LibGuides: Music: MUS 318

Background Information

Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new window
A gateway offering access to key music reference resources, including Grove Music Online, The Oxford Companion to Music, and The Oxford Dictionary of Music.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
An online collection of reference books including several works on music.

Books

Book Search
Search for books at Meredith and in other libraries. You may find it useful to search for your composer here, but it's also worth looking for books on more general topics that might include your composer.

You can use the "Libraries Worldwide" box on the left side of the search page to expand your search to other libraries, and request books we don't have by interlibrary loan. We can also look into purchasing ebook versions of books that will be useful-- if you want to suggest a purchase, just email me.

Article Search

Music Periodicals Database This link opens in a new window
An article database with a focus on music..
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
A collection of respected scholarly journals going back to the early 20th century, including many music journals. Searching for your composer or piece here may bring back some useful information, whether recent, or from closer to the composer's time period.

Audio Search

Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new window
Streaming music library with a focus on classical music mainly on classical music Along with finding performances of pieces by your composer, you can also find album liner notes in Naxos (using the "booklet" link to the left of an album page). These are often written by experts and can be useful for information about your composer and your piece.

Chicago Style

Chicago Manual of Style Online This link opens in a new window
This searchable online edition covers manuscript preparation, grammar, usage, documentation and citation guidelines.

Chicago Style Citation Quick Guide
Guidance on both Humanities and Author-Date for the most commonly used types of sources.
Chicago Humanities Style (Williams Coll.)
Examples of citing common types of sources in the Humanities style (Notes and Bibliography).
Chicago Author-Date Style (Williams Coll.)
Examples of citing common types of sources in the Author-Date Style.

Zotero

Zotero is a free tool for managing your references, and creating citations and bibliographies in Microsoft Word. It involves two components: the Zotero program itself, and a browser add-on for adding items to your Zotero library.

For more information, see our Zotero 101 guide.