MUSIC INDEX USER GUIDE

  Access: 

• Go to the UCF Library home page:  http://library.ucf.edu
• Click on <Articles & Databases>.
• Select the letter <M> from the Titles alphabetical list.
• Click on <Music Index>

Search: 

          Basic Search

• Type simple keywords (separated by the AND, OR, or NOT operator

• Click on the <Start Search> button.

• View a full citation by clicking on the <Go> button to the left of the citation number.

•  Clear the search query by clicking on <Go to Basic Search> link.

Expert Search 

• Type in keywords (full citation), subjects, author, article title or journal title in the spaces provided.
  • Full Citation: keyword search
  • Subject List:: enter a single word in the keyword box and view results before limiting the search further
  • Author Index: enter the surname (last name) of the author and view results before narrowing the search.  Use no punctuation unless you enclose a name in quotation marks.
    Example:  “Williams, John” retrieves 278 items.  However,

Williams, John retrieves nothing because the comma is used with no quotes.

• Article title:  enter a word or several keywords from the article title
• Journal title:  enter a word or several words from the journal title.

or 

•  Click on the Subject List button and type a keyword.  Example:  choral retrieves:

CHORAL SINGING. See also CHOIRS AND CHORUSES; CHORAL MUSIC
x Choirs and choruses (sa) x Choral music (sa) x Singing (sa)

Other terms that could be selected for the search include:

CHOIRS AND CHORUSES--YOUTH

YOUTH. See also CHILDREN; CHOIRS AND CHORUSES - Boys; CHOIRS AND CHORUSES - Girls; CHOIRS AND CHORUSES - Youth; COLLEGE STUDENTS; COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES - Youth Study; JAZZ AND YOUTH; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; POPULAR COMBOS; POPULAR MUSIC PERFORMERS; STUDENTS; STUDY AND TEACHING - Youth

STUDY AND TEACHING-Class Method; See also MASTER CLASSES.

• Place the retrieved subject terms in the blanks provided and use the pull-down menu to limit the search to subject terms, if you so desire

• Use Boolean logic (AND, OR, NOT) by clicking in the gray pull-down menu to the left of the search box to narrow the search.

Example:  choral music OR choirs and choruses OR choral singing (retrieves items containing any of the terms; OR broadens the search)

Example: choirs and choruses AND youth (retrieves items containing all of the search terms; AND narrows the search)

Example:  youth NOT children (retrieves items containing the first term, but excludes items containing the second term.  NOT eliminates a term from the search) 

• Connect words with ADJ to search for adjacent terms in the order of the query.

Example:  film ADJ review 

• Connect words with NEAR to search nearby words.  Include a number up to 3 for the pair of words.  Example: concerto near3 piano 

• Use wildcards when unsure of the spelling of a word.

• ? replaces one character.  Example: Tchaikovsk? retrieves Tchaikovsky or Tchaikovski
• $ replaces any number of characters.  Example:: K$sevit$ retrives citations for Koussevitzky
• $ also truncates a word.  Example: Sonat$ retrieves sonatas, sonatensatzform, and sonatina
  
• Use quote marks to search an exact phrase.  Example: “boys’ voices”

• Use parenthesis when you need to control the order in which the search is completed. 
  Example:  (pianos NOT concertos) AND Beethoven

• Use no punctuation unless you enclose a name in quotation marks.
  Example:  “Williams, John” retrieves 278 items.  However, Williams, John retrieves nothing because the comma is used with no quotes
  
• Set desired limits and press the <Start Search> button.

Set Limits:  Select option from the pull-down menus of the various criteria

• Document type:  Select an option from the pull-down menu

o       All will retrieve all types of documents

o       Article will retrieve periodical articles only

o       Printed material review will retrieve printed reviews

o       Performance review will retrieve reviews of concerts, etc.

• Language:  Select from the pull-down menu

o       All will retrieve items in any language

o       English will retrieve items only in English

• Journal classification: Select from appropriate options like American composers, band, choral music, classical music, contemporary music, music appreciation, musicology, etc.  
  
