Grove
Dictionary of Music Online (Macmillan)
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Why use this database?
To find information about the subject of music, musicians, musical
genres, terminology, periods of music and other aspects of the field
of music.
Description: Includes the full text of the New Grove Dictionary
of Music and Musicians, 2nd edition, the New Grove Dictionary of
Opera, and the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd edition. Provides
links to relevant websites.
Coverage: New Grove, 2001, 29 vols. with updates, New Grove
Opera 1992, 4 vols, and New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2002, 3 vols.
Availability and Use Restrictions:
In-Library Use: Available
at all library locations
Remote Use: None available for this database
Searching
Full Text Search
Search the entire text of the dictionary for every mention of a
term.
- Type a word or words in the search box.
- Choose the search mode:
Concept -A search on "state" will also match "province",
"country" and "land".
Pattern - A search on "apollodorus" will also match "apollodoros".
Boolean - Search using the Boolean operators
- Click SEARCH.
Biographies Search
Searches only the biographical entries.
- Type a word(s) in one or more search box- Birth Date, Birth
Place, Death Date, Death Place, Nationality, Occupation.
- Click SEARCH.
Bibliographies Search
Searches only the bibliography entries.
- Type a word or words in the search box.
- Click SEARCH.
Contributors Search
Searches for entries written by the specified contributor.
- Type the contributor's name in the search box.
- Click SEARCH.
Links Search
Search images in external web sites relevant to articles featured
in grovemusic.com.
- Type a word or words in the search box.
- Chhose a link type - all, images, sound files, etc.
- Click SEARCH.
Works-Lists Search
Restricts the search to works-lists.
- Type a word or words in the search box.
- Click SEARCH.
Browse Searching
Browse articles, contributors, appendices or the index alphabetically.
- Choose the appropriate browse mode.
- Click a letter of the alphabet to begin browsing.
- Use the white arrow keys in the upper right corner to move through
the entries.
- Click on an entry to go to the article.
Explore Features
Browse specific categories of information that Grovemusic has put
together.
- Biographies – Choose a category, then
continue to select from the lists of dates/topics to get to the
desired article.
- Research Resources – click on the links
within the described research resource to go to the article.
Special Features
Links to special features of the database.
- Listening to Grove – describes how Grove
is adding sound with a partnership with Sibelius, a music software
developer. It also states where to go to get the free plug-in.
NOTE: If you are using a library computer you will not be able
to download anything to the computer’s hard drive.
- Guide to Sibelius – Choose a category,
then continue to select from the lists of topics to get to the
desired sound file
- All Features – Has a list of special
feature articles that change occasionally. Click on the article
title to read it .
Using the Boolean Operators
Combining Terms
Use OR to connect similar terms. OR broadens your search.
Example: hispanic or latino
Use AND to connect separate concepts. AND narrows your search.
Example: doctor and surgeon
Use NOT to eliminate separate concepts. NOT narrows your
search.
Example: kennedy not politician
Truncating Terms
Use * to replace one or more characters at the end of a search
term, or multiple characters within a search term.
Examples: drug* (retrieves drug, drugs, druggist)
m*donald (retrieves mcdonald and macdonald)
Use ? to replace one character within a search term.
Example: wom?n (retrieves woman, women)
[ ] matches any single character from within the brackets.
Examples: Sm[iy]th (will find Smith or Smyth)
199[0-9] (will match dates from 1990 to 1999)
~ preceding a search term matches words that sound alike
Example: ~mikelanjelo will find Michelangelo
Proximity Searching
Use adj# to find terms within a specified number(#) of words
of each other and in any order.
Example: white adj2 constance (retrieves White, Helen Constance;
or Glenn, Constance White)
Displaying Search Results
Search results are displayed in citation format.
- Use the scroll bar to move through the list.
- Click a citation author to display the record.
- Click on PREVIOUS or NEXT to move through the
results.
- Use the scroll bar to move through the record.
- Click on links to the left of the record to go to related information.
- Click on SEARCH RESULTS to return to the list of results.
Printing Search Results
- When the record is on the screen, go to the FILE MENU
and select PRINT PREVIEW.
- Make sure the pages showing in PRINT PREVIEW
are what you want. If you are using this database within a BPL
location there is a charge for computer printing.
- Click PRINT
- Click PRINT on the printer menu.
- The print screen will close and you will return to the record.
Downloading Search Results
- Not available from this database.
Emailing Search Results
- Not available from this database.
Beginning a New Search
- Click Home on the Grove toolbar or Advanced Search.
Exiting
Click on Home at the top of the screen to return to the Boston
Public Library Web site.
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