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Music Guide

Library Resources on Music

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Welcome to the Music Research Guide

This guide has been designed to assist you in finding resources for research in Music and related fields. Feel free at any time to use our Ask Us Anything chat, email, or instant answers service for additional assistance.

Oxford Music Online
This database includes several music encyclopedias, including the monumental Grove Dictionary of Music. Articles from Grove cover all types of music worldwide, from ancient times to the present, and typically include extensive bibliographies. It is the best starting point for most music-related research.

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Books on Music
How to search for books on music topics.

JSTOR
JSTOR is our most comprehensive interdisciplinary archive of scholarly journal articles. For each journal included in JSTOR, it includes the full-run of the journal, from its beginning up until the most recent 3-5 years. Covers a wide variety of subjects such as history, literature, biology, business, and African-American studies.

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