ArtFilms

WE HAVE A TRIAL TO ARTFILMS UNTIL 31ST DECEMBER 2018!

 Artfilms streams thousands of videos of masterclasses, documentaries, and interviews covering dance, design, education, film and television, music, performance art and theatre.

Staff and students of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland will have received an email (dated 8 October 2018) with the login details for this trial.  We warmly welcome staff and student feedback, so please do email the library to let us know what you think of it.  

If you like it, we might subscribe.  If you don't tell us, we might think you're not keen ... 

TO ACCESS OFFSITE PLEASE CLICK HERE

Whitaker Library Trial of Medici TV

We currently have a trial of Medici TV for all of our staff and students.

Medici is a streaming service that covers concerts and archived historical concerts, operas, ballets, documentaries, artist portraits, educational programs and master classes. There is so much to get your teeth into!

The events that are broadcast live are from venues such as Carnegie Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Concertgebouw, Teatro alla Scala, Berliner Philharmonie, Salle Pleyel, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Verbier Festival and Salzburger Festspiele.

You can access this resource at the RCS as well as at home and it is available on all digital devices including tablets and smartphones (iOS and Android).

The trial ends on the 6^th of February so please make the most of it and let the Whittaker Library know what you think!

Web Resource Trials for Musicians in Edinburgh

If you’re an Edinburgh based musician, you might like to know that the National Library of Scotland is trialling some online database subscriptions at the moment.  For example, you can go to the NLS and get access to back copies of music journals.  The back copies are historical, to say the least – not recent back copies!  But there are also newer materials ... you'll need to check these out for yourself!  (NLS also has a Kelvinhall site in Glasgow, now, too.)

Trials are on-site (using NLS computers), so you do have to go to the National Library of Scotland to try out these offerings, but if you use the NLS service, the music librarian is asking for feedback!  See below. 

The National Library of Scotland is currently trialling electronic reference services providing retrospective access to music periodicals:-

RIPM Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals (1800-1950)

RIPM Online Archive of Music Periodicals (Full-Text)

RIPM e-Library of Music Periodicals

Trial access is for onsite users only but feedback can be given via an online survey:

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/57H9CQC

The trial ends on 6 Nov 2016.

For enquiries email music@nls.uk.

It's not the Format, but the Content! Oxford Handbooks - Music

The Whittaker Library currently has a trial of Oxford Handbooks Online for music students and staff at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

We're not promoting this just because it's "more online stuff", but because this is truly world-class, quality material which we think our readers will be able to make good use of.  So, if you're part of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland community - whether you're registered on music or other courses - do take a look.  There are just 23 online Oxford Handbooks in music, but they cover many relevant and contemporary aspects of the subject.

Because it is a trial, access is only within the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland buildings, and it continues until 30th June 2015.  Look for our name, and click "Sign in", then use your usual RCS username and password

Visit the Collection here.
 
The Oxford Handbooks series brings together the world’s leading scholars to write articles that survey the current state of scholarship in their field. The articles review the key issues, reveal original arguments and concepts, and set the agenda for new research.

This free access is available until 30^th June 2015

Music Manuscripts - a RISM Trial for the Whittaker Library at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Valuable Music Manuscripts Accessible Online

Musicologists at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland will be interested to learn that a trial is available until 21st February, to RISM - Series A/II: Music Manuscripts after 1600. 

This resource can also be cross-searched with the other music resources via this link.  Further information is available here.

NB Staff and students of the Conservatoire are reminded that online resource trials are set up for on-site use, within the campus buildings.

Trial of RILM Retrospective - find very old AND very new articles about music

The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland subscribes to RILM already, offering music staff and students the best online way of sourcing articles and other writings about music.  It's a quality product - readers are warmly encouraged to explore its coverage.  Registered staff and students can access it anywhere, on any online device, using their Conservatoire login details.

Try an extended database online, on Conservatoire premises!

Now, however, there's more on offer!  We have a trial until 21st February, of RILM Retrospective, which offers a hugely extended dataset going back to 1899.  The trial searches both RILM and Retrospective simultaneously, but - unlike our subscription to the modern database, the trial can only be accessed on Royal Conservatoire of Scotland premises.  (This is because the trial requires our IP address range, rather than using individual readers' logins.)

IMPORTANT

Boxes down the left side of the screen enable you to refine your search.  To succeed in finding older material, the "Full text" option must NOT be checked.

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Video Trial for Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Staff and Students

Academic Video – Alexander Street Press

Staff and students at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland currently have on-site trial access to over 17,000 streamed video/moving image resources across a range of subject collections including dance, opera, theatre, film studies, classical music, musical performance, opera, education, and more.

Access

To access the video resources simply point your browser to one or both of the following URLs:

·         http://search.alexanderstreet.com/music-performing-arts

·         http://vast.alexanderstreet.com

Please note, this access is only until 30^th November, so make the most of it while you can!  Today is the start of our independent study week, so theoretically you have a bit more freedom to schedule in some quality viewing time!  Let us know how you get on.

Sheet Music Library Trial Access for Royal Conservatoire of Scotland readers

Whittaker Library trials new online resource!

We have trial campus-only access to a sheet music library, Library Music Source, at  http://www.librarymusicsource.com/ until 19 October 2013.  Staff and students of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland can try it out on Royal Conservatoire premises.*  If you like it, tell us!

There's some really good stuff on this database - give it a go!

* because it's a trial, we had to register all Conservatoire IP addresses.  Therefore, registered staff and students can only trial this resource in Conservatoire buildings - there is no external access.  You don't need a personal login.

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Staff and Students Trial Oxford Bibliographies

Here’s an exciting free trial for an online music resource, for staff and students of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.   It’s available until 29^th June via internal access.

A member of our teaching staff asked about this, and it looks potentially very useful. (Oxford is the publisher that already gives us Grove Music online – an invaluable resource.)   The Whittaker Library is looking forward to getting feedback from members of the RCS community.  Details of the Trial :-

"Welcome to Oxford Bibliographies –  free trial access to the Music module is available to Royal Conservatoire staff and students until 29th June 2013

Your trial provides access to exclusive, authoritative research guides developed cooperatively with scholars and librarians worldwide. Combining the best features of an annotated bibliography and a high-level encyclopedia, this resource guides researchers to the best available scholarship across a wide variety of subjects.

Site Access Information:

To begin using Oxford Bibliographies, visit http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com. Users accessing the site via registered IP addresses will be automatically authenticated. Once you are authenticated, you can begin to access your trial immediately. 

Get the most out of your trial by exploring available and forthcoming subjects, taking a quick guided tour, or visiting our Help section for quick answers to many common questions you might have."