less

specialised resource

Truncate your

search terms

Combine terms with

‘OR’

Use different search terms

Flickr Commons/US National Archives

Recipe for success!

Keep refining

Narrow down

Start broad

Maybe you’re looking in the wrong place altogether?

Or perhaps it doesn’t exist at

all?

Top picture: Flickr Commons/LSE Library

Keeping ahead

Alerts

Citation searching

Social media

Flickr Commons: US National Archives; San Diego Air and Space Museum

SCONUL access scheme allows access

to many other academic libraries

Northumbria, Durham, City Library, Lit and Phil…

Inter library loans – for items we

don’t have in stock

Search other library catalogues online

Beyond our library…..

Can't find the books you need

for your research?

All copies out on loan?

Use ‘Books on Time’ to recommend a book

How will you manage your references?

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A better option….Store and organise

references

Import references

from databases

Enter references manually

Transfer references into Word

Create bibliographies and footnotes

Various styles possible

Endnote - need to know

Where

• On campus clusters

• Off-campus via ras.ncl.ac.uk

What

• vX7 (compatible with Word 2007 and 2010)

Help

• Online Guide

• Workshops and surgeries

• Email help

libguides.ncl.ac.uk/endnote

Things to do now….http://libguides.ncl.ac.uk/sacs

Dissertation Station

Look through your library guide and

dissertation station

Literature search proforma will help you

plan your search

Read through ‘Final Chapter’

toolkit

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