Tutt Library Research Guides
Check back often-these titles will change!
The Encyclopedia of Country Music
A Pete Seeger Discography-Seventy Years of Recordings
The book I want is not available in Tutt and I can't wait for Prospector or ILL.
Search the catalogs of UCCS Library or Pikes Peak Library District (PPLD)
It's 5AM and I need one more book for my paper.
Try Google Books -- the book you need may have full or partial viewing.
The popular book for my class is sold out at the Worner book store.
Check out Poor Richard's Book Store just down the street on Tejon.
Books on the same topic and scores for the same performance forces often have similar call numbers.
Once you find a good book or score in the stacks, browse the shelves for similar items.
For a complete list of call numbers for music books and scores check out M is for Music!
You have access to books from three sources -- TIGER, Prospector, and WorldCat:
Delivery Times
When searching TIGER, Prospector, and WorldCat, try to
Think Broadly. Remember to think broadly when searching for books - that is, to realize that your specific topic will probably be treated in books that cover a broader subject.
Once you find a book relevant to your topic, use the subject headings to help you find more.
Search Examples:
You'll get many more results when you use a keyword search!
Compare:
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Use AND to focus search and combine different aspects of your topic. Example: vegetarianism and environment |
OR |
Use OR to expand your search and find synonyms/related terms. Example: global warming or climate change |
NOT |
Use NOT to exclude a word or phrase from your search Example: emissions trading not United States |
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"Phrase search" - Use quotation marks" " to search for a particular phrase. Example:"greenhouse gas emissions" |
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Truncation * - Use an asterisk to find variations of a word. Put an asterisk following the root of the word to find all variations of that word, including singular and plural. Example:environment* (finds environments, environmental, environmentalist, etc.) |
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(Grouping/Nesting Keywords) - Use parentheses ( ) as a way to group all your search terms together. Example:(climate change or global warming) and population growth |
Use the Search Generator from Northwest Missouri State University to help you create a keyword search.
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| find a phrase | Place quotation marks around a group of words | "secondary education" |
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broaden a
keyword
search
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Use an asterisk (*) at theend of a word to search for variations of a word at one time
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educat* searches for educate, educating, education, etc. |
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search for
multiple
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AND searches for items that contain both keywords | educat* AND teach* retrieves documents that have both words |
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multiple
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OR searches for items that have at least one of the keywords | educat* OR teach* pulls items with either word |
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stop a keyword
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NOT excludes items with a specific keyword | educat* NOT secondary means that any items with the word Europe will not show up in the search results |
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look for words near one another
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use "near" in between keywords | educat* near secondary |
