Citation Help
- Chicago/Turabian Help
Find resources to help you cite your research according to Chicago/Turabian Style
Research Help
- Discovery Service This link opens in a new window
EBSCO Discovery Service brings together the most comprehensive collection of content—including superior indexing from top subject indexes, high-end full text and the entire library collection—all within an unparalleled full-featured, customizable discovery layer experience. -- Ebsco - Grove Music Online This link opens in a new window
Grove Music Online is the eighth edition of Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians, and contains articles commissioned specifically for the site as well as articles from New Grove 2001, Grove Opera, and Grove Jazz. The recently published second editions of The Grove Dictionary of American Music and The Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments are still being put online, and new articles are added to GMO with each site update. - Internet Archive This link opens in a new window
The Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, we provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, the print disabled, and the general public. Our mission is to provide Universal Access to All Knowledge. -- Internet Archive - Newsbank This link opens in a new window
Find information on almost any topic from over 12,000 news sources from around the U.S. and around the world. Coverage from the 1980s to current and updated daily. Includes full text of the Chattanooga Times Free Press since 1995 -- NewsBank
- A-Z List (All databases listed alphabetically)
See all the library's databases listed alphabetically.
Follow these steps every time you search for resources.
- Create a list of words that describe your topic.
- Choose a database that most aligns with your topic.
- Search for a combination of words from your word list using the Boolean operator AND.
- Use the asterisk to expand your search (teach*)
- Use quotations to look for multiple words as a phrase ("music education")
- Use the filters to limit your results
- Full Text
- Source Type
- Date Range
- Peer Reviewed
- Pay attention to the subject headings and consider adding those terms to your search.
- Remember, research is a process so if at first you don't succeed, try again!
- If you get stuck, contact the library for help.
Getting Started:
- Grove Music Online: "George Strait"
- Notice the entry about the artist as well as other related entries.
- Discovery Service: "George Strait" and Country
- Use the Search Within tool when viewing the PDF to see if the resource has a substantial amount of information about your topic.
- Internet Archive: "George Strait"
- Limit by Media Type to find books about your topic
- Newsbank: "George Strait" billboard
- Limit by Date to find articles about your topic.
Getting Started:
- Grove Music Online: Hammond and organ
- Notice the entry about the instrument as well as other related entries.
- Discovery Service: "Hammond organ" and jazz
- Use the Search Within tool when viewing the PDF to see if the resource has a substantial amount of information about your topic.
- Internet Archive: "Hammond organ"
- Limit by Media Type to find books about your topic or audio files
Getting Started:
- Grove Music Online: "Sam Cooke"
- Notice the entry about the composer/performer as well as other related entries.
- Discovery Service: DE "A Change Is Gonna Come (Song)"
- Note the article, A Change Ain’t Gonna Come: Sam Cooke and the Protest Song
- Internet Archive: "You Send Me"
- Limit by Media Type texts to find the book, You Send Me: The Life and Times of Sam Cooke
- Internet Archive: "A Change is Gonna Come"
- Hear various artists' recordings of the song.
- Also, view the book, A Change is Gonna Come: Music Race & the Soul of America
Getting Started:
- Grove Music Online: folk pop
- Notice there is not a specific entry for your topic but many other related articles that could be of use.
- Discovery Service: popular music and society
- Limit your search by geography - United States
- Note the publication titled Popular Music and Society
- Discovery Service: folk and popular and music
- Limit your search by geography - United States
- Consider including some of the subject headings in your future searches, i.e. environmentalism
- Academic Writing
Learn how to write in academic style. - Avoiding Plagiarism
Learn how to avoid plagiarizing. - Choose Reliable Resources
Learn how to choose the best resources to support your research. - Request an Interlibrary Loan
Request resources not available in our library collection.