Read Up on Arts in Inclusive Practice

One of the choice modules offered to students at Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is 'Arts in Inclusive Practice'. 

The Library has compiled a reading list based on the book-list that staff have recommended to students.  Knowing that an assignment is due later this month, we thought we'd remind you that these books are here!

• Want to see our reading list about arts in inclusive practice? Click here.
• You can use the live Library Chat on our catalogue home-page if you need library help.  Click here.

We are the very helpful Whittaker Library at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, here to support our performing arts community in their teaching and learning needs.

 

RefMe - Keep Track of your Reading

Calm Your Inner Geek!

People might talk to you about Referencing, or Citations.  It all sounds a bit obscure, doesn't it?

It's not hard, really.  You need to keep note of what you've read, if you are going to 'reference' or 'cite' it later.  (You might also to keep a list of things you mean to read later, so you don't lose track of those interesting titles...)

There are various apps out there.  RefMe is the new kid on the block, but it's quite easy to use and seems to do the job, so you may like to take a look at it.

Anything that saves you racking your brains or rifling through notepads later, has to be a good thing, right?

• Preview of the latest RefMe pages
• RefMe homepage

We'll tell you about some other resources another day!

Library Tips for Getting Started On a Research Project

Researchers at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland are generally researching some aspect of the performing arts.  We've compiled a reading list of books that we have in stock about research methodology - some are more general, and others are subject-specific.  You can access the list HERE.

Did you know that If you're one of our registered readers, you can save your own reading lists once you’ve logged in?  This is a way of keeping note of useful material.  Alternatively, you could sign up to Zotero or Mendeley.  But do start keeping a bibliography from the very beginning of your research - there's nothing worse than being unable to trace something that you're sure you read a while ago!

We are the Whittaker Library at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, here to support our performing artists and technicians in their teaching, learning and research.

The One Perfect Book

Lydia the Librarian seeks the One Perfect Book

The other day, we had a query asking if there was one book that all undergraduates have to read.  Gently, we explained that most undergraduates read rather more than just one ...!

New students at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland will nonetheless get reading-lists with required and suggested reading material. Some of it is hard-copy, "real books".  Other reading is online, and the Whittaker Library has e-books and e-journals aplenty.

You'll find links to your reading-lists on the RCS library Mahara pages.  These live links mean you can click on a book title and find out whether it's actually available in the Library right now.  (If not, do pop into the library to reserve it at the issue desk.)

As for the One Perfect Book, that holy grail of all students - well, we're still working on it!

We are the Whittaker Library at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, here to support the teaching and learning of our performing arts community.  

• Our Library Catalogue        http://capitadiscovery.co.uk/rcs/
• Our Library Website            http://www.rcs.ac.uk/about_us/libraryandit/ 
• Our Electronic Resources http://www.rcs.ac.uk/about_us/libraryandit/databases/
• Our E-Journals                   http://www.rcs.ac.uk/about_us/libraryandit/e-journals/ 

Elevator Pitch - The Whittaker Library at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Another round of freshers' tours over!  We're running late induction sessions between Monday 30 September and Friday 4 October at 3.30 pm

If I was given the length of an elevator ride in which to tell you about the Whittaker Library, what would I tell you?

Three things!

• We're a friendly, helpful library staff, and there are subject librarians to offer subject assistance in music, drama and dance.
• The printed library guides are also available on Mahara.  If you've signed up for your Moodle account, then you'll be able to find Mahara and the Library group.
• Course reading lists are on Moodle itself, under the modules you're studying.

Vital links:-

• Moodle sign in here
• Library and IT pages here - for electronic resources, the catalogue and much more.

Reading Lists, Tracklists, Feminists

We're compiling reading lists to reflect the various course handbooks at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. These lists will be available via Moodle/Mahara for our staff and students, but will also be available via our online catalogue (http://prism.talis.com/rcs/).

But did you know you can also compile tracklists on our streaming services, Naxos and Alexander Street Press's Classical Music Library?


Just for fun, let's start a tracklist. Give me your suggestions for classical music about strong women - like Wagner's The Ride of the Valkyries - and I'll compile a list after my week's annual leave.


Ian Higgins suggests via Twitter:-

"Beethoven's Leonore (esp the 3rd overture). Lots in Handel. Strong heroines in Berlioz - Cassandra, and Beatrice in his Much Ado."

Another suggestion via Twitter, from @Schopflin:-

"Characters like Norma and Susanna in Figaro?"