Course Guide: Music 130
Introduction
This course guide is related to the Music Appreciation listening assignments and course project taught by Prof. L. Jenschke. Each student must know how to access the assigned music recordings via Blackboard and Classical Music Library. The course project is the creation of a CD-ROM with program notes and a jacket cover that may include images.
The purpose of this assignment is to have each student thoughtfully choose and research songs from the middle ages to the 20
th century and beyond and combine them chronologically on a composite CD, creating a CD jacket cover and program notes that describe each piece, the composer and where it might have been performed and why the student chose the song.
Sally Carroll-Ricks, MLS, MM, AHIP, Assist. Prof., Library
in collaboration with Prof. Laura Jenschke, MM, Instructor of Music, September 1, 2009
Texas Lutheran University
Research Method
- Determine the kind of information you need and how much.
- Access the information you need effectively and efficiently.
- Evaluate the information you retrieve and the credentials of the author or publisher and incorporate valid information into your knowledge, values, and practice (ex., solving a problem or making a decision--academic, personal, or professional).
- Use the information effectively to accomplish your specific purpose (ex., writing a paper, making a presentation, creating a poster, creating a CD-ROM).
- Analyze the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of your information, and then access and use the information ethically and legally.
based on the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education
Association of College and Research Libraries, 2000
Know - Identify the Information Need
Outcome: The student will locate general information about music, music periods, and musicians needed for this course.
- What kind of information do you need? Do you need sound recordings, encyclopedias, dictionaries, images, etc.
- How much information do you need? What is the scope of your project? How comprehensive is your project? How many recordings and references do you need?
- In what historical period, composer, genre, instrument are you interested? This may help you to develop a course project.
Retrieve the Information Effectively and Efficiently
Outcome: The student will effectively and efficiently locate and retrieve music recordings in Blackboard, Classical Music Library, and at the reserve desk at Circulation.
Classical Music Library and Blackboard
- Logon to Blackboard by going to the TLU Intranet at http://tlu.tlu.edu
- Click "Blackboard" and logon with your TLU username and TLU ID
- Click on "Music Appreciation"
- Click on "External Links" (in leftmost column)
- Click on "Classical Music Library MUS 130"
This links directly to the Course Folder (MUS 130 Laura Jenschke) on Classical Music Library. From an off-campus or wireless PC, you may be prompted to type in your LAST NAME and TLU ID.
- Once there, click the "i" (information) icon beside the Exam for which you are studying.
- Once in the correct Exam folder, click on the "Play" icon to listen to the composition.
- The PC you are on must have speakers or headphones. The library has headphones you can check out at the Circulation Desk to use with the PCs in the library. However, it is recommended that you buy your own headphones.
- Remember to LOGOUT of Classical Music Library in order to immediately make one of the three logons available to others.
Playing music files from within Blackboard
To hear the complete "C-Jam Blues" by Duke Ellington and the "Alleluia: Vidimus Stellam," you must click each link following each pause in the music.
Classical Music Library: Free Downloads
- Navigate to Library Home Page > Databases by Subject > Music & Music Education > Classical Music Library
- At the top of the page, click the link to free download promotion
- Click the "Alert me when new music becomes available for download"
- Sign up for the alert
Evaluate the Information
Outcome: The student will identify authoritative music recordings and resource material, approved by the course professor, that might be used in the course project.
Initially,
evaluate the information (source of the sound recording, image, or full-text), along with the credentials of the author or publisher, for its relevance to your topic. If you find it relevant, retrieve the sound recording, image, or full-text by linking to it from within the database you are in, or by searching the
PERIODICAL TITLES list to see if the library can provide it in another database or in the print collection. If need be, submit an
Interlibrary Loan Journal Request if you can wait 7-10 days. Classical Music Library and
eLibrary Curriculum Edition are two information sources that provide authoritative and ethically acquired information.
If you locate information that is relevant, examine its reference list, if available, for other information related to your topic.
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Use the Information Effectively
Outcome: The student will create a course project and recognize specific musical characteristics in assigned recordings.
Incorporate the sound recordings, images, and information you have identified to support your project, following the advice of your professor. Listen to the assigned recordings, noting the characteristics your professor has pointed out to you about the music until you can recognize them as the music is playing.
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Act Ethically - Analyze Issues and Cite Sources
Outcome: The student will download and cite music recordings and images in an ethical and legal manner.
All CD projects must include a source cited page.
Analyze the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of your information, and then access and use the information ethically and legally. As an ethical professional, to avoid plagiarism and to abide with copyright provisions, you must inform your audience (whomever is receiving the information you are presenting) of your sources. You must abide by TLU's policy on academic honesty and plagiarism. Standard citation style allows others to retrieve the document or source material that you utilize, in the same way that a description of the scientific method used in original research allows others to repeat the exact experiment that you conduct. As a professional, you should use an official citation manual, recognized by your profession, in forming the description of the documents or sources that you utilize. In music, the most often used style is Turabian (an abbreviated Chicago style) but the Modern Language Association (MLA) style is also used. NoodleBib is an excellent source that allows you to register and store your "Works Cited" lists permanently and, it will walk you through the process of formatting your citations in either the Turabian/Chicago style or the MLA style.
If you incorporate graphics or images from other sources into your project, you must cite each graphic or image so that it is clear to viewers where each graphic appeared originally. The eLibrary Curriculum Edition database will provide you with the proper MLA citation for images.
Citing documents and graphics can be confusing, so if you need assistance in creating a citation, ask your professor or Ask-A-Librarian.
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