• This document describes how to make simple use of the provisional popular music studies online database.
• The database does not tell you where you can find the texts to which it refers.
• More instructions are given on the actual database site.
• For literature searches using Google please consult Web Browsing and Google Searches or Navigation et recherches Google

Accessing the database

Either directly here —> (http://iismc.cini.it/),

or, on Philip Tagg's homepage (http://tagg.org), click Bibliography online under Courses.

In both cases you will see this heading:

Search example: punk

1. Searching by “Author” [Search by Words in Title / Keywords]

Let's say you want to find details of Dave Laing's classic book on the subject.
You can't remember its title, just the fact that it's by Laing.

• Enter <Laing> in the field to the left of "Authors" and press "Find".
• Scroll down the list of texts by Laing until you find a title relevant to punk.
  You should find One Chord Wonders. Power and Meaning in Punk Rock, published in 1985.

• Click once on the actual title shown to view all bibliographical details. You should see:

• To copy these details into you bibliography, follow these instructions (shown later).
• Close the popup window showing the details.

2. Searching by “Words in the title” [Search by Author / Keywords]

• Click arrow to right of "Authors" and
  select "Words in title"
• Enter "punk" in search field on the left of "Words in title"
  and press "Find"       
  

• You should see a list of titles like this:

• If you want to know more about, say, title #3 (by O'Connor),
  click once on the actual title (starting "Popular Music, 21/2")
  and a popup window should show you something like this:

If you read the article and want to draw on it or quote something from it,
you'll need to reference this text correctly in your work.
To copy and paste such information, proceed as follows:

• Select the basic bibliographical details shown at the top of the popup window (highlighted here in blue)

• Use your computer's Copy facility (e.g. Cntrl-C in Windows).
• Open your word processing software (here Word) and use your computer's Paste facility
  (e.g. Cntrl-V in Windows) to insert the text into your document.

• Edit the pasted text so it conforms with norms of bibliographical presentation
  (e.g. as set out in Tagg's Tips, section 11.2.2 - 11.2.3., pp. 78-81), like this:

• Close the bibliographical details popup window.

3. Searching by “Keyword” [Search by Words in Title / Author]

• Click arrow to right of "Authors" or "Words in title" and
  select "Keywords"
  
• Enter "punk" in search field on the left of "Keywords" and press "Find".
  You will see a list of titles flagged with the keyword PUNK, like this.

• If you want to know more about any of the titles displayed, click on the actual title, as explained here.
• If you want to copy and paste bibliographical details from the database, follow these instructions.