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Steelband Research Documentation

Source: Edric and Pearl Connor Papers

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Elements of the citation

• Author/s

• Title

• Edition

• Place of publication

• Publisher

• Date

• Format

• Author/s

• Title of article

• Source of article

• Date

• Edition

• Page

• Format

BOOK NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS

John, Deborah. “Panorama Semi-Finals: Intense Musical Rivalry Expected.” Daily Express 28 Jan. 2010: p.7. Print.

Authors• Invert names of authors

mentioned first i.e. surname, forename

• Second named authors are not inverted

• If no names are available, start with the title.

John, Deborah. “Panorama Semi-Finals: Intense Musical

Rivalry Expected.” Daily Express 28 Jan. 2010: p.7. Print.

Titles

• Capitalize principal words inclusive of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.

• Punctuation marks: place inverted commas around the title of the article

• Insert colons between the main title and subtitle

• Use Italics for the newspaper source

John, Deborah. “Panorama Semi-Finals: Intense Musical Rivalry Expected.” Daily Express 28 Jan. 2010, Lifestyle sec.: p.7. Print.

Edition• This also covers

supplements and sections. Include the edition only if it is mentioned on the masthead of the newspapers.

Day month year• Abbreviate all months of

the year except May, June, July

• Place a period at the end of the abbreviated month

Date

Page numbers• Cite the page number as

given on the resource e.g. p. 3

• If the story is on several pages use the plus sign+ after the number of the first page

Type of resource you accessed to gather your information e.g. Print, Online

Format

Try it!John, Deborah. “Panorama Semi-Finals: Intense Musical Rivalry Expected.” Daily Express 28 Jan. 2010, sec 2: p.7. Print.

Blackman, D. Anthony. “Savannah Party on Sunday: It’s All About the Track.” Trinidad Guardian 28 Jan. 2010: B1+. Print.

Description or abstract

• “A carefully constructed, condensedrepresentation and interpretation of thepaper, written with selected, high-content bearing words and phrases.”

Source: Cleveland, Donald B. and Ana D. Cleveland. Introduction to Indexing and Abstracting. Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, 2001

Objectives of Abstracts

• To create a short narrative of the document’s content

• To reflect the full meaning and purpose of the paper • To be self contained• To help users decide whether or not to read the

original document

Description

• What does the article describe?

• Does it discuss an event, place, thing, person, concept, time period, experiment?

• Does it provide factual information, opinions, evaluations?

Examples of short abstracts

Example 1.It lists the steelbands which were selected for the panorama semi finals 2010.

Example 2.An interview with Ken Professor Philmore.

Informative• Provides as much historical, quantitative and

qualitative data as possible

• Consider the areas that pan researchers will be interested in.

Example of an informative abstract

An interview with Liam Teague, professor of music anddirector of the Northern Illinois University Steelband ispresented. When asked about pan music teaching, hestresses the importance of knowing the history of the steelpan because it will impact the way a musician forms a pieceand will help him or her with the respect of the tradition. Heshares that one of his achievements is recording theConcerto for Pan and Orchestra with the Chicago Sinfoniettain 1995. He advises that doing the things a person lovescontribute to his or her success in life.

Taken from EBSCO Host database: “Liam TeagueInterview.”Canadian Music Educator: Musicien éducateur au Canada.

Example of a detailed abstract.• The article highlights the pan fraternity’s need for

further support in Trinidad and Tobago which caninclude preserving the archives and providingadditional funding. It also points out that thecalypsonians have been avid supporters ofpanmen through praise songs and cites LordKitchener as the first calypsonian to sing a praisesong about panmen in 1946. It is accompanied byphotographs of Lord Kitchener, Black Stalin andCatelli Trinidad All Stars.

Keywords

• Consists of significant names, words, places, events, subjects mentioned in the article.

• LOOK FOR:

– what is the work about

– Author’s purpose

– Intended audience

– Special features or format

This is your slide!!

• Tell me about the areas of research for pan.

• Panorama, Pan arrangement, Steel drum, pan pioneers, flag wavers, chromaticism, re-harmonization, Ping pong, Bore pan, Engine room, Arrangers, Innovations, pan in schools, Pan sticks, pan yards, pan jazz, ramajay, pan round the neck, pan trinbago, Standardiztion, Tambu bambu