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Music 150/250: Introduction to Music Traditions & Music: Medieval thru 17th Century: LibGuide Lesson Plan: Music

An introductory guide developed in support of Music 150 and Mus 250 courses prior to 2018. For a more advanced Music Research guide, please visit: http://libguides.indstate.edu/MUSIC

Spring 2012 Sessions

Instructor: Terry Dean

1. Friday, January 20:

  • Library of Congress System
  • Library's Online catalog [Fusion/FusionPlus]

2. Friday, January 27:

  • Print resources, including Grove [multiple titles], standard histories, collected works, Harriet Heyer text
  • EndNote software, part 1

3. Friday February 3:

  • Electronic Resources, including JSTOR, RILM, Music Index, Grove Online, Project Muse
  • EndNote software, part 2

4. Friday, February 10:

  • WorldCat
  • Interlibrary Loan

Spring 2015 Sessions: Erik Rohde

Sessions 1-4: Library Events Area

1. February 6: Research Time Management, Grove Online, Online Catalog (composers, works, keyword), Music Call Numbers

2. February 13: Online Catalog, Music Subject Headings, WorldCat, Interlibrary Loan

3. February 20: Journals & Periodicals;  Indexes: RILM, Academic Search Complete, JSTOR, EndNote

4. February 27: Students will sign up to attend 9-10, 10-11, 11-12 PRINT RESOURCES experience

5. ALL STUDENTS MEET IN INSTRUCTION CLASSROOM - 230 March 6: 9-10, 10-11, 11-12 - students who will sign up for 20 slots for one of each of these time periods, in order to spread out number of students working in Instruction Classroom (230) and Stacks

6. MARCH 27: ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE

MUSIC 150 EXERCISES

  • 19 pages
  • Table 1: Dictionaries
  • Table 2: Encyclopedias
  • Table 3: the Groves
  • Table 4: Histories, Chronologies, Bibliographies
  • Table 5: Thematic Catalogs, Historical editions, Collected Editions
  • Table 6: Indexes
  • List of books pulled for the above tables [round tables, Library Events Area; students were timed and moved from table to table during the class period]
  • Electronic Resources Exercise
  • Email to students after Print Resources session