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Subject Guides

Jazz Artists - The Jazz Artists guide was created by Music Library staff to assist students in finding articles, books, recordings and videos about the jazz artists studied in History of Jazz courses at ECU. For more general jazz resources, visit   Pirate Source, and look under the subject heading, "Music-Jazz."

Music Education and the Special Needs Student - This bibliography is intended to assist Music Library users in finding periodical articles about music education and the special needs student. For more general music education resources, visit  Pirate Source, and look under the subject heading,
"Music- Education/Therapy."

Pirate Source  - Pirate Source is a database of subject guides designed by Joyner Librarians to combine the best reference materials, databases and websites on a topic in one place and lets you pick the type of information and format you need. The Music Library staff have created subject guides specific to music in this database.
The music related subject guides as found listed in Pirate Source are:
Music-Education/Therapy
Music-Ethnomusicology
Music-History
Music-Instrumental
Music-Jazz
Music-Theory/Composition
Music-Vocal-Choral

Research Guides

Conducting Research - hints and links to resources that will make your research more effective.

Evaluating Web Sites - help in evaluating material you find on the Internet.

Finding Music Materials in the Library Catalog - tips for finding music, especially scores and recordings.

If you have suggestions for the contents of any of these resources, please contact the Music Library.