This Subject Guide page contains Websites, Online Resources, Books, Journals and a Toolbox.

Websites

The websites for Music are listed on a seperate page.

Online Resources

Gale Databases

The College Library subscribes to a large number of electronic journals and magazines through a service called 'Gale Databases'. If you have never used 'Gale Databases' and need help here is a short user guide.

Oxford Music Online (Grove Music Online)

A music reference database and the home of Grove Music Online. (Login with Athens when you are off site.)

Rock's Backpages Library

12,000 articles, interviews and reviews from the world's best music writers and critics, from the late 1950s to the present day. (If you wish to access this resource from outside Collge please request the username and password from your Learning Centre.)

Myilibrary (ebooks)

Myilibrary is a growing collection of electronic books or "ebooks" available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The full texts of these books are available electronically and the collection is expanding all the time. (Login with Athens when you are off site.)

Ebrary

The collection of Further Education e-books supplied by JISC. (Login with Athens when you are off site.)

Books

Subject Shelf Mark
Music Technology 621.3893
Music Business 780.23
Electronic music (Cubase, Synthesisers, Midi, Logic) 780.285
Music dictionaries 780.3
Music history 780.9
Music theory 781.2
Popular music 781.64
Opera 782.1
Music scores and vocal music 782.42
Singing 784.9
Keyboard 786
Piano 786.2
Drums 786.9
Stringed instruments 787
Guitar 787.87
Bass guitar 787.875
Wind instruments 788
Popular music books
Pop Music, the testxtbook by Julia Winterson 781.64
The Unsigned Guide by Stepher Loukes and Lee Donnelly 780.25
Fast Guide to Cubase SX by Simon Willward 780.285
Careers in music 780.23
Careers in performing arts 791.023

Journals

Toolbox

How to use the Internet
The Intute Virtual Training Suite provides free Internet tutorials to help you learn how to get the best from the Web for your education and research. The tutorials are written and updated by a team of subject specialists based in universities and colleges across the UK. Click the list of tutorials and then chose the one that interests you, or have a look at the Internet Detective which will also help you to evaluate the reliability and usefulness of web pages.

Athens
Some of the Learning centre's electronic resources will require you to log in using the Athens validation service. (Especially if you use them outside College.) You will need an Athens username and password to do this. Obtain an "Athens Student Logon Request Form" from your Learning Centre; complete and return the form. You will receive notification of your account through your TMC student e mail.

Words used in assignments
The words used when questions or assignments are set can be confusing if you are not used to them. This list explains what tutors and examiners are looking for and what you should write about.

Rockschool Guitar Lessons
Video guitar lessons giving an informative look at some of the pieces in the Rockschool Guitar Syllabus with a sharp focus on tuition for the early grades.

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