Research Guide: Voice Master Class

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Reference books are shelved by Library of Congress call number in the reference stacks on the first floor of the Ruth Haas Library. They may not be checked out, but photocopiers are available for student use on the first and third floors of the Haas Library.

CONSULS catalog workstations are located in the Reference Area on the first floor, and on each of the other floors of the Haas Library. You may logon to CONSULS via the WCSU Libraries Homepage at library.wcsu.edu/web or directly at www.consuls.org. For more detailed instructions on searching, please see the yellow CONSULS flyer on the display rack on the first floor.

Please Note: CONSULS ignores upper and lower case, and you may omit punctuation, except the hyphen which must be replaced by a space.

TO FIND WORKS WRITTEN ABOUT A SPECIFIC COMPOSER OR PERFORMER:

Select Subject at the CONSULS main menu, then type the writer's name last-name-first. Correct spelling is important. To limit results to items owned by WCSU, click Limit/Sort and then select WCSU under "Where Item Is Located."

Example: Schubert Franz (press RETURN or ENTER)

Or just: schubert f (press RETURN)

CONSULS will retrieve a list of Library of Congress Subject Headings which begin with the words you typed:

Schubert Franz 1797 1828 (main heading is subdivided)

Schubert Franz 1797 1828--Criticism and interpretation

Schubert Franz 1797 1828 - Dictionaries

Schubert Franz 1797 1828 - Songs

Schubert Franz 1797 1828 - Thematic catalogs

PLEASE NOTE: Personal name headings may also be subdivided by the titles of individual works, for example:

Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus 1756 1791--Zauberflote

To find videorecordings or DVDs about the musician, type the person's name last-name-first as SUBJECT. At the resulting headings display, click Limit/Sort and then select either DVD or VIDEO under "Material Type."

TO FIND WORKS BY A SPECIFIC COMPOSER OR PERFORMER:

Select Author at the CONSULS main menu, then type the writer's name last-name-first. Correct spelling is important.

Example: wolf hugo (press RETURN)

Or just: wolf h (press RETURN)

To limit search results to items owned by WCSU, click on Limit/Sort and then select WCSU under "Where Item Is Located." To limit results to music scores, select Printed Music under "Material Type" and to limit results to recorded music (CDs and LPs), select Sound Record under "Material Type."

For classical composers, an Author search will yield a list of standard titles. For example, a search on the name wolf hugo will retrieve:

Eichendorff-Lieder

Goethe-Lieder

Michelangelo-Lieder

Morike-Lieder

To locate a specific work by a known composer, it is often easier to perform a Keywords search on the name and the opus number.

Example: mozart and k 620 (press RETURN) for find the Overture to The Magic Flute

TO FIND WORKS WITH A SPECIFIC TITLE:

Select Title at the CONSULS main menu, then type as much of the title as you remember in correct word order. In CONSULS, you may omit "a," "an," or "the" at the beginning of a title.

Example: The Structure of Singing: System and Art in Vocal Technique (press RETURN)

Or just: structure of singing (press RETURN)

TO FIND INFORMATION ABOUT A SPECIFIC TOPIC BY SUBJECT HEADING:

Select Subject at the CONSULS main menu, then type the Library of Congress subject heading that best describes your topic. Correct spelling and word order are important. The complete list of Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) is published in a set of big red books available in the Reference Area on the first floor.

Example: Singing--Instruction and study--Drama (press RETURN)

Or just: singing instruction and study(press RETURN)

Example: Opera--Biography--Dictionaries (press RETURN)

Or just: opera biography (press RETURN)

TO FIND INFORMATION ABOUT A SPECIFIC TOPIC BY KEYWORD(S):

Select Keyword(s) at the CONSULS main menu, then type the words which best describe your topic, in any order.

Example: singing and (method* or technique*) press RETURN

Narrower: opera and singing and (method* or technique*) press RETURN

Example: schubert and (lied* or song*) press RETURN

Broader: german and (lied* or song*) and 19th century press RETURN

Use the * (asterisk) as a truncation symbol to retrieve variant forms of a word root. Use the Boolean OR to expand your search by including synonyms and related terms. When using two different Boolean commands in the same search statement ("and" and "or" in the preceding examples) you must include parentheses to indicate which command is to be performed first.