• Special features:  Choose from options like discography, music, notes, scores  
  
• Journal country  
  
• Years: Specify the range of years desired or leave spaces blank to retrieve any and all years  
  
• Sort results:  Make appropriate choices from the pull-down menus at the bottom of the form  

       

	Key word(s), without punctuation		Index	Word Form Options
Search for:		in	Full Citation Subject Author Article Title Journal Name	Boolean Sounds Like Off
And Not Or		in	Subject Full Citation Author Article Title Journal Name	Boolean Sounds Like Off
And Not Or		in	Author Full Citation Subject Article Title Journal Name	Boolean Sounds Like Off
And Not Or		in	Article Title Full Citation Subject Author Journal Name	Boolean Sounds Like Off

Limit a search (optional) by these criteria:

Document Type: all article printed material review dissertation obituary performance review non-printed material review subject cross-reference Language: all Afrikaans Bulgarian Catalan Czech Danish Dutch English Flemish French Gaelic German Hebrew Hungarian Italian Japanese Norwegian Polish Portugese Russian Serbo-Croatian Spanish Swedish Yiddish Journal Classification: all American Composers American Music Audio Autoharp Band Bassoon Black Music Bluegrass Blues Brasses Cello Chamber Music Choral Music Clarinet Classical Music Composers Composition Computer Contemporary Music Country Dance Double Bass Early Music Education English Horn Ethnomusicology Film Music Flute Folk Music French Horn Gamelan General Guitar Handicapped Harp Instruments Interdisciplinary Studies Jazz Keyboard Lute Medical Problems Music Appreciation Music Boxes Music Librarianship Music Therapy Musicology Oboe Opera Organ Organizations Organology Pedagogy Percussion Performance Piccolo Popular Music Psychology Ragtime Recorder Recordings Religious Music Saxophone String Bass Strings Symphonic Music Theory Trades Trombone Trumpet Tuba Viol Viola Violin Voice Winds Women

Years:  to  Special Features: all abstract appendix bibliography biography chart cover illustration cover portrait diagram discography facsimile graph illustration map music notes photo essay portrait score specifications table Journal Country: all Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Bulgaria Canada Chile Croatia Czech Republic Czechoslovakia Denmark England Finland France Germany Hungary India Ireland Israel Italy Japan Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland USSR United States Wales Yugoslavia

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OPTIONAL SORTING for Search Results. Descending order may be helpful when sorting by year.
Primary:	Author Journal Name Language Article Title Year	Secondary:	Author Journal Name Language Article Title Year	Tertiary:	Author Journal Name Language Article Title Year
	ascending descending		ascending descending		ascending descending

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Retrieve/Display Results:

 

• Click on the <Start Search> button to retrieve results.
• Results that match your query will be displayed in a list.

SEARCH RESULTS 35 citations match your requirement(s). The current list contains citations 1  -  30. For details, click on the GO button to the left of the citation number.

Go to Basic Search Go to Expert Search

full citation:

1

The MENC adviser. TEACHING MUSIC Vol. 2, 1995, p. 8 n4

2

Adcock, E. The changing voice--the middle/junior high challenge. CHORAL JOURNAL Vol. 28, 1987, p. 9-11 n3

3

Allen, P. Developing Singing Matters. BRITISH JOURNAL OF MUSIC EDUCATION Vol. 17, Mar 2000, p. 98-100

·        Click the <Go> button to the left of the citation number you wish to view.  The full citation will display.  Full citations include the author(s), article title, journal name, volume, date, page(s)/issue, language, special features, journal classification, and journal country. Notes, when included, are a capsule description of the article's content, serving as a mini-abstract. Publication information is given for books cited.

FULL CITATION

Go to Basic Search Go to Expert Search

Full citation # 2 AUTHOR(S):  ADCOCK, EVA JACQUELINE TITLE:  The changing voice--the middle/junior high challenge. JOURNAL NAME:  CHORAL JOURNAL VOLUME:  28 DATE:  1987 PAGE(S)/ISSUE:  9-11 n3 LANGUAGE:  English SPECIAL FEATURES:  music JOURNAL CLASSIFICATION:  Choral Music, Pedagogy, Performance, Religious Music, Voice JOURNAL COUNTRY:  United States SUBJECTS: CHOIRS AND CHORUSES - Youth STUDY AND TEACHING - Youth VOICE - Range

• Click on <Previous List> to go back through the list, <Next List> to move forward through the list, and <Back one screen> from the results screen to return to the search strategy without clearing the query.   Click on <Basic> or <Expert> to begin a new search.

Printing:

• Follow the instructions for printing from your browser to print selected citations.

Prepared by:  Terrie Sypolt, Reference Librarian 
URL of this page: http://library.ucf.edu/Instruct/Education/musicindexguide.htm