Band Instrument Repair: Band Instrument Repair

This page provides tips for choosing the best resources for your band instrument research.

How To Find the Information You Need.

Broad Searches  If you want to see large amounts of information - books, journal articles, DVDs and more -  and you don’t mind looking at a few things that you might not need, use RTC's OneSearch.

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Focused Searches  When you know exactly what you need.

• If you need journal articles, click on the Articles tab above, and learn about ProQuest and other databases.
• If you need books, click on the Books tab, and learn how to find books in the RTC Library Catalog (try Advanced Search!), or eBooks in the RTC databases.
• If you need web resources, click on the Web Sites tab. This page lists helpful web sites on many instrument related topics.

Not Finding What You Want?

• Try another way of describing your topic.  Instead of "flute" try "wind instrument". Instead of "concert" try "performance", and so on.

• Think about the age of the material you need.
  • If you are researching something that is a established fact, try books or encyclopedias (found in the RTC Catalog), or eBooks (found in Credo Reference or the Community College eBook Collection through the RTC Library Database page). Examples of established facts include "the history of brass instruments" or "guitar repair."
  • If you are researching something new, like "current trends in school bands", try journal and newspaper articles (available in ProQuest on the database page.)

Need More Help?

If you're not sure what you need, or how to begin, come in to the RTC Library, call us at (425) 235-2331, or email us at librarian@RTC.edu. If it's after hours, try our reference chat service AskWA.  We'll be glad to help!