TO REQUEST MATERIALS FROM THE OTHER CSU LIBRARIES:

If the item you need is owned by one of the other CSU Libraries (CCSU, SCSU, or ECSU) but not by WCSU, or if the WCSU copy is checked out, you may order the item electronically via Inter-Campus Loan. Select the Request option at the full record display in CONSULS, then type your student ID# and your library PIN. Be sure to specify a pickup location (Haas or Young Library) before clicking on the gray bar to initiate your request. If you need assistance with your library PIN, please contact the librarian at the Reference Desk at (203) 837-9110.

There is a limit of ten (10) Inter-Campus Loan requests per person. Videos are available via Inter-Campus Loan. Please allow 4-5 days for delivery to the Haas Circulation Desk. Items borrowed via Inter-Campus Loan may be renewed for an additional borrowing period if no one has placed a HOLD on the item.

Online Databases

Oxford Music Online (formerly Grove Music Online)

Coverage: Complete contents of the print editions of New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (second edition), New Grove Dictionary of Opera, New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (second edition), Oxford Dictionary of Music, and Oxford Companion to Music.

Location: Under Find Articles at the WCSU Libraries Homepage.

Scope: Full-text articles on music by period, form, and genre; composers and performers; and musical instruments, with musical examples and extensive bibliographies, browsable and keywords searchable

Classical Music Library (CML)

Coverage: Streaming audiofiles of over 50,000 tracks on over 30 different labels (22 kbps and 64 kbps sound quality). Files are not downloadable.

Location: Under Find Articles at the WCSU Libraries Homepage.

Scope: Classical music only. Searchable by keywords and browsable by composer, artist, conductor, ensemble, instrument, genre and subgenre, period, and recording date (year).

Naxos Music Library (NML) and Naxos Music Library: Jazz

Coverage: Streaming audiofiles of over 17,000 CDs on the Naxos and other labels. CD quality sound. Files are not downloadable.

Location: Under Find Articles at the WCSU Libraries Homepage.

Scope: Classical, jazz, world, folk, pop and rock music. Browsable by title and searchable by keywords.

JSTOR

Coverage: Issue number one to within 1-3 years of present (archival coverage).

Location: Under Find Articles on the WCSU Libraries Homepage.

Scope: Full-text of over 400 core scholarly journals in more than 25 disciplines, including music (complete backfiles).

Academic Search Premier from EBSCOhost

Coverage: 1990 - present (earlier for many publications).

Location: Under Find Articles at the WCSU Libraries Homepage.

Scope: Indexes approximately 8,000 newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals in most fields (including music), with 4,000 available in full-text.

To find out if WCSU subscribes to a specific periodical:

1. Select Journal Title at the CONSULS main menu, then type the name of the periodical (example: classical singer) and press RETURN. If a title list appears on the screen, select the desired title, then look inside the box to find WCSU holdings. Be sure to scroll to the bottom of the page to see if WCSU owns backfiles on microfilm or microfiche.

2. Or, use the printed WCSU Serials List, available in multiple copies in the Reference Area (first floor) and on the third floor of the Haas Library, which lists all the newspapers, magazines, and journals owned by WCSU in alphabetical order by title. If WCSU subscribes to the periodical you need, you will find it on the third floor. Print volumes are shelved alphabetically by periodical title. Microfilm and microfiche backfiles are stored alphabetically by title in the metal filing cabinets. Reader/printer machines are available on the third floor for viewing and making copies of microforms.

3. To find out if a given periodical is available in full-text in an online database, you may use the A-to-Z Journal Title Locator at library.wcsu.edu/web/resources/journals or under "Resources" on the WCSU Libraries Homepage (library.wcsu.edu/web).

If the CSU Libraries do not own the book you need, or if WCSU does not subscribe to the periodical you need, you may request delivery of the item via Interlibrary Loan using the online ILLiad system available at: library.wcsu.edu/web/services/ill.

There is a limit of 5 Interlibrary Loan requests per person per day. Videos are not available via Interlibrary Loan. Under most circumstances, Interlibrary Loan is a free service, but please allow at least ten working days for delivery. You will be notified as soon as the material arrives. Faster document delivery service is available for a reasonable fee. Please see the librarian at the Reference Desk or call the Interlibrary Loan Desk at (203) 837-9114 for more information.

The Reference Desk on the first floor of the Haas Library is staffed by a professional librarian who is trained to assist in your research, or you may contact Joan Reitz, Instruction Librarian, at 837-8308 or reitzj@wcsu.edu. My office is located in Room 402 on the fourth floor of the Haas Library (near the glass elevator).