Examples:
ProTools
bowing techniques
charlie parker

Author -- When you know either the last name, or the first and last names of the author of an article.

Examples:
wilkins or
wilkins robert
Enter last name, then first name

Document Type -- Use this feature to narrow your search, especially for research or book review articles.

Example: Click "Select from a list," type Recording Review, Research, or Book Review, etc.
C lick LOOK FOR and click OK. Continue with other search criteria.

Publication -- Specify the title of the journal from which the article comes.
Example: type opera news or click "Select from a list" and fill in the "Publication" box. Click LOOK FOR.

Language -- Use to specify the language of the item.
Type  English or click Select from a list, type the language and click LOOK FOR, then OK.

Publication Date

Use to specify the publishing date of the article.
Type in beginning and ending dates (inclusive) of publication.

Examples:

jazz and blues
jazz or blues
jazz not blues
music education and teaching myths


Proximity Searching -- (near, fby [followed by]) - Use to find one term within a specific distance of another.

Examples:
funding near arts
chorus near.3 symphony [finds chorus within 3 words of symphony]
symphony fby.3 chorus [finds symphony followed by up to 3 words of chorus]

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