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Books

The Library uses the Library of Congress shelving arrangement.

Select areas:
M 1-3.3 General Musical Scores
M 5-1490 Instrumental Musical Scores
M 1495-1998 Secular Musical Scores
M 1999-21999 Sacred Musical Scores

Basic Reference Sources

Location

Complete Encyclopedia of the GuitarREF ML102.G8 C66 1998
Green Book of Songs by Subject REF ML156.4 .P6 G73 2002
The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music
Literature of Chamber Music REF ML1100 .C63 1997
Opera: Composers, Works, Performers REF ML102.06 06213 2000
The Penguin Dictionary of Music
Piano: an EncyclopediaREF ML102.P5 E53 2003
Songwriter's MarketREF MT67 .S657

Find Articles and Other Materials

Select PC Indexes and Databases

RILM ABstracts of Music Literature
Music Abstracts from books, chapters, reviews, and over 3700 journals. Links to full-text articles are available for some journal titles.
Classical Music LibraryClassical Music Library is a growing collection of 50,000-plus tracks for listening and searching. Includes recordings of music written from the earliest times (e.g. Gregorian Chant) to the present, including many contemporary composers. Repertoire ranges from vocal and choral music, to chamber, orchestral, solo instrumental, and opera.

General

Academic Search Premier Indexes and links to actual articles in major scholarly music journals and related disciplines.

Key Journals

Billboard Online
Choral Journal Print
Clavier Print
Opera News Print and Online

Select Websites

Classical.net American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP)
Worldwide Internet Music ResourcesAmerican Guild of Organists

Writing Guides

Location

APA Online A portion of the Publication Manual Online
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association Print copies are available REF BF76.7 P83 2001 and Circulation Desk Reserves
Citing Sources Examples of APA, MLA and Chicago Citation styles
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Janice Schuster, Music Performance Liaison
Last revision to this page : 30 August 2006