Finding Books in the KU Libraries
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Useful Reference Resources
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians by Call Number: ML100 .N48 2001ISBN: 1561592390Shelved At Music & Dance Library-Reference (In Library Use Only)
The online version is available through Oxford Music Online as Grove Music Online. Grove Music Online includes Grove Jazz and Grove Opera.
The Harvard Dictionary of Music by Call Number: ML100 .H37 2003ISBN: 0674011635Shelved At Music & Dance Library-Reference
New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers by Call Number: ML105 .N39 1994ISBN: 0333515986Music & Dance Library-Reference (In Library Use Only)
International Dictionary of Black Composers by Call Number: ML105 .I5 1999ISBN: 1884964273Shelved At Music & Dance Library-Reference
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of 20th Century Classical Music by Call Number: ML105 .S612 1997ISBN: 0028712714Shelved at Music & Dance Library-Reference
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of MusiciansCall Number: ML105 .B16 2001ISBN: 0028655257Shelved At Music & Dance Library-Reference
A Chronology of American Musical Theater by Call Number: ML1711.8.N3 N67 2002ISBN: 0195088883Shelved At Music & Dance Library-Reference
The encyclopedia of popular music. 4th ed. by Available online -- (Source: Oxford reference)
Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound by Call Number: ML102.S67 E5 2005ISBN: 041593835XShelved At Music & Dance Library-Reference
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Reference Databases
- Music Reference Collection This link opens in a new windowMusic Reference Collection brings together the most comprehensive written collection of materials for the study of music, covering virtually every musical time-period, genre, cultural group, and geographic region. The collection contains a variety of essential music reference materials allowing users to chronicle the history of music of diverse origins and walks of life. Includes access to Music Online: African American Music Reference, Music Online: Classical Music Reference Library, and Music Online: The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music.
