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Library Hacks Getting the most out of YOUR Music Library Patrick Fulton & Sara Nodine Warren D. Allen Music Library

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Tips and tricks to most effectively find and access library resources. Work smarter, not harder, to become the savviest patron you can be!

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  • 1. Library HacksGetting the most out of YOUR Music Library Patrick Fulton & Sara Nodine Warren D. Allen Music Library

2. So, what the heck is a hack anyway? 3. LIBRARY MATERIALS How do I find what Im looking for? 4. Hacking the Catalog Three ways to search for resources: Basic Search Advanced Search Summon Which should I choose and why? Does it really make a difference? 5. Basic Searching 6. Advanced Searching 7. Summon Located below the catalog search on music.fsu.edu/library! 8. Summon 9. Ok, we got pretty close, but is that the best we can do? 10. Hack #1 HACK #1 11. Hack #1- Limit, Limit, Limit Try some facets, theyre amazing! Basic/Advanced Searching Limit by library, format, author, publisher, etc. 12. Hack #1- Limit, Limit, Limit To narrow down these thousands of results, Summon offers facets too! Summon allows for even more flexibility by including or excluding multiple facets at once! 13. Great! I found exactly what I wanted; where can I find more just like this? 14. Hack #1 HACK #2 15. Hack #2- Subject Headings & Uniform Titles 16. Hack #2- Subject Headings & Uniform Titles Created by Patrick Fulton- Spring 2014 17. Electronic Resources Allen Music Library subscribes to a wide range of resources online: Streaming Audio & Video Electronic Journals MASSIVE Databases! What are the major online resources? How do I get to them? 18. Grove Music Online 19. Grove Music Online 20. Oxford Bibliographies 21. Oxford Bibliographies 22. JSTOR 23. JSTOR 24. IPA Source 25. IPA Source 26. ProQuest 27. Streaming Resources: Naxos Music & Video Libraries 28. Streaming Resources: Alexander Street Press Wide collection of products including: Smithsonian Global Sound, American Song, etc. Search them all at once at Search.AlexanderStreetPress.com 29. There are so many resources out there how am I going to ever use them all? 30. Hack #1 HACK #3 31. Hack #3- Proxy Access: Use web resources anywhere at any time! 32. Hack #3a- Proxy Access: Take the resources with you! Many databases and streaming sources are making their content mobile ready! Some sources like Naxos even have apps now! 33. MATERIALS FOUND! Now how do I get them? 34. Physical Collections For books and scores, library items divide into collections: AML: General Collection, Media, Reference, and Research AML Website: All electronic collections Other Campus Libraries: Strozier, Dirac, Goldstein, Medical, Law, etc. Dont forget about us! Special Collections Older Media (Reel-to-reels, DATs, Cassettes, Laserdiscs, etc.) 35. Allen Music Library: Know your Collection General/Media Collection- Regularly-circulating books, scores, and media items Research Collection- Collected works and critical editions Reference Collection- Dictionaries, style guides, bibliographies, widely-used reference sources In-Library Use Only: Periodicals, micro-materials, Reserves, Reference, etc. 36. Thats great, but we see these things every day. Is that all youve got? 37. Hack #1 HACK #4 38. Hack #4- Theres a world beyond the catalog! AML Special Collections AML is home to many rare items dating back as far as the 16th century Personal collections from Ernst von Dohnnyi, Wiley Housewright, Ella Scoble Opperman, and many more! Massive collections of piano rolls, confederate sheet music, braille music, etc. Significant individual items (Carlisle Floyds Susannah) Reel-to-reels and other older media! 39. AML Special Collections 40. And the best part you have access to all of it! 41. Special Collections: How do I get it? Search for Special Collections items using the link on the home page Most collections can be used in the library Certain collections have restrictionswell let you know! Old media For reels, DATs, and Cassettes, were happy to help with digitization See your circulation desk worker for a form! 42. TA or Faculty member? Have we got a hack for you! 43. Hack #1 HACK #5 44. Hack #5- Library Express Delivery Service 45. Thats awesome! but what do I do if the item isnt on the shelf? 46. LIBRARY SERVICES Dont worry! Were here to help! 47. Someone has it checked out? Try placing a hold! 1. 2. 1. See that due date? Dont Stress! 2. Click Place a Hold Enter your FSU Lib # and your pickup location Well take care of the rest! 48. Weve got a form for that! Available, but not on shelf. Ask our friendly circulation staff for help! Still no luck? Fill out a Search Request Form! We really should have this! Have a great idea for a resource we dont yet have? Let us know about it by filling out an Order Request form! 49. Is there any other way to get items FSU doesnt have? 50. Hack #1 HACK #6 51. Hack #6a- State Library Loan Service (UBorrow) Borrow items from all college/university libraries in FL Delivery in 3-5 business days Select right from the catalog search! UBorrow 52. State Library Loan Service (UBorrow) 53. Hack #6b- Interlibrary Loan Service (ILL) Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Borrow from colleges, universities, and public libraries across the U.S. and internationally! Delivery in approx. 2 weeks 54. ILL- Placing a request 55. Thats great, but arent there a ton of versions of that sonata? Which will I get? 56. Hack #1 HACK #7 57. Hack #7- WorldCat & OCLC Numbers 58. Hack #7- I choose you, Schirmer! 59. Hack #7- A Better ILL Request! 60. This is so great! I can access everything! got anything else I should know about? 61. ABSOLUTELY!!! 62. AML Reference Sessions 63. AML Special Events 64. Of course, you know, we had to save the best hack for last 65. Hack #1 HACK #8 66. Hack #8-Your AML Staff!! Sara Nodine Collection Development Librarian [email protected] Patrick Fulton Circulation/Reserves Manager [email protected] Laura Gayle Green Library Director [email protected] 67. Questions? Created by: Patrick Fulton & Sara Nodine Warren D. 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