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Virtual tour and basic information, created as an introduction to the Warren D. Allen Music Library at Florida State University.
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- 1. A Virtual Tour: Warren D. Allen Music Library Sara Nodine Warren D. Allen Music Library
- 3. The Circulation Desk How can I help you today?
- 4. Technology Centers Should I start my research or check Facebook?
- 5. Research & Reference Collections When was Beethoven born? Hmmm…. I could use Grove Dictionary to find out!
- 6. M, ML, and MT Collections -M- Scores -ML- Music Literature -MT-MusicTheory
- 7. Periodicals
- 10. The Research Process Select a topic: What am I interested in knowing more about? Find resources: Let’s see what the library has on this topic. Gathering facts: Dig, dig, dig to find the juicy details. Write the paper: What does all this information I have found say about my original question? Edit and format: I should check to make sure my bibliography is formatted correctly and reread my paper. DONE!!
- 11. Using the Library Website Library Information At home?News and Announcements Search the catalog OnlineResources
- 12. Searching the Catalog Title and Author Search Select a Library Specify Format
- 13. Limit your search further Basic Bibliographic Record Library and Collection Call # On the Shelf?
- 14. Email or text this resource to yourself Citation It’ s still available!!
- 15. Placing Hold Requests “Place a Hold” Enter Lib # from FSUID card
- 17. Interlibrary Loan (outside the state) ILLiad Various types of requests
- 18. Basic reference resources you need to know about… Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians ML100 .N48 2000 and online A manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations : Chicago style for students and researchers / Kate Turabian LB2369 .T8 2007 The Chicago manual of style (16th edition) Z253 .U69 2010 There are SOmany more!!!
- 19. A few streaming media you need to know about…. Naxos Naxos Video Library Classical Music Library American Song Smithsonian Global Sound All available through http://music.fsu.edu/library
- 21. Finally…you have friendly library staff on your side!! Call us, send an email, or just drop by! We are happy to help you!
- 22. Questions? Created by: Sara Nodine 2014 Warren D. Allen Music Library Licensed by: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
Editor's Notes
- The Allen Music Library is here to serve not only our College of Music, but also the larger FSU and Tallahassee communities. We are here to serve you and welcome your suggestions for new services and materials. This presentation will introduce you to some of our services and resources (print, electronic, and human!). Please feel free to contact the library directly if you have any questions.
- There are so many signs around the library, so let’s take note of a few specific ones. Announcements about upcoming events, new policies, library services, etc. are highlighted on our whiteboard as you walk in the door. Other signs appear throughout the library that are worth noticing.
- First, don’t panic!! We are here to help you! Our Circulation Desk on the ground floor functions as our location for circulation and media material retrieval. If you are looking for CDs, VHS, LPs, DVDs, or other media, we are happy to pull them for you. Course Reserves are also kept behind the Circulation Desk and can be used in the library for two hours at a time.
- The Music Library offers more than 20 public computer stations complete with Microsoft Office, Finale, and other basic computing needs. In addition we have 3 photocopiers (2 black & white, 1 color), network printer, 2 digital scanners, 1 flatbed scanner, microfilm reader, CD/LP players, and VHS/DVD players. If you just are just wanting to quickly look up an item in the catalog to retrieve it from the shelf, we also offer to catalog-only stations on the second floor.
- On our ground floor you will find our general Reference and Library Research collections. We have print copies of the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, and many other valuable reference resources. Complete works of various composers can be found in the research collection. These materials are available for use in the library, though faculty and teaching assistants may check out Library Research materials for one week.
- Our upstairs houses our circulating score and book collections. The scores are located in the M collection and are categorized by instrument and ensemble type, according to the Library of Congress classification schedule. Books on composers, performers, world music, philosophy, and many other topics are located in the ML collection (Music Literature). Finally, music teaching and theoretical materials are located in the MT collection. Feel free to browse these collections and place any items you don’t want to check out on the stationary carts. We will be happy to reshelve them for you!
- Our library still provides access to print periodicals relating to music subjects. For the most part these volumes are bound in green and located upstairs, separate from our circulating collections. There are some periodicals sprinkled in the other categories and none of them are allowed to circulate or leave the library. Many journals also provide online access to their issues, though some may not yet be available in digital format. Electronic articles can be found through a variety of sources like JSTOR, RILM, or RIPM. Access to these databases can be found on the Music Library’s website. If you’re off campus, you can gain access by logging in via the off campus proxy using your FSUID and password.
- Our music library has its own, self-contained Special Collections. Most of these items and collections are listed in our catalog or on the Special Collections section of our website. To view any of these materials, you may request them at the Circulation Desk. We have items dating back to the 1500s, rare first-edition music treatises, and original manuscripts. Here on the screen you can see a photo of the piano/vocal manuscript to Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah. In the future we are hoping to provide digital access to these and other materials through the FSU Digital Library. You can see collections as they are added by clicking on the “FSU Digital Library” link on our website.
- Throughout the year you may notice our exhibit cases in use with various displays. We are highlighting parts of our collections or celebrating various in the College of Music and beyond! Here you see a recent display of our Player Piano Rolls and trinket piano collections.
