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Electronic Databases
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African American Music Reference
Contains biographies, chronologies, sheet music, images, lyrics and other reference materials about the diverse history and culture of the African American experience through music. Information can be located by using a Quick Search or Advanced Search or by browsing lists of works, people, etc.
Provides access to audio selections of classical music recordings and supplementary reference information. Classical recordings can be located by browsing alphabetical lists of composers, artists, genres, and more or by browsing lists of categories, such as orchestral works.
This database gives streaming access to American music recordings by New World Records from a current collection of diverse works including folk, opera, jazz, 19th century classical, early rock, musical theater and much more.
This database gives access to full text articles from many scholarly journals in the area of music. It can be searched by using keywords in a Basic Search screen or by using other options (e.g. article title) in the Advanced Search screen. It can also be searched by selecting the Browse option and viewing subject or title lists of journals and their contents.
Contains references to articles from 1978 to the present on music and musicians in 725 international music periodicals covering all styles and genres of music. Music Index also has book reviews, obituaries, new periodicals, and news and articles about music, musicians, and the music industry and can be searched by using keywords in the Basic Search screen or by using other options in the Expert Search screen.
This database enables the user to search in multiple databases including the African-American Music Reference, Classical Music Library, Classical Music Reference Library, Classical Scores Library, and Dance in Video.
This authoritative full text online resource covers all aspects of music and is comprised of The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Grove Music Online, and The Oxford Companion to Music. This is an excellent starting point for all music research.
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
RILM offers a broad international coverage base and it provides references, with summararies, to articles, books, dissertations and other publicatons of scholarly interest on various music topices. Indexing begins in 1967.
Journals
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American Music. Electronic Holdings: 1983-2005.
Asian Music. Electronic Holdings: 1968-2003, 2005-Current.
Black Music Research Journal. Electronic Holdings: 1980-Current. Print Holdings: 1984, 1987-2002.
- Call Number: ML3556 .B58
Location: Boca Raton
Contemporary Music Review. Electronic Holdings: 1987-Current. Print Holdings: 1984, 1989 & 1993.
- Call Number: ML197 .C7514
Location: Boca Raton
Early Music. Electronic Holdings: 1973-Current.
Journal of Musicology. Electronic Holdings: 1982-2004.
Psychology of Music. Electronic Holdings: 1973-Current.
Revista de música latinoamericana (Latin American Music Review). Electronic Holdings: 1980-Current. Print Holdings: 1980-2005.
- Call Number: ML199 .R48
Location: Boca Raton
Finding Resources in the Library
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Subject Sections
Music
- Call Number: M1 - M5000
Literature of music
- Call Number: ML1 - ML3930
Musical instruction and study
- Call Number: MT1 - MT960
Subject Terms
- Band
- Chorus
- Composition (music)
- Instrumental music
- Scores
Resources By Library
Boca Raton
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The American musical film song encyclopedia. Hischak, T.S. 1999.
- Call Number: REF ML102 .M68 H57 1999
Format: Book
The American musical theatre song encyclopedia. Hischak, T.S. 1995.
- Call Number: REF ML102 .M88 H59 1995
Format: Book
The biographical encyclopedia of jazz. Feather, L.G. & Gitler, I. 1999.
- Call Number: REF ML102 .J3 F4 1999
Format: Book
Black music in America: a bibliography. Skowronski, J. 1981.
- Call Number: REF ML128 .B45 S6
Format: Book
The encyclopedia of country music: the ultimate guide to the music. Kingsbury, P. (ed). 1998.
- Call Number: REF ML102 .C7 E54 1998
Format: Book
Folk and blues: the encyclopedia. Stambler, I. & Stambler, L. 2001.
- Call Number: REF ML102 .F66 S74 2001
Format: Book
The Garland encyclopedia of world music. Porter, J. & Rice, T. (eds). 1998.
- Call Number: REF ML100 .G16 1998
Format: Book
The new Grove book of operas. Sadie, S. (ed.). 1997.
- Call Number: REF ML102 .O6 N5 1997
Format: Book
North American Indian music : a guide to published sources and selected recordings. Keeling, R. 1997.
- Call Number: REF ML128.F75 K44 1997
Format: Book
The Oxford Companion to Musical Instruments. Baines, A. 1992.
- Call Number: REF ML102 .I5 B34 1992
Format: Book
The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll. George-Warren, H. & Romanowski, P. (eds). 2001.
- Call Number: REF ML102 .R6 R64 2001
Format: Book
Songwriters: a biographical dictionary with discographies. Harrison, N. 1998.
- Call Number: REF ML102 .P66 H47 1998
Format: Book
Uncloudy Days: the gospel music encyclopedia. Carpenter, B. 2005.
- Call Number: REF ML102 .G6 C37 2005
Format: Book
Women and music in America since 1900: an encyclopedia. Burns, K.H. (ed). 2002.
- Call Number: REF ML82. W625 2002
Format: Book
Jupiter
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Music reference and research materials: an annotated bibliography. 5th ed. Duckles, V.H. & Reed, I. (eds.). 1997.
- Call Number: REF ML113. D83 1997
Format: Book
North American Indian music: a guide to published sources and selected recordings. Keeling, R. 1997.
- Call Number: REF ML128. F75 K44 1997
Format: Book
The Oxford history of western music. Taruskin, R. 2005.
- Call Number: REF ML160. T18 2005
Format: Book
Treasure Coast
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A century of American popular music: 2000 best-loved and remembered songs (1899-1999). Jasen, D.A. 2002.
- Call Number: REF ML128. P63 J37 2002
Format: Book
Women and music in America since 1900: an encyclopedia. Burns, K.H. (ed). 2002.
- Call Number: REF ML82. W625 2002
Format: Book
Selected Web Sites
American Musicological Association
This is the Web site of the American Musicological Society, which was founded in 1934. It provides references to various publications in the area of musicology, including doctoral dissertations. Additionally, it gives information about funding and grants, and other types of information.
Ethnomusicology, Folk Music, and World Music
Provides detailed information about music from around the world and is maintained by the University of Washington. It gives access to online publications, recordings and videos and even research centers and organizations.
Internet Resources for Music Scholars
This is the Web site for the Loeb Music Library at Harvard University. It provides access to research guides and other valuable information for scholars who are researching various music topics.
This is the Web site of the FAU Libraries Judaica Sound Archives, whose main mission is to collect, preserve and digitize Judaica sound recordings and to provide Internet access to these recordings to students, scholars and the general public.
About this Guide
This guide was designed by Dr. Darlene Parrish to help identify resources on music and related topics in the FAU Libraries. The electronic resources are available from the FAU Libraries home page by following the links entitled Indexes/Databases or Articles. Some of these resources have full-text articles available online. To access these resources from off campus, use the Off Campus Connect (EZproxy) link and log in using your 14-digit Owl Card number and your 4-digit birth month and day in the format "MMDD." For further assistance, please contact the Reference Desk by telephone (561-297-3785) or send e-mail to lyref@fau.edu.
Created 11 May 2007
