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SU Users Classical Music Library   (Classical International, Inc.)   some full text
close to 25,000 streaming classical music recordings; program notes and biographical information ; Click here for system requirements.
Available on-campus Dictionary of North American Hymnology   some full text
comprehensive master bibliography and index of hymn collections published in the United States and Canada from 1640-1978 ; see 2nd Floor Reference Desk for assistance
SU Users Grove Music Online   (Macmillan)   some full text
all aspects of music; as of March 2008 relaunched as part of Oxford Music Online; includes New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, New Grove Dictionary of Opera
SU Users JSTOR   some full text
multi-disciplinary scholarly journal archive ; may not include most recent 3-5 years
SU Users Musical America
historical reference resource for articles on some of your favorite artists and musicians; listings section of the site is comprised of the over 14,000 contacts and addresses
SU Users Oxford Music Online  some full text
all aspects of music ; includes the Oxford Dictionary of Music, the Oxford Companion to Music, and Grove Music Online
Available on and off-campus with valid Samford UserID Performing Arts  (OUP)
search Oxford reference resources in performing arts
SU Users RILM Abstracts of Music Literature   (EBSCO)
citations on international music ; 1967-present
Available on-campus Sacred Piano Literature: A Comprehensive Survey for the Church Musician some full text
nearly 5,000 entries organized by hymn tune name or first line and labeled according to six levels of difficulty ; publisher contact information included
Available on-campus Sibelius Instruments   some full text
interactive encyclopedia of instruments, bands, orchestras and ensembles ; with full details of instrument characteristics, how to write for them, and hundreds of high-quality recordings ; visit the Reference Desk for assistance
 
Access   Relevant
SU Users Biography & Genealogy Master Index   (Thomson Gale)
current and retrospective international biographical indexing ; persons living and deceased
SU Users Dissertation Abstracts   (OCLC/FirstSearch)
1861-present ; dissertations are not widely available
SU Users Encyclopaedia Britannica   some full text
multi-disciplinary
Available on and off-campus with valid Samford UserID Multi-Disciplinary Resources 
multi-disciplinary databases covering all academic subjects
SU Users Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature   (Wilson)
comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and Canada; 1982-present
SU Users Reader's Guide Retrospective   (Wilson)
comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the U.S. ; reflects the history of 20th century America; 1890-1982; index continues in print in the Reference Dept.; 1982-present
 
Access   Reference Books
Public Garland Encyclopedia of World Music
Ref   ML 100 .G16 1998
Public German Poetry in Song
Ref   ML 128 .S3 S66 1995
Public Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music
Ref   ML 102 .P66 G84 1995
Public Hymntune Index and Related Hymn Materials
Ref   ML 3186 .W2 1998
Public Index to Poetry in Music
Ref   ML 128 .S3 B73 2003x
Public International Phonetic Alphabet for Singers
Ref   ML 872 .W355 1989x
SU Users The Oxford Companion to Music  some full text
SU Users The Oxford Dictionary of Music  some full text
Public Oxford History of Western Music
Ref   ML 160 .T18 2005
Public Word-by-Word Translations of Songs and Arias
Ref   ML 54.6 .W65 1966
 
Access   Selected Web Sites
Public All-Music Guide
Public American Memory from the Library of Congress Sheet Music Collections  
Go to website and choose Performing Arts, Music
Public The Aria Database
Public Bringing Sheet Music to Life: Optical Music Recognition
Public CAIRSS for Music
Public The Classical Music Navigator
Public Digital Resources - Music and Performing Arts
Public Digital Library Sheet Music Project  (UCLA Music Library)
over 120 digitized songs
Public Fair Use and Copyright    (Simmons College)
Public The Golden Pages: Links for Musicians on the WWW
Public Internet Broadway Database
Public The Lied and Art Song Texts Page
Public Musicals101.com
Public Opera Glass. A detailed and comprehensive resource about opera from Stanford University
Public Pronouncing Dictionary of Music and Musicians
titles of classical music and the names of composers and performers ; arranged alphabetically
Public Public Domain Music
Public Smithsonian Global Sound (SGS)
Public Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip (Library of Congress)
Public 21st Century Music. This journal is edited by Mark Alburger and contains concert reviews, recording reviews, and interviews.
Public University of Tennessee Song Index
Public The Virtual Instrument Museum
Public Werner Icking Music Archive. Web archive of public domain sheet music, primarily classical.
Public Worldwide Internet Music Resources
Public WWW Sites of Interest to Musicologists   (American Musicological Society)
 
Access   Resources by Location
1st floor
Multimedia
  Compact Discs

1st floor
Scores
  Companions to Hymns

Lower Level
Annex
  LP Recordings

3rd floor   Music Books (Circulating)
    Song Lyrics Collections pre-1800: ML 54.7
    Song Lyrics Collections 1800 - : ML 54.6

2nd floor   Music Reference Books and Indices

1st floor
North
  Scores