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Music Resources

Databases

Online Catalog

  • To find music items in the library, search in Keyword. Examples:
    • For CD’s about jazz music: jazz AND sound recording
    • For music scores: Beethoven AND scores
  • A location of AIKEN Media means that the item is kept at the Circulation Desk. Media items (CDs, Videos, and DVDs) may be checked out for 1 week with no grace period.

JSTOR

  • Use Advanced Search, type search terms and select �Music� in Discipline
  • Includes the full text of Ethnomusicology from 1953 to about 4 years ago.

Grove Music Online

  • Includes full-text from the following reference sources (NOT periodicals):
    • The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (second edition)
    • The New Grove Dictionary of Opera
    • The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (second edition).

Naxos Music Library

  • A collection of music recordings online.
  • Covers classical music but also has a world/folk category.

Print Resources

  • Books — on RESERVE (Ask at the Circulation desk, you will need your ID to check them out.)
    • Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Ref. ML100 .G16 1998
    • Garland Handbook of African Music Ref. ML199 .G54 1999
    • Garland Handbook of Latin American Music Ref. ML199 .G36 2000e
    • World Music Ref. ML3545 W66 1994
    • World Musics in Context Ref. ML160 .F64 2001
  • Books — in the REFERENCE section (Cannot be checked out.)
    • New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians Ref. ML100 .N48 2001
    • New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments Ref. ML102 .I5 .N48 1984
    • Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World Ref. ML102.P66 C66 2003
  • Journals
    • Ethnomusicology PER ML 1 .E77
    • Popular Music and Society PER ML 1 .P69457

Internet Resources

  • World-wide Internet Music Resources

http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources Contains a large listing of sites under genres and types of music relating to the study of world music. (Maintained by the Indiana University School of Music.)

  • Web Resources for Research in Music

http://www.music.ucc.ie/ A large collection of resources relating to the study of all types of music. (From the National University of Ireland.)

Last modified on: July 10, 2007, at 02:39 AM