Music - Graduate Orientation

We recommend you begin your search for resources using the library catalog's OneSearch.

OneSearch will give results for resources of all formats, including books and articles. While OneSearch will give you a list of all the materials physically in our libraries, it will only display some of the articles, scores, and recordings made available to you online. Once you've exhausted OneSearch, you can also search specialized databases, detailed below.

Using OneSearch 

Databases are key resources for you as you build knowledge in your discipline. Some journal articles can be accessed through OneSearch but others can only be found in specific databases. See a list of all music databases here.

Here are some places to start:

Click on the image below to begin the module on Authoritative Sources.

Once you find a source, you can evaluate its authority by responding to the following questions:

1. 1. Do(es) the author(s) of the article appear to use bias language that favors one position over another for reasons not related to the issue itself?

2. 2. Do(es) the author(s) support their claims with evidence? (hint-what does the works cited list look like?)

3. 3. Who published the source? (Remember that the platform from which the authority communicates affects the usefulness of the information for your research).

4. 4. Based on the previous three questions, do you think that your source is authoritative?

5. 5. Considering the context of your research, will you use this source for your paper? 

6. 6. Please take a moment to explain why you decided to include or exclude this source from your paper.