MUH 3016: Survey of Jazz
Welcome
Assignment:
This course guide will direct you to databases to research and locate an artist or a group that combines international music with Jazz to create a new Jazz sound.
Finding Books
Using Find It! will locate books, articles, streaming video, CDs and more in the library collection. Use the big green box on the front page of the library website. Here you can search by everything in the library collection using Find It!, Scholarly/Peer-Reviewed Articles, Google Scholar, Books, Databases, E-Journals and Reserves.
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FindIt!Search for books, journal articles, newspapers, videos and more from this one resource.
Finding Journal Articles and Encyclopedia Articles
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Academic Search PremierMultidisciplinary full-text database with peer reviewed journals, magazines and other resources from 1975 forward.
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JSTORArts, humanities, and sciences database providing some full text access to journals, books, and primary source materials. Select coverage from 17th century to present. May not include most recent years.
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Music Periodicals Database [formerly International Index to Music Periodicals Full Text]Specialized index to music periodicals providing current and retrospective coverage of scholarly and popular periodicals in classical and popular music, opera, jazz, music education, and music theory.
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Oxford Music Online [formerly known as Grove Music Online]Authoritative resource for music research.
Finding Music
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Music & Performing ArtsAudio and video spanning all time periods from thousands of artists, composers, choreographers and ensembles.
Searching Tips
- Use Google Scholar, rather than Google, to find articles directly linked into our collection.
- Always put a phrase in quotes so it searches those words together, i.e. "international music" or "Irish jazz."
- If you find a good article, look for other articles in the bibliography which may help you find more information.