Research Guides: HLMU 2310: Intro to Music Literature: Books and Peer Review

Book and Peer Review Assignment

Select a newly published book on any topic of music history that interests you. Before skimming or reading the book, make sure there it has at least one published book review.

For example, let's say you want to use this book for your assignment:

A Woman's Voice in Baroque Music: Mariane Von Ziegler and J. S. Bach by Mark A. Peters
Call #: MAIN 782.24 Z66P
Publication Date: 2008

Next, find a book review using a database like JSTOR.

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JSTOR is an interdisciplinary archive of over one thousand leading academic journals from the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work.
JSTOR is an interdisciplinary archive of over one thousand leading academic journals from the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work. It is full-text searchable and includes images. There are embargos of between 3-5 years for most journal titles. Journals are always included from volume 1, issue 1.

Use the Advanced Search and narrow item type to "Reviews".

Find a review that matches your book in the results list.

Make sure the review includes title of the book (for example A Woman's Voice in Baroque Music). Some reviews may include multiple books, like the first result; other may review just your book, like the second result below: