Anthony's Community Music Site
Copyright © 1996–2018 Anthony Reimer
Band/Conducting Research Resources Online
© 2003–2005 Anthony Reimer
You can view this page online at jazzace.ca/music/clinics/research.html
- Overview
- State of Online Resources :-(
- Online Resources as an adjunct to traditional sources
- Limitations of online sources (quantity, quality)
- Caveat Lector (discussion groups, private pages)
- The "What" may determine the "How"
- Compile what you know already
- What do you want to know: More about a score? Composer? Conductor? Conducting pedagogy?
- The more specific your source information, the more likely you are to find an authoritative web source
- Make your search international (web site quality varies)
- Research Methodology pages
- Becoming a Better Web Researcher (as well as other research resources) @ kerlins.net
- How to Conduct Research on the Internet (older resource) @ tbchad.com
- Check your local University/College/Conservatory library
- Resource Sites
- Publisher Pages: Anthony's Selected Links, UIUC list
- www.wasbe.org, click on the Resources tab, then on World Links
- University of Illinois Band Library - Resources
- WindMusic.org [Dutch, French, English, German, Spanish]
- www.band-chat.org (not online at this time)
- National music information centres (see list of IAMIC members)
- Subscription Services, other Periodical Indices:
- GroveMusic.com
- RILM (Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale)
- UMI (Dissertations) — also indexed at DDM (free access)
- Music Index Online (free access)
- Canadian Music Periodical Index (free access, part of Library and Archives Canada: Music)
- Recordings: Anthony's Selected Links; vendors like Amazon, Shattinger Music, J.W. Pepper
- Historical versions of web pages: Internet Archive Wayback Machine
- General encyclopedia: Wikipedia.org (anyone can contribute and edit entries worldwide)
- Search Engines
- "Bot"-driven vs. Directory-driven (categorized) search engines — history and effective usage
- One is not enough ("googled" is not a verb!):
- Metasearching and/or multiple searches:
- Use of Diacriticals (test it out!)
- Reviews, techniques and historical information at notess.com/search (excellent technical source)
- Toolbar searches in specific browsers:
- Google Search Tips
(as an example)
- Automatic "and" searches (and forcing an OR search)
- Choosing your words carefully
- Clarifying with + – ~ " "
- Site-specific searches (site:)
- Setting Search Preferences
- Summary
