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Professor Fyfe Multimodal Research Sources: Example: Popular Music Topics
Search Example #1: Berry Library's "Discovery Search"
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Professor Fyfe Multimodal Research Sources: Example: Popular Music Topics
Summer 2024
Introduction
Analyzing music topics for keywords
Search Example #1: Berry Library's "Discovery Search"
Search Example #2: Finding a Popular Music Article
Search Example #3: Finding a Scholarly Article
Important: Accessing Library Databases from Off Campus Locations
Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Requests
MLA Formatting and Style Guide
Search Example #4: Finding a Book Chapter
Search Example #5: Documentaries on Musicians, Bands, and Genres
Search Example #6: Music Videos
Search Example #7: Podcasts
Search Example #8: Live Concerts
Search Example #8: Live Concerts
Search Example #9: Social Media
Search Example #9: Social Media
Search Example #10: Wikipedia
Search Example #11: Music Blogs
Search Example #12: Artist Web Sites
Search Example #13: Song Lyrics
Search Example #14: Album Art
Help
What is the Discovery Search Service?
"Discovery Search" is an EBSCO search module that enables you to search across most Berry Library databases at once.
It is accessed by entering search terms in the first search box you see when you enter the Berry Library home page.
Click
here
for more information and examples.
"Discovery Search" also links to popular and scholarly journal articles and books in the Library catalog.
Of particular note are the "Research Starters" encyclopedia articles.
Search Example: "acoustic jazz":
Searching "Discovery Search" for "Acoustic Jazz"
Key words were "acoustic jazz"
Please note: quotation marks " " were used to keep the two terms together as a phrase.
This made the results more relevant.
This is a screen shot of the initial search results:
Now, it's your turn.
Go to Berry Library Home Page and enter some key words about your topic in the Discovery Search box.
What did you find?
Result #1: "Research Starter" - A Salem Press Encyclopedia Article on Marsalis and Acoustic Jazz
Result #1: Article "Marsalis Revivies Acoustic Jazz" in the
Salem Press Encyclopedia 2021:
Screenshot of the Citation of the Article:
Clicking on the "HTML" icon in the citation opened the article. This is the first page:
This is the bibliography at the end of the article:
Results #2 & #3: Gale Encyclopedia Articles on "Acoustic Jazz"
Clicking on this icon
led to the following articles:
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