Pat Thomson suggests reasons why journals reject papers

Anyone in the business of writing and submitting articles will read Pat Thomson's latest blogpost with considerable interest:-

Seven Reasons why Journals Reject Papers

Pat's writing always comes highly recommended!

Les Sirenes Hit Headlines

Winning Choir of the Year, our own Les Sirenes - under the baton of Director Andrew Nunn - have made it onto the front cover of Choir and Organ magazine (March/April 2013), and there's an article about them on pages 68-70.

The latest issue is in the Whittaker Library - not available for loan yet, but do take a look next time you're in the Library!

Our thanks to Andrew for alerting us to this excellent article.

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Have you planned what articles you can publish?

Writing from the thesis: the publishing plan

A blogpost by Nottingham Education Professor Pat Thomson.  ('Patter', to her blog-following friends.) 

Feed your mind: Zetoc sends you useful journal articles

Have you come across "current awareness" services? In academia, there's a great service called Zetoc, which alerts you to useful articles on your chosen topic(s).

• Zetoc http://zetoc.mimas.ac.uk/

The 'toc' stands for 'Table of Contents'. With Zetoc, you select which journals and keywords you want to be alerted to.  It's good for keeping up to date, and alerting you to things you might not otherwise have come across.

Until recently, there was another similar service called TicTocs.  This has now ceased, so if you used to use it, you might consider transferring to Zetoc now.

Early Music History 30th anniversary special edition

The journal, Early Music History, has reached its 30th anniversary.  A special issue has been produced to commemorate this, and it contains the editor's choice of memorable articles. 

• Look inside:  Table of Contents (Vol.30, 2011)

Direct access from within the Royal Conservatoire building. Institutional login from outwith the premises. (Conservatoire staff and students can identify us from a list of institutions, then use their normal Conservatoire login.)

• Any of our students interested in the question of PITCH in early music will be keen to read this one:-

Susan Rankin - 'On the treatment of pitch in early music writing' ( Susan Rankin (2011). Early Music History, 30 , pp 105-175 doi:10.1017/S0261127911000039

Library History Essay Prize

The eponymous 'Whittaker' of the Whittaker Library (aka Karen McAulay) published an article about cultural nationalism in national song collections, in Library and Information History journal (2010). 


It has just won Emerald Publishing's 2011 Library History Essay Prize!  More info on the Library and Information History Group blog.

Zetoc alerts

Time for a quick reminder!  If you'd like regular updates on new scholarly articles in your area of expertise, then Zetoc is what you need.  Sign up, specify what you want, and you'll be emailed whenever anything interesting comes up.

Sounds simple?  It is!  Click here.

JSTOR - what can you do in 2.5 minutes?

• Buy a gift online? (maybe)
• Drink a coffee? (debatable)
• Learn how to search a database for useful magazine articles? You can watch a FLASH video on how to search or browse JSTOR in a mere 2.5 minutes. Get your hands on a whole range of journal articles to broaden your understanding of any musical topic. Recommended. Click here to find out more.