Music 1313: Research Strategies for Weekly

Assignment 1

Music 1313 Study Questions

Week 1-2: Listening to jazz;

Practice/ Conditions/ Economics; Early Jazz (Part 2)

Test your knowledge of musical terms. Take a look at the list (below) of general

and jazz-specific terms. Write your own short definitions for all the terms you

know. Then check the sources provided for each term. Does everyone agree? Note

the areas of consensus and disagreement you find. Continue with the terms

that don’t have provided sources. Define them yourself, if possible, and then find

the best (most cogent, most reliable, most concise) definitions. Note where you

found them (i.e., write down the citation) and bring them to class. Class discussion

will focus both on the content of your findings and on the process of finding and

evaluating sources. Where is the best place to start: Google? Google

Scholar? Oxford Music Online? Another source?

Music 1313 LibGuide

• Linked from Blackboard External Links• http://guides.library.cornell.edu/music1313sp

Define the term timbre.

• Start with what you know

• Oxford Music Online

• Check other dictionaries.

• Don't forget print dictionaries.

• Try searching Google and Wikipedia. (e.g. def timbre)

• Try searching in other Googles (Books, Scholar, etc.)

• When in doubt Ask a Librarian.

Try searching in a variety of Library and Google

resources for your assignments.

Google Books changes everything.

Ask a Librarian

Ask your librarians.