Electronic Resources Updates

Posted onFebruary 8, 2010 
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We will soon see changes in some of the commonly used databases and tools:

Music Index moving to EBSCO
EBSCO has purchased the Music Index from Harmonie Park Press, and this resource will be moving to the EBSCO platform by late February.  Also, we now have the Find It feature in Music Index, so that should make it easier to see if subscribe to periodicals you find there.

Importing from the catalog to RefWorks
The Endnote/RefWorks filter in Innovative has never worked properly with the newest versions of MLA and APA format in RefWorks (RW omits the date from these citations once they are formatted). We used to include both this filter and the “full display” filter in our BGSU-specific list in RefWorks, but since the EndNote/RefWorks one causes problems we have deleted it. Users should use the “full display” filter only.

RefShare now available
RefWorks has made RefShare, previously a paid subscription add-on, available to all RefWorks accounts. Our RefShare instance is live, and users may now choose to share specific folders or their entire RefWorks databases with other RefWorks users through urls or on the BGSU RefShare page . Take a look at this feature, and we will discuss it further at a reference meeting.

Thanks to Electronic Resources Coordinator Amy Fry for making and/or keeping track of all of these changes!

Looking to the Future

Posted onFebruary 1, 2010 
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Ocarina iPhone app from Smule

an iPhone app turns your phone into an instrument

Billboard has published a list of 5 Reasons Why 2010 Will Be Revolutionary for the Music Biz.

And WebUrbanist posted 10 Magnificently Modern Musical Instruments.

10 Worst Albums Ever Recorded

Posted onJanuary 15, 2010 
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Posted by Neatorama, and originally published in The Supremely Satisfying Bathroom Reader, is a list of the 10 Worst Albums Ever Recorded.

Four of the albums listed are located in the Sound Recordings Archives.  Can you find them?

Make Music with Rain

Posted onJanuary 4, 2010 
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raindrops

Lullatone’s Raindrop Melody Maker is brilliant!

Happy New Year!

Music Library Closed Between Holidays

Posted onDecember 23, 2009 
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The library will be closed from Thursday, December 24th through Sunday, January 2nd, and will re-open Monday, January 3rd.

For more information, please see to our calendar for hours of operation.

Will there be a Victrola in your home this Christmas?

Posted onDecember 23, 2009 
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Victrola-Christmas
 
Please say yes!  And We’ll wish you
Happy Holidays!
From the Music Library and Sound Recordings Archives

Naxos updates to exclusive use of Flash Player

Posted onDecember 22, 2009 
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From Naxos Music Library:

As of 15 January 2010 the Naxos Music Library will stream exclusively with Adobe Flash Player! If Adobe Flash Player 10 is not installed on your computer, please take a moment and install:

http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/

Let us know if you run into any difficulties.

“Layla in the sky for the benefit of shaft”?

Posted onDecember 18, 2009 
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An AP report is circulating that the Library of Congress will be honoring Paul McCartney with the Gershwin prize for Popular Song.

I Am Bored posted a 3-minute video of what a Beatles documentary might look like 1,000 years from now.  Let’s hope the LOC preserves history better than they expect.

Add some Bowie cheer to your holiday cards

Posted onDecember 14, 2009 
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StampAlbums

Creative Review noted that the UK’s Royal Mail service will soon be issuing stamps of 10 famous British album covers.

Record Sale! All Day Friday!!

Posted onDecember 11, 2009 
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Don’t Miss Out!

The Record and Book Sale will be on December 11 from 9:30 am – 9:00 pm.  We’re departing from the two-day format we’ve had in past years in favor of having one long day in which we hope people will be able to fulfill all of their record-shopping dreams.

As ever, the sale will be in the Pallister Conference Room on the first floor of Jerome Library on the Bowling Green State University campus.  See our directions page for information on how to get here and where to park.  There are a limited number of metered parking spots in the lot on the North side of the building; most of these take quarters only.

We’ll have all the usual formats at unbeatable prices:

Off campus payment by cash or check.
BGSU students, faculty, and staff may also charge on their BG1 Card.

Call the Music Library for more information: 419.372.2307. We hope to see you there!

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