- [Each line appears with additional clicks.] We could spend an entire session talking just about the research process, but for now let’s look at just the basic outline. #1: Select a topic – Ask yourself “What am I interested in knowing more about?” #2: Find resources – Using the online catalog, let’s see what the library has related to the chosen topic. #3: Gather facts – Dig, dig, dig to find the juicy details. Be sure to keep track of where you find your information! #4: Write the paper – Figure out what all the information you have found says about your original question. #5: Edit and format – Check to be sure your bibliography includes all the sources you used and that your citations are formatted correctly. Be sure to reread your paper and run spell check! #6: Turn it in, you’re done!
- [Each arrow appears with click of mouse.] So that second step in the research process said to find materials in the library. Here’s how you can do that! The Music Library’s main website is www.music.fsu.edu/library and the homepage is seen here. On the left side of the page you can access information on our hours, policies, resources, and reference materials like this presentation kit! We also post new events in the center of the page, so keep checking back to see what’s going on! In the center of the page you see two search boxes. The “Catalog Search” will search the library’s holdings including physical materials as well as some electronic resources. This is a great place to start if you are looking for a list of items you can find on our shelf, particularly if you are looking for something very specific. Below this is another search box, “Search in Summon.” This is a broader searching option that will also list digital items our libraries have access to, including newspapers, some streaming media, and other resources. Searching in this way will provide more results, but may require more digging that a catalog search. In both cases you can conduct an Advanced Search by clicking on the appropriate link. We spoke earlier about accessing electronic materials from home or anywhere off campus. On the right side of the page you see links to our online resources and, at the very top, a link to log in from off campus. Remember, this is your FSUID and password combination you use to access your campus email and Blackboard.
- [Each arrow appears with click of mouse.] On the last slide we discussed searching the library catalog. Here you see the Advanced Search screen where you can add multiple search terms to limit the number of results the system recalls. As you can see we have entered “Beethoven” as Author and “Missa Solemnis” as Title. Searching just like this may return quite a number of viable results, but what if you were just looking for a musical score? You can also select a few options to limit your results further. In this case we have chosen to limit by items only in the Allen Music Library that are Musical Scores. Let’s see what we get with this search…
- [Each arrow appears with click of mouse.] Once you submit your search, your results page will display. You can limit your search further by selecting one of the facets on the left side of the screen. This can be particularly helpful if your number of results is still pretty high. Let’s look at an individual record. What you see displayed here is the basic bibliographic record. On the next slide we will look at the full record for an item. The basic information provided here can still tell you a lot about the item. First, you can see the specific collection, in this case the Music Library’s General Collection. If it were on Reserve, in Special Collections, or housed elsewhere, this is where you would find that information. Second, you can see the exact call number for the item. Using this information you would be able to locate the physical item on the shelf. Want to know if it is there before you even go to the library? The last bit of information here will tell you if the item is available or checked out. We will talk in just a bit about what to do if the item is checked out to another patron.
- [Each arrow appears with click of mouse.] Once you select an item, the full bibliographic record will display. Here you can see more detail about the item itself. If you are not wanting to physically locate the item at that time you have several options, located just above the item information. One popular option is to email the resource’s information to yourself or a colleague, you can also text this information. If you are using a citation management system like Zotero you can also export the record for later reference. If you would like to grab the item from the shelf you can verify once more that the item is still available. It looks like it is available! What should you do, though if an item you want is checked out??
- [Each arrow appears with click of mouse.] If an item is checked out you can place a hold on it, which will require the current patron to return it in a timely fashion for your use. Once you select “Place a Hold” you will be prompted to enter some information. In the first field you will enter your Library account number, located on the bottom of your FSU card. It starts with 206100… The password here is your birthday MMDD. Once the patron returns the item you requested, you will receive an email alerting you it is available. You may pick up this item at the Circulation Desk in the library.
- If the libraries on campus don’t have your item, you may be able to get it through the state’s lending program called Uborrow. Step #1: From our catalog results page click on the Uborrow link to show other items you can request statewide. Step #2: Once you’ve located the item you want click the Uborrow link associated with that item. Step #3: Sign in using your FSUID and password. You can select the Allen Music Library as your pickup location. These items will arrive on campus within 5-7 business days.
- [Each arrow appears with click of mouse.] If the Allen Music Library does not have a copy of a particular item you need, and it isn’t available via the Uborrow state system, you may place an Interlibrary Loan request for the item. From the Music Library’s homepage, select “ILLiad” and login using your FSUID and password (same as your email). Once you are logged in you may place various types of requests (book request form seen here) and see the status of any outstanding requests you have placed. Items obtained through Interlibrary Loan can take two weeks or more to arrive, so plan ahead!
- Here are some of our basic reference resources. There are so many more in our collection and several of them have online versions as well that you can access from our website.
- In addition to our HUGE media collection housed in the music library, we also have access to several online streaming databases. These include audio and video items and, like our other electronic resources you can access these for our homepage.
- In addition to providing library services and our huge collection of resources, we also like to have fun! During the year we host a number of events in the library from Go Pink! Tallahassee to support breast cancer awareness, to our annual book sale, and various study break parties to keep you motivated during exams. Keep your eye out for upcoming events!
- Finally, if you need anything please don’t hesitate to contact one our music library staff members. We are here to help you!!
- Any questions? If time allows, spend a few minutes on the website either looking at some of your favorite resources or do some sample searching. One activity that is particularly engaging is doing a “live,” unplanned search. Start with very basic terms in a basic search. Use the facets on the results page and/or advanced searching to see how you can narrow down a huge number of results.