Music
Library Search on the Library web page.
Music Index Online
Academic Search Complete
Google Scholar
JSTOR (older materials)
ProjectMUSE
Popular Music
Academic Search Complete
Billboard - Academic Search Complete has Billboard full text from 1994-present. Select Billboard under Publications.
Google Scholar
Library Search
Rolling Stone Archive - See below information on Boston Public Library - Music.
You might have to play around with your search terms. Find one article and look at the abstract to discover more articles on the band that you're researching.
Boston Public Library
Boston Public Library - Music
Sign up to use these resources: http://www.bpl.org/general/circulation/ecards.htm
So many music resources from the BPL - well worth signing up for an ecard.
Librarians have made videos to help you learn about searching or using our resources. See:
Research Guide - Library Videos
Citations:
General Guide
Overview of citation managers
Use these tips and tricks to refine your search.
1. Searching for a phrase
Use quotation marks:.
"Philip Glass"
"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart"
2. Truncation
To search the beginning of a word and all of the word variations that follow it.
The symbol is usually an asterisk (*), or a question mark.
Use: compo*
to search:
compose
composers
composition
etc!
3. Boolean operators
Use AND to connect two distinct ideas. Connecting additional terms with AND will narrow your results.
("new england") AND Ives
Use OR to add in variant expressions of one of those ideas. Connecting additional terms with OR will expand your results.
(Mozart OR "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart")
Use NOT to exclude a term, especially if it is occuring because it happens to have an overlap with one of your terms.
("concerto" NOT "sonata")
There are other ways to limit or refine your search. Database help guides are useful as are librarians!
What is Google Scholar?
A subset of the larger Google Includes more scholarly journal articles and patents.
Linking Google Scholar to Berry Library Articles
This will let you see what articles our library has available without leaving Google Scholar. And, it will work off-campus!
How to Link Google Scholar to Berry Library Articles:
1. Open Google Scholar.
2. Click on the Settings link at the top of the Google Scholar page.
3. On the Scholar Settings page, click Library Links in the left sidebar.
4. Enter Salem State University into the search bar and click search.
5. If prompted, check Salem State University Library - Proquest Fulltext
6. If prompted, check Salem State University Library - Fulltext @ Salem State
7. Click Save at the bottom of the screen.
Other Tips
Use the "star" icon under citations to save to My Library.
Use the " icon under citations to get a citation.
Open up a Google doc to save the generated citations and coordinate with the My Library where you've saved the citations.