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[elucreh]

Dear Powers That Be:

HOW MANY ARTICLES ON MUSIC AND TODDLERS CAN THERE POSSIBLY BE IN THIS DATABASE?

BETTER QUESTION: WHY DO I HAVE TO LOOK OVER 830 SEARCH RESULTS TO FIND, MAXIMUM, TWENTY. DAMN. RELEVANT RESULTS????????

Seriously. I have clicked and re-clicked the "AND" option, yet it still insists on showing me a zillion articles that contain ONLY "music" or "toddlers." Moreover, there is no "NOT" option, and I am really, really, REALLY sick of getting excited and clicking something only to discover that it is YET ANOTHER article about music for toddlers at risk for autism, deafness, or other disabilities. Not that it's not awesome that music can help them, but SERIOUSLY, NOT WHAT I PERSONALLY AM LOOKING FOR AT THE MOMENT.

Also, this library is creepy. And freezing cold.

And I am whiny and petty and can't even feel ashamed of it. WHY DID I DECIDE TO GET MY EDUCATION, WHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHY?????????????????


Yrs in crankiness,
Lu

P.S. Why do all the promising articles cost money to read?

P.P.S. What the hell does that MEAN, "culturally deaf"??

Comments

[thalialunacy.livejournal.com]

Because NOTHING is cuter than toddlers making music?

And I don't even like kids, but come ON. NOTHING. Cuter.

:D

[eviljen341.livejournal.com]

try looking up something more specific. Like what about specific methods used to teach music to children (Kindermusik, musikgarten, etc.) or famous early childhood music educators like Dalcroze.

Also, I just finished reading the most FABULOUS memoir on Childhood Education. The whole time I was reading it I kept thinking "Lu needs to read this!", so I'm sending it to you. It is translated to English from Japanese, so the writing isn't fantastic, but the story certainly is.

[florahart]

What database/service? Can you simply specify AND (all-caps) in the text of the search (some you can).

Also, re costing money: are you coming in via your library's website? There are scads of journals which do cost money to read but to which many universities have some level of access due to licensed packages, but frequently if you get to them via some other means, even if you are sitting in the library at the time (and hence have a library IP), you can't see them.

re: creepy: fail. It's just silly to make a creepy library. *nods*

[mrsquizzical.livejournal.com]

have you narrowed it down, maybe to .... like 'kodaly' or something like that? surely there would be something handy there.

and good for you. seriously. you're doing this cos otherwise you end up like me. :~P

[flamingsword.livejournal.com]

Culturally deaf means people raised by, with, or around deaf people in a largely ASL-speaking/signing society. Similar to how a Spanish-speaking culture looks at the world differently, those who are culturally deaf do not view their difference as a disability. THAT is "deaf" to them, whether they can hear or not. It really is a separate culture.