How to Use DDM (Instructions & Procedures)

Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology
http://ams-net.org/ddm

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Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology (DDM) contains bibliographic records about more than 16,400 dissertations, dating from 1871 to the present. Search results and detailed records can be achieved by performing a basic 

search or an advanced search. Most of those records include one or more 

codes that can be used to find a dissertation’s abstract or to order a copy of the document itself. 

DDM - Basic Search

1. Type one or more search terms into the search box. (For example, you could type an author/composer’s name, genre, style, and/or period. You can separate your search terms with commas, but you don’t have to. Results will only display items that contain all of your search terms.)

2. Choose, optionally, to sort your results by name or year and/or filter them by type.

3. Click Basic Search.

4. Click a work's title in the search results to see its detailed record. 

5. Click Modify Search or start again, if there are no search results.

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DDM - Advanced Search

1. Type one or more search terms into one or more of the search fields. (You can separate your search terms with commas, but you don’t have to. You can also go directly to Step 2 or combine Steps 1 and 2.)

2. Select a Classification, Period, and/or Subject. 
   (Results will only display items that contain all of your search terms and selections.)

3. Choose, optionally, to sort your results by name or year and/or filter them by type.

4. Click Advanced Search.

5. Click a work's title in the search results to see its detailed record. 

6. Click Modify Search or start again, if there are no search results.

 

Abstracts and Subject Headings
  (if a detailed DDM record provides a RILM code and your library subscribes to RILM)

1. Highlight and copy the RILM code (including the year, the dash, and the item number).

2. Open the RILM Abstracts of Music Literature database on your library’s website.

3. Select the Accession Number (AN) field and paste the code into the search box.

4. Click Search.

5. Click on the dissertation’s title to see its subject headings and/or abstract.
    

Ordering a Copy of a Dissertation

  (if a detailed DDM record provides a ProQuest code)

1. Highlight and copy the ProQuest publication number.

2. Click the link to the ProQuest Dissertation Express web site.

3. Paste the copied publication number into the Publication Number field.

4. Click Search.

5. Click on Order a copy, if ProQuest finds the dissertation.
   (You’ll need to have an account set up and a way to make your payment.)