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The guide is organized into the following set of pages:
About for Sound Beat features information from Sound Beat producer Jim O'Connor, including example Sound Beat episodes and date tools for choosing themed episodes.
Recording Details has instructions for locating the artist, label, catalog number, and recording session details.
Artist Biographies & Discographies features links to both print and online reference sources to locate recording details, artist biographies, and articles on music genres.
Historical Research features links to selected library databases as well as some background on the history of recorded sound.
Music Researchhas library databases for finding interviews, music journalism, and music academic writing.
Sheet Music and Liner Notes provides links to many useful free historic sheet music collections online as well as instructions for locating recordings and liner notes in SU Libraries' circulating collections.
Getting Help
For help, please contact:
music research or general questions: Rachel Fox Von Swearingen, Librarian for Music & Performing Arts, rsfoxvon@syr.edu
sound recording formats: Jim Meade, Audio Preservation Engineer, jcmeade@syr.edu
script writing: Jim O'Connor, Sound Beat Producer, jsoconno@syr.edu
Rimler, Walter. 2009. George Gershwin : An Intimate Portrait. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2009. eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost), EBSCOhost (accessed October 5, 2015).
Johnson, John Andrew, and Robert Wyatt. 2004. The George Gershwin Reader. New York: OUP Premium, 2004. eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost), EBSCOhost (accessed October 5, 2015).
Harris, Sidney. 1937. "Motion Pictures: "Shall we Dance"." The Billboard (Archive: 1894-1960), May 22, 25. http://search.proquest.com/docview/1032127625?accountid=14214.
