WRTG 10000: College Writing for Nonnative Speakers of English

Library Basics

What Do You Need?

Ithaca College ID Card
Use to check out materials (books, scores, multimedia, laptops, etc.)
Ithaca College Netpass Info (email)
Use for signing into computers and online materials

How Long Can You Keep Something You Get from the Library?

Special materials have different borrowing times -- check the full list here

Maps & Guides to the Building

Oxford Dictionary of Music
Need a quick definition? Look here!
The major music encyclopedia: authoritative (but long) entries; good starting point for research
OnMusic Dictionary
Definitions, audio pronounciation, and occasional music/video examples (OnMusic is the successor to the Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary)

Books

OPTION 1: Search library catalog by keyword, then limit to books (demo)
OPTION 2: Search library catalog by subject, then browse through possibilities (demo)
TIP: Look for books written after 1950

Articles

JSTOR (demo)
- Scholarly articles in all disciplines.
- When searching, select "music" subset of journals
- You'll get lots of results, so choose keywords wisely.
Music Index (online) (demo)
- Index to music periodicals, popular & scholarly.
- Search for articles about composers, performers with the people category, not subject
- You can limit your search to scholarly articles

Music Librarian

(607) 274-3887

Reading Music Call Numbers:

Common library & research words in:

English/Chinese Music Glossary

Your IC Library Account

Your Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Account