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research strategies in music

When students move from responses and critiques to researched, analytical reports, they typically rely on historical and comparative evidence to supplement their attention to such formal structures as harmony and rhythm. Students often find highly technical prose in these sources, which they may try to emulate. Technical prose does not always integrate smoothly into creative interpretations, however! Learning where to find appropriate information and becoming skilled at reading secondary materials with a discerning eye and then incorporating germane data appropriately into written work takes practice, and at times, explicit modeling. These resources may be of use in this process:

Quickstudy: Library Research Guide: a series of online tutorials designed to help students become familiar with research at the University.
Music-Specific Research Guide: a menu of resources, books, writing guides, indexes, and databases particular to music with emphasis on many areas in music from classical to jazz to ethnomusicology.
The University of Minnesota Music Library: a site cataloguing books, CDs, and scores not all listed in MNCAT on LUMINA.
CourseLib: a service provided by University of Minnesota librarians that enables instructors to build and post customized, course-specific research pages.
Berklee College of Music's Stan Getz Library & Media Center: a listing of online academic music resources.

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