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The Quick Search is a quick way to find lots of results of all types. It searches the library catalog for books, government documents, videos, etc. and many article databases covering all fields. This is a Google-like search and will probably result in many results.
World Cat is a collection of thousands of library catalogs as well as some article databases. You will find lots of books that we own and even more that we don't own as well as articles of many types (peer-reviewed, academic, magazine, etc.).
This source includes The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians as well as the Oxford Dictionary of Music and the Oxford Companion to Music. It is a good source for definitions and encyclopedia articles.
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The abstract is a one paragraph summary of the main points in the article.
The introduction presents the problems the paper will be looking at and presents a case for why the problems are worth studying.
The literature review puts the current study into context within the scholarly conversation as a whole.
The methodology tells the user how the study was conducted. Ideally, this section gives enough detail that a reader could replicate the study (do it over again).
The results are where the author presents their findings. Statistical analyses will be presented in this section if appropriate.
The discussion section allows the author to place the results into context and interpret his or her findings.
The conclusion section helps move the research forward. Where does the scholarly conversation go from here.
The references bring all the sources of information used in the research into a list so you can go back and do further research of your own.
Search for business related articles in academic journals (including peer-reviewed), magazines, and trade publications (like magazines but geared for professionals in a certain industry). The music industry is included in this but focusing on the business end of it.
This is a subset of the Business Search above. It focuses on smaller regional businesses and publications. It includes South Dakota Business Review but no publications specifically on the music industry.
This databases focuses on economics from a broad perspective including business. It does include articles on the music business but often not enough to use alone. These are largely academic journal articles.
This is a broad database that includes general articles on music as well as the EconLit database above. The articles range from magazine and newspaper articles through peer-reviewed and theses and dissertations from graduate students around the world. These databases are not included in the Quick Search.
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