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Databases

Major Indexes & Article Databases

Grove Dictionary of Music, and other Oxford music reference sources

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Music literature and news

1979-present

Music literature

1969-present

Related Indexes & Article Databases

Arts and humanities literature

1980-present

Ethnic and minority literature

1991-present

Archives of humanities, social, and natural sciences journals

1687-2005

News sources include U.S. regional newspapers, international newspapers, wire services, and magazines.

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Sheet music publisher information

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50,000 tracks of jazz, blues, gospel and other forms of African American musical expression including rare and never-before-published recordings

1893-1975

American roots music and pre-1960 popular music.  Genres include country, folk, bluegrass, Western, old time, American Indian, blues, gospel & shape note singing.  950+ albums, with liner notes.

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Medieval to contemporary music, with supplementary reference information

1905-present

Traditional and contemporary musical genres from around the world.  880+ albums, with liner notes

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Published recordings and archives from Smithsonian Folkways, other collections of US folk music, plus collections of recordings from Africa and South Asia

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Sociology and behavioral sciences literature

1895-present

Books and other materials in libraries worldwide

1000BC-present

Research & Citation Guides

Finding Books

Finding books in an academic library can be challenging. This guide offers an introduction to finding books in the ODY Library and the Launders Science Library. Remember that you are always welcome to ask a librarian should you need assistance.

Identifying Scholarly Literature

Can't decide whether an article is scholarly or not? This guide will give you some tips and criteria to help in your decision making process.

Music - Selected Resources

Looking for resources to use for your research? The following is a list of selected resources for research in Music. It includes links to websites, books in our reference collection and more.