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Music

In This Guide:

This guide provides instruction and quick links for utilizing the services, resources and spaces offered by the Chester Fritz Library:

  • How-tos for finding resources at the library and beyond

    • Such as books, articles, or journals 

  • Advice on using resources for a variety of research tasks

    • Citations, permalinks, and research papers 

  • Utilize these research skills to find high-quality information  

    • Pick and narrow a topic, use reference materials, and find keywords

  • Resources for personal research

    • ​Consumer reports, leisure reading, and genealogy research

Reference Tools

Online

Search for definitions and biographies, view selected Timelines or use a research guide for Music.  This online package of standard Reference works in Music includes:

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Music

  • Grove Music Online

  • The Oxford Companion to Music

  • Grove Dictionary of American Music (AmeriGrove)

Please Note: Access is limited to 3 simultaneous users.  If you can't gain access, try again later. Update: the ability to "Logout" has been removed.

In Print

RISM

RISM (RÃpertoire International des Source Musicales - International Inventory of Musical Resources) available online or print

Books and Dissertations

Location of Music Books in the Library

The Chester Fritz Library (CFL) offers print resources complementary to those at the Music Library in Hughes Fine Arts

Use the Books+ Search limit on the library homepage

General Collection (3rd floor)

M Music (General)

ML Literature of Music

MT Musical Instruction & Study

In Print

Dissertations

Other Ways of Searching

Articles

 

How to search in multiple EBSCO databases at once

Academic Search contains many Music journals, and your research topic might overlap with other disciplines. By searching in other Ebsco databases, you can cast a wider net and find relevant articles. 

Pro-tip: search in multiple Ebsco databases at the same time if your research topic overlaps (ex: if you're researching music education, you might want to search in RILM and ERIC at the same time)

Click on the name of the database you're in and a box to Select databases to search opens. Click the box next to the other databases you want to use at the same time. Press Ok and then click the Search button to re-do your search with the same keywords but this time in all the databases you selected. 

Suggested Ebsco databases: always include Academic Search Ultimate. Optional: ERIC for Education, APA PsycInfo for Psychology, Art & Architecture Source, MLA for literature and the dramatic arts, America History & Life.

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