RESEARCH GUIDE: MUSIC
This guide recommends selected print and electronic resources available through the Centre College Library. Each section indicates appropriate search tools that can be used to find information or additional sources. For some research topics it may be useful to look at more than one subject guide. For help contact a Reference Librarian.
Reference Sources | Books | Journal Articles | Selected Internet Sites
1.1 Core Reference Resources for Music
- Grovemusic.com
- New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians -- REFERENCE ML100.N48 2001
- In both online and print formats, the most comprehensive English language music encyclopedia, Grove's consists of articles by noted authorities, including complete lists of composers' works and extensive bibliographies. Step 1 of any music research project.
1.2 Additional Reference Resources for Music
- Music Reference and Research Materials -- REFERENCE ML 113 .D83 1997
- Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians -- REFERENCE ML 105 .B16 2001
- Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
- Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera
- Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre -- REFERENCE ML 102 .M88 G3 2001
- Garland Encyclopedia of World Music -- REFERENCE ML 100 .G16 1998
- Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music -- REFERENCE ML 102 .P66 G84 1995
- New Grove Dictionary of American Music -- REFERENCE ML 101 .U6 N48 1986
- New Grove Dictionary of Jazz -- REFERENCE ML 102 .J3 N48 2001
- Who's Who in Opera
- Centre Library Online Catalog
- Contains the cataloged holdings of the Centre College Library.
- Kentucky Virtual Library
- Use KYVL to search other Kentucky libraries, including the University of Kentucky and University of Louisville.
- Interlibrary Loan
- Use the Interlibrary Loan service to borrow books and journal articles from other libraries.
- Worldcat
- WorldCat contains records for the holdings of several thousand libraries. This is an excellent starting point for identifying and locating material beyond the Centre College library.
3.1 Core Resources for Finding Articles
- RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
- In both online and print formats, RILM is a comprehensive international guide to scholarly writings about music. Coverage includes journal articles, books, bibliographies, catalogues, dissertations, Festschriften, films and videos, iconographies, critical commentaries to complete works, ethnographic recordings, conference proceedings, electronic resources, and reviews. Coverage 1967-present.
- RILM Abstracts of Music Literature -- REFERENCE ML 1 .I83
- Library holdings in the print version are from 1967 to 1996.
3.2 Additional Resources for Finding Articles
- International Index to Music Periodicals
- Indexing and abstracts for more than 420 international music periodicals, plus full text for 83 journals. IIMP also provides author/title-keyword access to 130 titles dating as far back as 1874. IIMP covers nearly all aspects of the world of music, from the most scholarly studies to the latest crazes.
- Academic Search Premier
- Scholarly, multi-discipline, full-text database designed specifically for academic institutions. This resource indexes over 4300 periodicals and contains full-text for over 3400 scholarly publications. ASP provides full-text journal coverage for nearly all academic areas of study.
- Project Muse
- Full-text from nearly 250 academic journals in the humanities and social sciences. Coverage varies by title.
- Wilson OmniFile Full Text
- A multi-disciplinary database that provides indexing, abstracts, and full-text articles from over 1,600 scholarly and general periodicals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
General
Classical
Popular and Jazz
Associations and Organizations
- American Musicological Association
- College Music Society
- International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM)
Digital Collections
- African-American Sheet Music, 1850-1920
- American Singing: Nineteenth-Century Song Sheets
- Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music
- Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music, 1820-1885
- Southern Mosaic
Last updated January 16, 2008