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A guide to doing research on Percussion music: Scholarly Articles

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Scholarly Articles

You may wish to find scholarly articles on the percussion music of John Cage as part of your research, and can use Music Database to do so.

Click here to view how to search Music Database. More information on how to access this database from the library portal is given below.

Using Music Database

Click on the 'Databases' tab.

Type Music Database in the search box on the page 'Search within Databases'.

At the Appropriate Use of E-Resources Licensed by NUS Libraries page, check the box after reading the information and click on 'NUS Staff/Student/CFS'.

Next, sign in using NUSNET ID and password and proceed with your search.

You will see the Music Database home page. Select 'Advanced Search'.

Type 'John Cage' in the search box in the first line and 'percussion' in the search box on the second line. Then click on Search.

If there are too many results, you may want to use the drop-down menu 'Sorted by', limit to 'Full text' or  'Peer reviewed'  or by 'Source type'.

Remember to click Log Out at the top right of the page when you have finished searching the database by clicking 'Exit Proquest'.

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Research Librarian

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Lynette Lim
Contact:
NUS Central Library
+65 6516 8128
clblimkc@nus.edu.sg
Subjects: Music

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