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CLASSICAL SCORES LIBRARY |
funded by |
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Subject Content |
Full-text classical scores, representing major and many lesser
well-known composers and their works |
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Date Coverage |
Musical compositions
ranging in date from the 15th Century to the present
No specific timetable of additions or updates |
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Type of Material Covered |
Collection is a mixture of in-copyright and
out-of-copyright materials, representative of all classical music
genres; score types are broad with inclusion of full scores, study
scores, piano and vocal scores, and piano reductions; electronic content
of the collection includes the entire catalogs of Boosey and Hawkes
(international music publishers) and University Music Editions microfilm
series as well as manuscript materials from Barry S. Brooks Center for
Music (CUNY) |
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Full-text |
All
scores are full-text |
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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 HELP tab on the upper left section of
the screen |
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Boolean |
AND,
OR, and NOT; use quotation marks around two or more words
to search as a phrase; for additional information on Boolean operators,
see HELP pages |
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Truncation Symbol
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Truncation/wildcard is * ;
* replaces any number of
characters/letters and can be placed at the beginning, end, or middle of
a word, for example, either *greement, agree*, or agr*ment
will retrieve the word agreement; for additional information on
truncation/wildcard, see HELP pages |
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Other Search Options |
Quick,
Browse, and Advanced search options; Quick is the default search and
located on the upper left side of the initial screen; Quick allows a
simple search of the entire database by title of work, composer, genre
of music, instrument, or time period of composition; Browse option,
located on the left side of the screen or by selecting the “Browse” tab
on the upper left corner of the screen, is similar to Quick but, instead
of entering search term(s), one selects from an alphabetical list;
Advanced is available by selecting “Search” tab on the upper left of the
screen; searchable categories still apply in Advanced but can now be
searched by entering terms or using a list or a combination of both:
Browse and Advanced also offer the additional searchable category of
score type. |
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Alerts |
No |
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Special Notes |
NOTE: The above information on coverage and content is
based on eventual plans for the scope of the database. At the moment,
the collection is more restrictive in content. |
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List of Journals |
Not
applicable |
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Related Indexes |
Look
under Music after selecting “Article Index 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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