Research Management Tools
Save yourself time: format notes and bibliographies in minutes; automatically insert citations into your papers; collect and organize your sources.
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Harvard librarians teach classes in the basics of RefWorks, Endnote, and Zotero. Learn more about citation management software, check the class schedules, and register on the library guide: Research Management and Citation Tools.
Style Guides
Citing music, recordings, and liner notes can be tricky; these websites offer general guides for citing your sources, plus tips for music materials.
- Harvard College Writing Program: Writing Resourcesa number of writing guides, including the Harvard Guide to Using Sources, with citation tips for MLA & APA styles
- Chicago Manual of Stylethe full text of the 15th and 16th editions, plus quick style guides and FAQs
- Citing Music Sourcesa guide to citing music formats, including liner notes and collected works editions (from University of Western Ontario libraries)
- Citing Miscellaneous Sourcesincludes music videos, film, recordings, interviews, etc. (from the Yale Writing Center)
Writing About Music
Selected guides to conducting research on music:
- Guide to Library Research in Music by "A Guide to Library Research in Music introduces the process and techniques for researching and writing about music. This informative textbook provides examples of different types of writing, offers a thorough introduction to music literature, describes various information-searching methods and library-based organizational systems, and explores the wide array of music resources."--BOOK JACKET.Call Number: Loeb Music: Aldrich Room ML3797.B39 2008Publication Date: 2008
- Music Library and Research Skills by "Music Library and Research Skills is broadly inclusive in its subject matter, with coverage of popular music, jazz, and world music sources as well as sources on western art music. The book is filled with examples, or 'real-life scenarios' that demonstrate use and relevance of selected tools."--Jacket. Companion Website: http://www.pearsonhighered.com/gottlieb/Call Number: Loeb Music: Aldrich Room ML3797.G68 2009Publication Date: 2008
- Music in Words by Music in Words is a compact guide to researching and writing about music, addressing all the issues that anyone who writes about music--from students to professional musicians and critics--may confront when putting together anything from brief program notes to a lengthy thesis. The book is a writing guide and a reference manual in one: the first part, a "how to" section, offers a clear explanation of the purpose of music research and how it is to be done, including basic introductions to the most necessary tools for musical inquiry (with special emphasis on strategic use of the internet), and how they can be accessed and used. The second part is a compendium of information on style and sources for quick reference, including a straightforward presentation of the purpose and use of citation and reference systems as they are applied to and in music. As a whole, the volume gives readers a clear picture of how to write about music at different levels and for different purposes in a handy, thoroughly cross-referenced format. This American edition has been thoroughly revised and expanded, and features an extensive section on writing for the Internet and new sections on writing for jazz, popular music, world musics, and ethnography. Additionally, a companion website presents a broad range of writing samples and links to key resources.Call Number: Loeb Music: ML3797.H537 2009ISBN: 9780195373721Publication Date: 2009
- Writing about Music by Extending the principles devised for the classical repertoires, this revised and expanded edition now includes examples from world music, rock, jazz, popular music, and cinema. This essential volume covers some of the thorniest issues of musical discourse: how to go about describing musical works and procedures in prose, the rules for citations in notes and bibliography, and proper preparation of such materials as musical examples, tables, and illustrations. One section discusses program notes.Call Number: Loeb Music: Aldrich Room ML3797 .W75 2014ISBN: 9780520281530Publication Date: 2014
- Irvine's Writing about Music by This thorough revision of a classic handbook is designed primarily as a guide for students writing papers or theses on musical subjects, but is useful for anyone writing about music for publication. It deals with the mechanics of scholarly writing, citation and documentation, as well as the nuts and bolts of punctuation and abbreviation. In this edition, Mark A. Radice has added a new section on incorporating music examples in a written text.Call Number: Loeb Music: Aldrich Room ML3797.I79 1999ISBN: 9781574670493Publication Date: 2003
- Music Research by Introduces music students to the major print and electronic research tools available to them. Supplemented by a companion website, http://www.oup.com/us/musresearch, which includes supplemental links, updates to available bibliographies and readings by chapter, research tools listed by composer, and lists of core music journals and major professional music associations.Call Number: Loeb Music: ML113.S28 2009ISBN: 9780195171198Publication Date: 2008
- Writing about Music by This practical guide focuses on general writing issues as well as special challenges of writing about music-with clear, step-by-step explanations of the process of writing a paper.Call Number: Loeb Music: Aldrich Room ML3797 W54 2009ISBN: 9780136157786Publication Date: 2007