vocalped

Vocal Pedagogy

Goals: to be able to identify materials in the Stetson libraries related to vocal pedagogy; to be able to research the periodical literature accessible through the library's subscription databases and to discover useful Websites about the topic.

Remember to ask lots of questions! This is a complex topic and will require effort to discover everything that is available on the topic.

I. Where to find Vocal Pedagogy materials in the Stetson libraries

note: the music collection is divided between the two libraries: note exact locations of materials

Webcat: (cat.stetson.edu) online catalog of holdings of duPont-Ball Library and Jenkins Music Library

Webcat User's Guide:

http://www2.stetson.edu/librray/using_webcat.pdf

Helpful hints from the Guide:

[note the term 'field' to what does it refer?]

Words entered with a blank space between them will be searched in any order but in the same field. To search for an exact phrase, use the letters "adj" (for the word adjacent), without the quotation marks, between the words.

Example--Words or Phrase: presidential adj elections

You can type as much as you know of a name or word, and then use the dollar sign ($), the truncation symbol, to find all possible endings to the stem.

As you browse through the results, you should note the subject headings assigned to those books. In the complete record, you may click on anything underlined to link to other materials in that category.

Terminology:

pedagogy topics

identify terminology: pedagogy, teaching, instruction, methods, diction, phonetic alphabet, pronunciation, singing,

singing instruction and study, singing interpretation and phrasing, singing physiological aspects, voice, voice disorders, vocal cords, translation$ [note use of truncation character to include plural]

keyword searching in Webcat -- use top line

use one relevant book to find another --

click on Subject Heading

II. How to research periodical articles and materials held by other libraries:

A. Periodical titles (not specific articles) at Stetson

Webcat -- keyword search

B. Periodical articles online (some full-text)

terms to know: citation, abstract, full-text

Go to Library's main page and click on Databases...

http://www2.stetson.edu/library/databases.php

Questions to ask about databases:

Is the database subject specific?

Is it multidisciplinary?

What publication years are included?

Are abstracts and full-text included?

Are both basic and expert searches available?

Is there a help file for assistance?

Does the library have a guide for this database?

Questions to ask about articles retrieved:

Is the article peer-reviewed?

If it is not full-text, does Stetson own the periodical?

If Stetson doesn't own the periodical, how do you get it?

Examples of appropriate databases:

1. Music Index

see Library's search guide

http://www.stetson.edu/library/ra25.html

Click on Subject List link to see the way subjects are arranged -- no hot links at this point: note 'vocal' list does not include word 'pedagogy'

SINGING. See also A CAPPELLA SINGING; ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE; AMUSIA; ANTIPHONAL SINGING; CAROLING; CHORAL SINGING; COMMUNITY SINGING; FALSETTO; FOLK SINGING; GOSPEL SINGING; HAND SINGING; HUMMING; HYMN SINGING; JAZZ SINGING; MOUTH MUSIC; OVERTONE SINGING; PORTAMENTO; RESPONSORIAL SINGING; SCAT SINGING; SHAPE-NOTE HYMNODY; TONE-DEAFNESS; VOICE; YODELING
SINGING - Breathing
SINGING - Diction. See also PRONUNCIATION
SINGING - Physiological Factors
SINGING - Registers
SINGING - Study and Teaching. See also BEL CANTO

2. Arts & Humanities

a FirstSearch database (FS)

3. Books in Print with Reviews

4. Ebsco Host Academic

note: full-text available

5. Health and medical databases

see Library's search guide

http://www.stetson.edu/library/rg43.html

For example, in the MDX database use the term 'vocal health'

Try this search in the other medical databases.

6. ProQuest Research

note article with bibliography on vocal health