Music - Intro to Woodwind Research

Journals offer content that is typically more current than books or other reference material. They can be found in print or online (online journals are generally found via databases, see previous tabs for instructions on searching).

PRINT

Some music journals are still only available in print. Many databases will index these print journal articles. For example the database listed on this page, Music Index, indexes many of the libraries print and online journals. If you find an article that we have in print, they are located on Moody 3rd floor and are shelved alphabetically. 

ONLINE

The best way to locate an article for your research is to go to one of the suggested databases on the previous tabs.  You can also search via OneSearch; the tricky part is that OneSearch (the library's catalog) will list more than just journal articles.  So how do you know you've found a journal article?

There are filters in OneSearch and in the databases that help you chose 'Articles' or 'Scholarly articles/journals'.  When you find a reference to or citation, look for the following:

• Seriality - regular and frequent publications, usually monthly
• Volume or issue #s
• page #s 

Example from OneSearch

Example from Music Periodicals Database