Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Spring 2013
Peer Reviewed
1
Abstract
In a time when information expands at an exponential rate the idea that a university course could—or should—even approach comprehensive coverage of the resources in any field is unthinkable. Yet textbooks continue to be written with this approach of instruction. This article examines four texts in music library research instruction: A Guide to Library Research in Music by Pauline Shaw Bayne, Sourcebook for Research in Musicby Phillip D. Crabtree and Donald H. Foster, Music Library and Research Skills, by Jane Gottlieb and Music Research: A Handbook by Laurie J. Sampsel. Resources were analyzed based on their stated purpose, content and current applicability. The growing need for a new perspective on the instruction of library research skills that extends beyond the items themselves to the methods and strategies for information retrieval in a variety of contexts is proposed as an area for future examination.
Keywords
music library research, library research instruction, music bibliography, information literacy
Total Pages
11
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Language
English
URL
http://ir.uiowa.edu/bsides/29