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Classical Music Library (Classical International, Inc.)
close to 25,000 streaming classical music recordings; program notes and biographical information ;
Click here
for system requirements. | |||||
Dictionary of North American Hymnology
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 | |||||
Grove Music Online (Macmillan)
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 | |||||
JSTOR
multi-disciplinary scholarly journal archive ; may not include most recent 3-5 years | |||||
| 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historical reference resource for articles on some of your favorite artists and musicians;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 | |||||
Oxford Journals (Oxford University Press)
online journals from science, technical, professional, medical, humanities, arts, and social science disciplines ; coverage varies | |||||
Oxford Music Online
all aspects of music ; includes the Encyclopedia of Popular Music, the Oxford Dictionary of Music, the Oxford Companion to Music, and Grove Music Online | |||||
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Performing Arts (OUP)
search Oxford reference resources in performing arts | |||||
| RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (EBSCO)
citations on international music ; 1967-present | |||||
Sacred Piano Literature: A Comprehensive Survey for the Church Musician
nearly 5,000 entries organized by hymn tune name or first line and labeled
according to six levels of difficulty ; publisher contact information included | |||||
Sage Publications (Sage)
485 + journals in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine. | |||||
Sibelius Instruments
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
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Academic OneFile (Thomson Gale)
contains nearly 9,000 academic journals across science, humanities, and social science disciplines;
also includes major Thomson Gale reference sources such as the Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, Gale Encyclopedia of Science, and Dictionary of World Biography | |||||
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for nearly 4,650 serials, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed publications
in nearly every area of academic study | |||||
| Biography & Genealogy Master Index (Thomson Gale)
current and retrospective international biographical indexing ; persons living and deceased | |||||
| Dissertation Abstracts (OCLC/FirstSearch)
1861-present ; dissertations are not widely available | |||||
Encyclopaedia Britannica
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| Multi-Disciplinary Resources
multi-disciplinary databases covering all academic subjects | |||||
| Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature
comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest
periodicals published in the United States and Canada; print resource; 1982-2006 | |||||
| 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.; 1982-2006 | |||||
| Access | Reference Books | ||||
| Garland Encyclopedia of World Music
Ref ML 100 .G16 1998 | |||||
| German Poetry in Song
Ref ML 128 .S3 S66 1995 | |||||
| Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music
Ref ML 102 .P66 G84 1995 | |||||
| Hymntune Index and Related Hymn Materials
Ref ML 3186 .W2 1998 | |||||
| Index to Poetry in Music
Ref ML 128 .S3 B73 2003x | |||||
| International Phonetic Alphabet for Singers
Ref ML 872 .W355 1989x | |||||
The Oxford Companion to Music
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The Oxford Dictionary of Music
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| Oxford History of Western Music
Ref ML 160 .T18 2005 | |||||
| Word-by-Word Translations of Songs and Arias
Ref ML 54.6 .W65 1966 | |||||
| Access | Selected Web Sites | ||||
| All-Music Guide | |||||
| American Memory from the Library of Congress Sheet Music Collections Go to website and choose Performing Arts, Music | |||||
| The Aria Database | |||||
| Bringing Sheet Music to Life: Optical Music Recognition | |||||
| CAIRSS for Music | |||||
| The Classical Music Navigator | |||||
| Dramatis Personae Archive: History of 17th and 18th Century Performing Arts-University of Utah | |||||
| Digital Resources - Music and Performing Arts | |||||
| Digital Library Sheet Music Project (UCLA Music Library) over 120 digitized songs | |||||
| Fair Use and Copyright (Simmons College) | |||||
| The Golden Pages: Links for Musicians on the WWW | |||||
| Internet Broadway Database | |||||
| The Lied and Art Song Texts Page | |||||
| Musicals101.com | |||||
| Opera Glass. A detailed and comprehensive resource about opera from Stanford University | |||||
| Pronouncing Dictionary of Music and Musicians
titles of classical music and the names of composers and performers ;
arranged alphabetically | |||||
| Public Domain Music | |||||
| Smithsonian Global Sound (SGS) | |||||
| Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip (Library of Congress) | |||||
| 21st Century Music. This journal is edited by Mark Alburger and contains concert reviews, recording reviews, and interviews. | |||||
| University of Tennessee Song Index | |||||
| The Virtual Instrument Museum | |||||
| Werner Icking Music Archive. Web archive of public domain sheet music, primarily classical. | |||||
| Worldwide Internet Music Resources | |||||
| 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 | ||||
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