Class and Research Guides

Class Guides

(Guides written for specific courses; but also useful for others studying the topic)

Dance

• Dance 440: Dance History 1
• Dance 511: Dance Research

Music

• Music 110: Introduction to Art Music: International Perspectives
  
• Music 133: Intro to World Music
• Music 474: Vocal Literature 
• Music 499: Music Business
• Music 511: Foundations and Methods of Musicology I
• Music 528: Problems and Methods--Library guide
• Music 528: Problems and Methods--Primary Sources guide
• Music 533: Introduction to Research in Music Education
• Music 557: Piano Literature
• Music 560: String Literature 

Theatre

• Theatre Research Guide

Other Resources

• E-Reserves (Print and audio)
• Course Reserves in the Online Catalog

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Research Guides

Cite materials in my papers: See Style Manuals, below
Copyright
Biographical and Analytical Sources
Blank Sheet Music (external link)
Composer Dates
Festivals
Funding (grants, awards, scholarships, fellowships) 
Hip-Hop Culture Information
Illini Songbook (school songs) and State Song information
Lyrics
Monologues and Dialogues
Music in a set of Collected Works (M3s)
Music Publishers
Opera Arias and Art Songs (see Music 474 Class Guide)
Performance Scores
Popular Songs
Primary Sources of Music (Scores & Parts)
Sacred Music Resources
Sheet Music Collections
Themes and Tunes
Used CDs and LPs
World Music Recordings

Other

John Wagstaff's Quirky Reference Sources
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How do I manage my research?!

Manage citations: Refworks, Zotero
Style guides: Chicago Manual of Style, Citing Music
Manage data: Google Docs, NetFiles
Manage my Library account(s): My Account (UIUC), ILL, Library Elf