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AUDIO, MUSIC, & PROFESSIONAL RECORDING ARTS PROGRAM RESOURCES

The Art Institute of Vancouver Library carries many Audio resources that cover a variety of topics such as mixing, electronic music, post audio production, music theory, music composition, and much much more. Search the Voyager Library Catalogue to see what resources are available.

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AUDIO, MUSIC & PRA BOOKS

The Art Institute of Vancouver Library uses Library of Congress classification call numbers. Audio books are generally found in the call number range as follows:

KF 2994 - 4298
  Copyright, licensing, music & media law
M
  Music - General
ML
  Music Literature - Protools, Logic & Reason handbooks & guides; music industry & business, music as a profession; philisophical and societal aspects of music.
MT
  Musical instruction & study - Music theory, song writing, keyboarding, MIDI
TK
  Digital Audio Engineering - technical aspects of production, time codes, digital audio, microphones; telecommunication - radio, television, video
   
Career & Industry Books  
 
Additional Audio, Music & PRA books can be accessed on the Library Database Safari Technical E-Books where you will find E-Books on the Adobe Creative Suites (Dreamweaver, Flash, Illustrator, Photoshop, etc.), Protools, Logic, and a range of other related subjects.

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PERIODICALS & MAGAZINES
   
Music Magazines (PRINT):
 ONLINE Music Magazines (E-Zines):

Complete, up-dated information on the magazine collection can be found on the Voyager Library catalogue and a full list of titles can be found HERE.

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AUDIO, MUSIC & PRA WEBSITES
General Reference & Resources  
Music Industry & Business Music Associations
Music Theory & Ear Training Songwriting & Composition

 

Digital Audio Technology & Production Film & Game Music & Sound Design
Electronic Music Music Business - Industry Studies

 

Stock/Sound Libraries

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LIBRARY ONLINE RESOURCES (Subscription Databases)

The Art Institute of Vancouver Library is proud to offer a collection of excellent online database resources that Audio instructors and students can use. These resources are available for you to use at any of The Art Institute of Vancouver campuses or remotely from home for your study, research, work, and leisure needs.

**Please note that you must obtain the necessary Access USER IDs & Passwords from the library to use these resources.  Please drop by at any Art Institute of Vancouver Library location, call, or email the library staff to obtain the necessary information.**

  • Firstcom Music
    UNLIMITED downloads and full access to Firstcom’s library of over 140,000 post production music tracks. Clips may be included in internet sharing, webcasts, postcasts, cellular and mobile devices and social networks; non-broadcast audio, video, digital media; corporate intranet, and/or closed circuit communications productions. Audio MUST NOT BE USED IN ANY COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION!
  • H. W. WilsonWeb Omnifile Full Text Select
    Periodical database that provides full-text articles with their accompanying indexing and abstracts on topics in the arts, applied and pure sciences, social science, education, humanities, legal and business fields. Contains full text of articles from over 2500 publications, some back to 1982.
  • Proquest Bigchalk Electric Library
    ELibrary offers a broad range of full-text and multimedia content, including a digital archive of information sources of more than 2700 full-text periodicals, international newswires, classic books, maps, photographs, and major literary, art, and reference titles.
  • Proquest “Big Bundle"
    Proquest Guide (PDF)
    One stop access to THOUSANDS of periodical magazine, newspaper, trade and scholarly publications including Proquest Research Library; ABI Complete which covers business, economics, product and competitive info, corporate and management techniques and strategies; National Newspapers 27 which provides articles from major regional dailies; and Proquest Psychology which encompasses a range of topics from over 500 leading psychology publications
  • Safari Technical E-Books
    Sample Searches Search Guide (PDF)
    An electronic library collection of over 7800 e-books in a fully searchable database from Addison-Wesley, Peachpit Press, Adobe Press, and many other top technology publishers, covering Adobe, Maya, Photoshop, and much more.
  • VTC (Virtual Training Company)
    VTC Technical FAQs (PDF)
    VTC provides online streaming access to over 81,000+ Flash and Quicktime video tutorials covering Animation & 3D, Audio, Business Applications, Graphics & Layout, Internet & Web Design, Multimedia & Film, and MORE!
MEDIA COLLECTIONS (Sound Effects, Stock Footage, DVD's, etc.)
  • BBC SOUND EFFECTS LIBRARY - A maximum of 2 CDs can be loaned out at a time.  You may search the index of the series from our online Catalogue & Collection page.

  • GENERAL 6000 SERIES Sound Effects - A maximum of 2 CDs can be loaned out at a time. Click HERE to search the index.

  • DIGITAL JUICE (DJ) - Sound Effects, Animation, Stock Footage, and more. The Digital Juice (DJ) collection is one of the few electronic resources that can not be accessed online. In order to search the collection and access files, you must use come to the Renfrew library. The DJ collection can be found on three of the library's Apple computers.

  • First Com Sound Effects – Online, downloadable sound effects.

Do you know of any other resources to add? Having trouble finding the information that you need? Need the user access codes for these databases? Please contact the Library for help, or if you have any comments or resource suggestions.

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Last updated 1 February, 2012