Here are some tips for doing musicology research online:

• Rather than print out large PDFs, save them so you can scan through them on screen. If you need to print out certain pages, you can do this later.
  
  
• Remember to note down the exact website address, date and time you accessed it when printing or saving documents. You will need this information when putting together your reference list for essays.
  
  
• If the website shows a particular article you want, but only the abstract or short citation is provided, you have several options. Firstly, try the journal or publication title in the library catalogue to see if you can obtain access that way. If not, try searching one or more of the databases which the library subscribes to – these contain many full-text articles. If you are unsure what database to search or how to search it, contact the Reference Librarian on 6226 2225 (Hobart).
  
  
• Most electronic journals have something called a “sample issue” available on their website. This is a complete full-text version of a past issue, which is made available for potential subscribers to view. So even if the journal is not available in full-text online or the UTAS library does not subscribe to it, you may be lucky enough to find the perfect article in one of the sample issues.
  
  
• Many researchers focus on one or two particular areas for a couple of years or more. If you find a paper written by a particular author but are unable to access that specific paper, try searching under that author’s name in the library catalogue or in the databases. It is likely that that author published papers on the same topic in other journals or publications. If the author’s name is a common one, remember to combine the author’s name with a subject keyword to limit your search to relevant results.