College Writing 4B: Music and Social Movements: "Start Your Search"

UC Library Search includes books, articles and more.

• Books and eBooks from:
  • HathiTrust
  • Dozens of eBook databases
• Articles from journals, magazines and newspapers, including article content from:
  • Over forty EBSCOHost databases
  • JSTOR
  • Web of Science (and other ISI Web of Knowledge databases)
  • Project MUSE
  • Readex/NewsBank databases
  • MLA International Bibliography
  • and many, many more!
• Online encyclopedias and dictionaries from a variety of vendors such as:
  • Oxford University Press
  • Gale

1.  keyword search; wildcards; limiting to scholarly articles

(keywords) .  music censor*

child* = child childs children childish childhood...

limit to scholarly articles (checkbox on the left)

2.  phrase search

(keywords) . "popular music resource center"

(keywords) . "marvin gaye" "what's going on"

(keywords) . "black lives matter" music*

3.  advanced search

advanced search

"vietnam war"
protest*
music* or concert*

Are there filters in the left sidebar that will help you narrow your search results?  Click on the category ("language" "geography") to view the options.

When you encounter any kind of source, consider:

1. Authority - Who is the author? What is their point of view? 
2. Purpose - Why was the source created? Who is the intended audience?
3. Publication & format - Where was it published? In what medium?
4. Relevance - How is it relevant to your research? What is its scope?
5. Date of publication - When was it written? Has it been updated?
6. Documentation - Did they cite their sources? Who did they cite?