Reinert-Alumni Library: Music Research Guide

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Music Research Guide

Library Catalog (CLIC): The "Creighton Libraries Information Catalog" of books and other materials. Includes more than 35,000 e-books from the ebrary Academic Collection.
http://clic.creighton.edu/
WorldCat: Search for books and other materials in thousands of libraries worldwide.

Academic Search Premier: Articles from thousands of magazines and journals in many different subjects, including music and music reviews (1970s-present).
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ERIC or ERIC.gov: The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) includes articles from thousands of journals, including music education (pre-1966 to present).
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Humanities International Index: Articles from several thousand magazines and journals in the humanities, including music, plus many books (years vary by source).
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Iter Bibliography: Articles, books, dissertations, and other literature pertaining to the study of the Middle Ages and Renaissance (years vary by source).
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JSTOR: Archive of hundreds of scholarly journals in many different subject areas, including music (all years except most recent).
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Wilson Omnifile: Articles from hundreds of journals in many different subjects, including art, education, and the humanities (1994-present).
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Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians: Reference ML 105 .B16 2001 (6 vols.)
Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Twentieth century rock, pop, country, jazz, rap, and reggae.
Reference ML 102 P66G84 1998
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: Musical heritage, traditions, themes, and genres by region.
Reference ML 100 G18 1998
Glossary of Musical Terms: http://www.naxos.com/education/glossary.asp
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians: Encyclopedia of composers, performers, terms, genres, and instruments.
Reference ML 100 N48 2001 (29 vols.)
Oxford Reference Online: Performing Arts: Dictionaries and companions to music, opera, theater, and dance.

Choral Public Domain Library: "One of the world's largest free sheet music sites."
http://www.cpdl.org
Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music, 1870-1885: From the Library of Congress American Memory Project.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/smhtml/
The Mutopia Project: Sheet music that is free to download, print, perform, and distribute.
http://www.mutopiaproject.org/
Project Gutenberg Sheet Music Project: Chamber music in the public domain.
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:The_Sheet_Music_Project
Sheet Music Archive: Classical piano music, with two free downloads per day.
http://www.sheetmusicarchive.net/

All Music Guide: Introduction to various forms of music. Find artists, albums, songs, styles, or labels, plus music genres, styles, maps, and articles.
http://allmusic.com
American Gamelan Institute: http://www.gamelan.org/
Andante: Contains music news, performance reviews, reference resources, event calendars, and recordings.
http://www.andante.com
Billboard Online: Feature articles, album reviews, online previews, and Billboard's famous charts make this site a must-see for popular music fans.
http://www.billboard.com
ChoralNet: "Resources and communications for the global choral community."
http://www.choralnet.org/
Classical Net: Basic repertoire list, recommended CDs, composer's works and data, and numerous classical music links.
http://www.classical.net
Ethnomusicology: Links to web resources for ethnomusicology, folk music, and world music.
http://www.lib.washington.edu/music/world.html

Internet Public Library Music Associations: http://www.ipl.org/div/aon/browse/hum20.60.00/