INGRAM LIBRARY
SELECTED LIBRARY SOURCES FOR MUSIC 6083
COMPREHENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY
Music Reference and Research Materials: an Annotated Bibliography.
Ref ML 113 .D83 1997 (an earlier edition is shelved on the third floor under the same call number and can be checked out)
ENCYCLOPEDIAS, DICTIONARIES, AND BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARIES
The following is a selected list only. To find all the sources Ingram Library has in this format, type the following searches in the word/phrase field: music and dictionar$ or music and encyclopedia$
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Ref ML 100 .N48
Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart Ref ML 100 .M92
New Oxford Companion to Music. Ref ML 100 .N5 1983
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians Ref ML 105 .B16 1984
Examples of Specialized Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Dictionary of Contemporary Music. Ref ML 100 .V55
New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Ref ML 102 .J3 N48 1988
New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Ref ML 102 .O6 N5 1992
MUSIC BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND LIBRARY CATALOGS
Books in Print (subject volume) Shelved in the Ready Reference area or available online in the Galileo databases.
Bibliographic Guide to Music (New York Public Library's music catalog)
REF ML 136 .N5732 1980 to date
WORLDCAT - a Galileo database that contains records for books, periodicals, videos, etc. from most US libraries and some foreign libraries.
INDEXES to periodical articles, book reviews, recording or performance reviews, book chapters, etc. (Galileo provides only the most recent years. Call numbers are provided for those items available at Ingram in print edition in case you want to search earlier literature.)
Music Index Ref ML 118 .M84
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (Galileo database only)
Humanities Index Ref AI 3 .H85 and Galileo
Biography Index Ref Z5301 .B5 and Galileo
Essay and General Literature Ref AI 3 .E752
ERIC Ref L 10 .C87X and complete coverage in Galileo
Periodical Abstracts Research (Galileo database only)
International Index to Periodicals and Social Sciences and Humanities Index
Ref AI 3 .R49
PERIODICALS - all magazines and journals are shelved on the main floor in alphabetical order by title. Some older volumes are kept in a storage area, but are available by asking for help at the Reference or Circulation desks.
DISSERTATIONS - Dissertation Abstracts International is available in the Galileo databases, and paper copies through 1993 are shelved in the periodical area.
INTERNET SOURCES
Selected sites that provide links to other music websites:
AMERICAN MUSICOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION at http://musdra.ucdavis.edu/Documents/AMS/musicology_www.html
MUSIC RESEARCH SITES at http://www.music.fsu.edu/research.html
INTERNET RESOURCES FOR MUSIC SCHOLARS at http://www.rism.harvard.edu/MusicLibrary/InternetResources.html
COMPUTER MUSIC JOURNAL at http://mitpress.mit.edu/e-journals/Computer-Music-Journal/. This is one example of a journal that is available online.
How to search for additional Internet sources:
NETFIRST (Galileo database) - summaries of selected Internet Websites with links to the home page.
SEARCH SITES AND TOOLS - Click on this link from the Library's Home Page. Then use any of the search engines (Hotbot, Google, etc.).
MISCELLANEOUS TIPS FOR FINDING MUSIC MATERIALS AT INGRAM LIBRARY
General biography - use the following subject searches: composers and biography; musicians and biography; pianists and biography; singers and biography; etc.
Music education and pedagogy - use the subject searches: school music
instruction and study; instrumental music instruction and study.
Music scores - type the composer's name in author field and a title word in the title field e.g. Bach and suite
Reprints - search the online catalog in the word/phrase field: da capo and music; reprint and music
Government documents - at the search screen, tab until the term "qualify" is highlighted. Press Enter; then tab until you are in the "location" field. Type doc and press Enter. Then type music or your specific topic in the word/phrase field. [Many government documents have a ZD1 prefix in their call numbers. The items are shelved by the call number, not the ZD1 and are all located on the main floor.]
English translation - search the word/phrase field using: English translation and your topic.
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