For your assignment, your will be looking for 5 peer reviewed resources (articles) or (books) published by university presses about your music theory and field recording. Here is a sample research strategy for finding sources.
STEP 1: Look for background information about your music theory
Research information about the music theory or theories you will be highlighting when analyzing your field recording.
Think about the following concepts:
- Reflect on how our identity and sense of the world is based on how we listen
- Critically read and analyze sound by researchers and music scholars
- Compare and connect modes of listening to writing about sound, depending on the species, culture, identities of the listener, sound maker or musician
- Find background information about relevant spaces and settings and historical context
STEP 2: Find Articles, Books or eBooks in the library collection
- Books may be most in-depth sources of information, but will not be available for every music theory
- Use the Library's OneSearch to find articles, books and e-books we have access to
- Search for eBooks via the eBook Central collection from ProQuest
- Use different search strategies to identify quality articles for your soundscape essay
- Look for books outside of our collection using WorldCat and request titles via Interlibrary Loan
STEP 3: Write your Soundscape Essay
- Locate 5 peer reviewed journal articles or books published by university presses
- Identify a music theory/theories that relate to your sound recording
