LibGuides: Music: Home

How To Get Help

Instructional/Outreach Librarian
Raven Johnston 903-510-2308

Interlibrary Loan/Acquisitions
Lilly Smith 903-510-2645

Reference Librarian
Leif Pierson 903-510-3149

Librarian
Nathan Stiles 903-510-2110

Circulation Desk
903-510-2502

TJC HelpDesk Technical Help
903-510-2413

Library Hours

Fall and Spring
Mon - Thu       7:30 to 11:30
Friday          7:30 to 5:00
Saturday         10:00 to 2:00
Sunday          1:00 to 9:00

Summer I and II
Mon - Thurs 8:00 to 9:00
Friday 8:00 to 5:00

May Term
Mon - Fri 8:00 to 5:00

Off Campus Library Support Guide

See our Off Campus Library Services subject guide for detailed information regarding our off-campus services and support.

Contacts/Help

TXT us at 903-702-0362

Music

"C scale notation over musical staff" by Horia Varlan is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Department Information

Department Chair:

Heather Mensch
hmen2@tjc.edu
903-510-2214

Some TJC Library Databases

Credo Reference
Easy to use tool for research projects and homework that includes hundreds of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, quotations and subject specific titles as well as 200,000+ images and audio files and nearly 100 videos.
Education Research Complete
Very comprehensive collection of education journals covering all areas of education. Includes full-text of journals, books, monographs and conference papers.
Biography Reference Bank
Locate biographical information by occupation, gender, place of origin, birth date. Includes profiles of substantial length for over 600,000 individuals and many images.

Grove Music Online
This database combines several other music databases together in one resource. Oxford Companion to Music has over 8000 articles on composers, conductors, instruments, etc. Oxford Dictionary of Music offers more general articles. Encyclopedia of Popular Music covers over 100 years of rock, pop, and jazz artists.
IPA Source
A huge library that provides transliterations and translations of arias and other vocal literature.
Vocapedia
A new database by the National Association of Teachers of Singing that provides audio, video, and text resources in the area of voice and singing.
Classical Net
A variety of resources concerning classical music, including help for those new to the field.

Subject Guide

Leif Pierson

Contact:

903-510-3149

MUSI - Reserve Textbooks

The Enjoyment of Music by Kristine Forney; Andrew DellAntonio
Call Number: MUSI 1306
ISBN: 9780393543025
Publication Date: 2021-09-01

Journals and Magazines

This guide provides a topical list of all Journals and Magazines currently received by Tyler Junior College's Vaughn Library. Click the tabs above to see journals and magazines in that subject category.

Journals and Magazines

Interlibrary Loan

Can't find what you need after searching our collections? Complete an ILL form (see link below) and we'll be happy to request it for you from another library. Please allow 24 to 48 hours for article requests and approximately two weeks for book requests. For information, email Lilly Smith at lsmi2@tjc.edu or call 903-510-2645.

ILL Form
Form to make an Interlibrary Loan request