MUL 210 REVIEWER

CHAPTER 1

Primary sources – materials such as manuscripts, letters, recordings originating from or contemporary with
the topic of your study.

Manuscript – a source that is handwritten, rather than printed or published.

Secondary sources – sources that are based on primary sources. Ex: musical editions based on a composer’s
autograph manuscript.

Tertiary sources – sources based on secondary sources. Ex: directories and chronologies.

Scholarly edition – music edition based on current standards of editing.

CHAPTER 2

Lexicography – creation of dictionaries and encyclopedias.

CHAPTER 3

Online catalog – online database including the bibliographic records for a particular library or collection.

Authority headings – established names, titles, or subjects used in library catalogs.

Controlled vocabulary – words and phrases used to categories materials.

Collocates – to put together the various iterations of a particular work.

Collective uniform titles – generic title used to describe a particular genre of composition, ex: symphonies

Triangulation – using keyword searches to identify the subject heading for a particular topic.

Consortium – association of libraries or other institutions that shares resources.

Interlibrary loan – borrowing and lending of materials between libraries.

National library – a library that holds all the works copyrighted in a particular country.
CHAPTER 4

Journals – scholarly publication, usually appearing regularly, that includes primarily articles.

Magazines – popular/unscholarly publication, usually appearing regularly, that includes primarily articles.

Periodicals – publications such as journals and magazines that are published regularly with the same title.

Periodical Indexes – database of citations of articles published in journals and magazines.

Serial – publications that are issued at regular or irregular intervals with the same title.

Citation – reference to another work, along with the bibliographic information needed to find the original source.

Abstract – summary of a book or article.

CHAPTER 5

Conference papers – published versions of papers read and presentations given at conferences.

Festschrift – publication on the occasion of a celebration or in honor of someone.

CHAPTER 7

Complete works edition – the works of a single composer compiled into a single publication.

Historical set/edition – collection of music by multiple composers intended to represent music history
generally or a specific style period or genre.

Musical monument – edition of works by multiple composers representing the music of a region or country.

Anthology – collection of works, usually by different authors, generally grouped by a common theme.

Facsimile edition – reproduction of an older work that is designed to be an exact copy of the original.

Reprint editions – republication of a book or score without changes to the content.