Library Session Handouts
-
Library Session #2 handout evaluating journal articles, brainstorming keywords (#hashtagging), formulating a research question
Ethnography Project - Finding Background Information
Before heading out to do your fieldwork, and later while formulating your research question, it will be helpful to do some background reading on your topic. Explore some of the resources on this page to gain context and to help you focus your attention on specific details during your observation. .
Video and Sound resources
-
Smithsonian Global SoundStreaming audio of folk music from all over the world, plus American Folk, Blues, Bluegrass, Old Time Country, American Indian, World, Jazz, Classical and Broadway
-
JVC Video Anthology of Music & Dance (DVDs with companion books)A collaboration from Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings editorial board of scholars, made up of 30 DVDs, 9 books containing over 500 performances and 1200 pages of text from 100 countries. The books contain full glossaries, detailed descriptions, and individual essays on the social, cultural, and historical background of the music, dance, instruments, costumes and rituals. They also include maps, charts, photos, and a complete cross-reference index.
-
Beats of the Heart - (video set in library)Series of 14 films that explore the dynamic and often controversial role music plays within distinctive societies around the world.
-
Global Music ArchiveAccess to sound recordings and images of indigenous music from communities in Africa and the Americas. (Real Player is required to stream the sound files, download Realplayer at http://www.real.com/ )
Reference Tools and Books
-
Oxford Music Online (Grove Music)Oxford Music Online offers full-text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, The Oxford Dictionary of Music and The Oxford Companion to Music, plus updates and new entries.
-
Garland Encyclopedia of World MusicMore than 700 entries covering the music of the world's peoples, from the earliest known traditions to current practices.
-
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music (print)Call Number: ML100 .G37 Music ReferenceThis is the definitive reference tool for ethnomusicology. It is divided into 10 volumes by geographic area: Vol. 1 Africa; Vol. 2 South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean; Vol. 3 The United States and Canada; Vol. 4 Southeast Asia; Vol. 5 South Asia: The Indian Subcontinent; Vol. 6 The Middle East; Vol. 7 East Asia: China, Japan, and Korea; Vol. 8 Europe; Vol. 9 Australia and the Pacific Islands; Vol. 10 The World's Music: General Perspectives and Reference Tools (glossaries, indexes, bibliographies, and discographies). -
Folklife and Fieldwork: An Introduction to Field Techniques byLays out an introduction to field techniques, what to collect, how to do fieldwork, and what to do with the results.
-
Rough Guide to World Music by Call Number: ML102.W67 W67 2006 -
World Music : A Very Short Introduction by Call Number: ML197 .B655 2002 -
