Selected Resources for Music Classes
Spring Semester 2018
BOOKS
LC Call Number Classes | Library Catalogs | Reference Books | Top
Library of Congress Classifications (a selected list)
| M | 1-5000 | Music |
|---|---|---|
| 5- 1490 | Instrumental Music | |
| 1495-5000 | Vocal Music | |
| ML | Literature of Music | |
| MT | Musical instruction and study |
Locating Books in Library Catalogs
| At Wittenberg: | EZRA |
|---|---|
| At other Ohio Libraries | OhioLINK Catalog |
| In North America For ILL | WorldCat |
Reference Books
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians -- Online via Oxford Music or Ref. ML 100 .N48 2001
American National Biography -- Online or Ref. CT 213 .A68 1999
Sources for Ethnography & Ethnomusicology
- Encyclopedia of World Cultures (Reference): GN 307 .E53 1991
- Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life: Online in 5 Volumes
- Garland Encyclopedia of World Music (Main Stacks): ML100 .G16 1998, 10 vols.
Indexes to periodicals for Music Research
| RILM: Abstracts of Music Literature (1969- ) | Citations on international music corresponding to the printed RILM Abstracts of Music Literature. Includes both books and journal articles. This file is produced by the Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale. |
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| Humanities International Complete (1984- ) | Index and full text of articles on the humanities. |
| Bibliography of Asian Studies (1971- ) | Index to articles on all aspects of Asian culture. |
Other useful indexes and databases
| Academic Search Complete | Indexes about 2000 periodicals -- both scholarly journals and popular magazines; covers 1986-Present, with some fulltext coverage starting in the early 1990s. |
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Locating Journals:
- At Wittenberg:
- See our online list of Journals the Library Has
- At other Ohio academic libraries:
- OhioLINK Central Catalog (Note: you cannot usually get periodicals through OhioLINK)
Compiled by Ken Irwin.