University of Guelph Library: New Resources http://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/resources/new_resources/ New Resources at the University of Guelph Library en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss University of Guelph Library: New Resources RSS Generator 1.0 roldham@uoguelph.ca roldham@uoguelph.ca Thu, 1 Mar 2012 04:03:54 EST Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online http://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/resources/new_resources/dsp_viewArticle.cfm?src=Garland%20Encyclopedia%20of%20%20World%20Music%20Online Publisher Site, Primo

The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online is the first comprehensive online resource devoted to music research of all the world’s peoples. More than 9,000 pages of material and 300 audio recordings, combined with entries by more than 700 expert contributors from all over the world, make this the most complete body of work focused on world music.

Since its first publication in 1997, The Garland Encyclopedia has been the preeminent reference work for research in this area and a favorite of libraries everywhere. It has won numerous awards, including the Dartmouth Medal, the New York Public Library Outstanding Reference Book award, and Library Journal’s award as one of the 50 Reference Sources for the Millennium. Now for the first time, the entire set of 10 print volumes is available as a single, integrated online collection, with additional features from Alexander Street Press.

This resource includes 1,217 essays and images, accompanied by audio examples, for nine different geographical regions:

  • Africa
  • South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean
  • The United States and Canada
  • Southeast Asia
  • South Asia: The Indian Subcontinent
  • The Middle East
  • East Asia: China, Japan, and Korea
  • Europe
  • Australia and the Pacific Islands

By using this resource, scholars and students will be able to browse and search hundreds of articles about the music of every continent. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online will let users do a new kind of cross-cultural and comparative research, where broad musical themes can be explored, and specific, targeted searches can be executed.

]]> http://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/resources/new_resources/dsp_viewArticle.cfm?src=Garland%20Encyclopedia%20of%20%20World%20Music%20Online Thu, 1 Mar 2012 12:03:00 EST British literary manuscripts online http://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/resources/new_resources/dsp_viewArticle.cfm?src=British%20literary%20manuscripts%20online Publisher Site, Journal Articles Page (DATABASE), Primo
British Literary Manuscripts Online, Parts I and II provides facsimile images of British literary manuscripts from the Medieval period up to the year 1900. This resource offers access to a wide range of primary source documents, including novels, plays, poems, stories, journals, letters and diaries, chronicles, religious works, and other literary materials. Searching is based on subject tags and descriptive text associated with each manuscript, and images of the complete manuscript can be viewed, manipulated and navigated on screen.

This unique collection provides an intimate look into the lives and works of more than 2,000 authors and delivers insights into the culture and context surrounding centuries of British Literary achievement. British Literary Manuscripts Online includes rare and previously inaccessible works from the British Library. These priceless documents — once available only on microfilm or to those with access to the source libraries’ manuscripts collections — can now be accessed by students, instructors and researchers everywhere. With this valuable resource, manuscript materials can, for the first time, be brought into the classroom, providing unique access to the authors’ social networks, attitudes and education, as well as the development of their writings. It offers the rare opportunity to search and review manuscripts online in order to indentify items for closer study.


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