*Music: Getting Started

This is an introductory guide for students of music. Below you will find suggestions for locating articles, books, audio recordings, and more.

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Starting Points

Oxford music online
Oxford Music Online allows the simultaneous searching of The New Grove Dictionary of Music, 2nd edition; The Oxford Dictionary of Music; and The Oxford Companion to Music.
Music Reference Collection
Comprehensive resource for research on the music of people worldwide.
Music Periodicals Database
Provides indexing, abstracts, and selected full-text from many periodicals, covering the scholarly to the popular. Full-text ranges from 1874 to the present. (Restricted to 4 simultaneous users.)
Music Index
Indexes journal articles covering classical, popular, and world music.
Oxford Bibliographies online
Provides expert commentary. Subject coverage includes: African Studies, Anthropology, Art History, Chinese Studies, Classics, Latino Studies, International Law, Latin American Studies, and Music.

Music Research & Writing

Music in Words by Trevor Herbert
ISBN: 9780195373721
Music Research by Laurie J. Sampsel
ISBN: 9780199797127
A Short Guide to Writing about Music by Jonathan D. Bellman
ISBN: 0321187911
Sourcebook for Research in Music by Allen Scott; Phillip D. Crabtree (Original Author); Donald H. Foster (Original Author)
ISBN: 9780253014481
Writing about Music by D. Kern Holoman
ISBN: 9780520256187
Writing about Music, 4th ed. by Richard Wingell
ISBN: 9780136157786
Music Library and Research Skills by Jane Gottlieb
ISBN: 9780131584341
A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations by Kate L. Turabian; Wayne C. Booth (Revised by); Gregory G. Colomb (Revised by); University of Chicago Press Staff (Revised by); Joseph M. Williams (Revised by)
ISBN: 9780226816371

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