Featured Library Resources
Critters and Company by
Children will sing, dance, and learn with these songs about the things that matter most in their lives. The book focuses on animals and contains over 250 activities, literacy links, fun facts, vocabulary lists and themed connections. The accompanying CD contains 27 songs.
Children's Jukebox by
When it comes to keeping children engaged, take a clue from the Pied Piper: Music does the trick. The 548 recordings listed in Children's Jukebox offer a rich source of largely untapped material to energize children's experiences with storytimes or classroom presentations.This new must-have reference doubles the number of musical recordings from the first edition with selections sorted into 147 subject headings, plus subcategories. It's easy to: find the right song for the right occasion; learn about little-known songs discovered by the author; access web-based resources for more information on the artists and to order popular or hard-to-find recordings; and plan collection development and programming using the in-depth resources of the comprehensive discography.These nearly 550 children's recordings are among the best of the best, including Parent's Choice Award winners, ALA Notable Recordings, Grammy Award winners, and sleeper recordings the author discovered over many years of reviewing for School Library Journal and Booklist. The 45 recommendations for a core children's music collection provides librarians the essentials for a well-balanced collection.All children's librarians, school librarians, preschool, early childhood, elementary and head start educators - even parents - will want to put their hands on Children's Jukebox
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Subject Searches
Try searching the library catalogue using some of the following subject terms:
- Music appreciation
- Instrumental music
- Guitar methods
- School music
- Singing
- Singing games
- Folk music
Hint: Adding subheadings can focus your search!
- Singing instruction and study A search of the UofA Library catalogue for books on the subject of Singing AND Instruction and study.
- Music appreciation juvenile A search of the UofA Library catalogue for books on the subject of music appreciation AND juvenile.
Looking for songbooks or song-based picture books? Try subject searches for
- Children's songs - Texts A search of the UofA Library catalogue for books on the subject of Children's songs - Texts.
- School songbooks A search of the UofA Library catalogue for books on the subject of school songbooks.
- Children's songs A search of the UofA Library catalogue for books on the subject of children's songs.
"Sound" Advice
Looking for recorded music?
Choose "Other Search Options" (located just below the search box) and select "Format: Music/Sound" before you submit your search.
Sheet Music
When looking for children's sheet music, try starting with an advanced search. Place the search "songs AND children" in the Select a Field category. Limit the format to "Music Scores" from the Resource Type pull-down list.
- songs AND children A search of the UofA Library catalogue for songs AND children. To limit to sheet music, select Music Scores under the Resource Type option on the left.
Online Reference Resources
- Encyclopedia of Music in Canada This database is based on and will update the Second Edition of The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada (1992).
- Garland Encyclopedia of World Music This link opens in a new window The |Garland Encyclopedia of World Music| covers the music of all the world's peoples. The first release of the online version includes the complete contents of the the 10 volume print set. Future releases will contain more indexing as well as links to the associated audio examples for each volume.
- Oxford Music Online (formerly Grove Music Online) Encyclopedic coverage of music and musicians. Comprises Grove Music Online, the Oxford Dictionary of Music and the Oxford Companion to Music.
Databases
Search these databases to find articles on music and music education.