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African American Song |
funded by |
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Subject Content |
African
American music and narrative. |
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Date Coverage |
1890s – 1970s. |
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Type of Material Covered |
Sound recordings of African
American songs from many genres including jazz, blues, gospel, ragtime,
folk songs, and narratives. |
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Full-text |
Not Applicable . |
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Refereed Journal Filter |
Not
Applicable . |
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Remote Access |
Available to Boise State University students, staff, and faculty after
entering BroncoWeb userid and password |
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Help Pages |
Located within the database
by selecting the “Help” tab on the upper right side of the screen . |
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Boolean |
AND,OR; OR is the
default Boolean on the Basic Search, while either AND or OR
can be selected on the Advanced Search; Boolean logic selector is
located in the pull down bar under “Search using” on the lower portion
of the Advanced screen |
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Truncation Symbol
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None; database
has an automatic spell checking feature; each search term or phrase is
checked against the fields in the database, and, if a match is not
found, the user will be forwarded to a page which explains why the
search terms failed and offer other choices; enter search terms in the
singular and not the plural, for example, “guitar” not “guitars” . |
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Other Search Options |
Basic, Browse, and Advanced
search options; Browse search is available by selecting a particular
category in the left-hand column of the page; Basic search is located at
the top right of every page; Advanced can be used by selecting either
the “Search” tab or the link to “advanced search” on the top of the
opening screen. |
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Alerts |
No .
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Special Notes |
Able to make custom
playlists by creating a user id and password. |
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List of Journals |
Not Applicable . |
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Related Indexes |
Look under Music after
selecting “Article Indexed by Subject” on the top of the “find Articles”
screen or link to
http://library.boisestate.edu/reference/subjectindexes/music.htm. |
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Reference Assistance |
Phone, email, chat, and
in-person reference services are available; link to
http://library.boisestate.edu/reference.htm for further information.
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