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| Montgomery College Libraries > Course Related Pages > Music | |
1. Reference Books |
2. Circulating Books |
3. Journal Titles |
4. Articles in Databases
5. Web Sites |
6. MCPS Library |
7. Citation Styles: APA & MLA
Here is a sampling of our reference books.
- G = Germantown Campus Library
- R = Rockville Campus Library
- T = Takoma Park Silver Spring Campus Library
A. Find Book In Catalog: Go to the library's homepage, find the link for MC Library Catalog, and set "Select Search Type" to KEYWORD BOOLEAN. Use keywords (tend to be nouns), Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT), and punctuation (parenthesis used with OR, quotations marks for phrases):
- raggae
- baroque OR rococo
- handel AND messiah
B. Browse Shelves: For books on education, go to these sections of the call numbers:
M Music M Music M Music M Music C. Renew Books Online: Go into MC Library Catalog and use the PATRON button at the top of the page.
D. Help: Speak to the reference librarian on duty or call the reference desk:
- Germantown: 240-567-7853
- Rockville: 240-567-7130
- Takoma Park Silver Spring: 240-567-1536
Comprehensive Listing of Music Journals at the Montgomery College Libraries
A. Searching: The collections below are enormous databases of citations, abstracts, and often the full text of articles that originally appeared in scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers. To search for an article, use Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT), keywords (tend to be nouns), and punctuation (quotation marks for phrases, parentheses for OR). For example:
- "no child left behind" AND maryland
- "montgomery county" AND "grading policy"
- gender AND "learning styles"
- piaget AND "child development"
- "day care" AND "family life"
- ("child care" OR "day care") AND "child development"
- Academic Search Premier
- Full text articles from 5,000+ scholarly publications, indexing and abstracts for 3,500 peer-reviewed publications. Covers all subject areas.
- National Newspapers
- Full text of New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, Baltimore Sun.
- Expanded Academic ASAP
- Indexes over 3,500 titles; 2,000+ are full text. Covers all subject areas.
- SIRS Knowledge Source
- Full-text articles exploring social, scientific, health, historic, economic, business, political and global issues.
B. Sorting: Results can be sorted by date (most recent first) or relevance (highest occurrence of keywords).
C. Printing: Use the Print button in the database, not the Print icon or menu option in the browser.
D. Help: Read the Help or Search Tips information for the database; speak to the reference librarian on duty; or call the reference desk:
- Germantown: 240-567-7853
- Rockville: 240-567-7130
- Takoma Park Silver Spring: 240-567-1536