Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Opera, & Jazz		This site "comprises the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London, 2001), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, edited by Stanley Sadie (London, 1992), and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, second edition, edited by Barry Kernfeld (London, 2002). Articles that have been updated since their appearance in print are date-stamped in the upper right corner of the screen." Updated quarterly. Full text. Requires EMU Login. Paper copy also at: Reference ML100 .N48 2000
Boston University: Using Grove Online		Grove Online is based on three print publications, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2001). the New Grove Dictionary of Opera (1992), and the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (2002). These are searchable and regularly updated. This "most excellent" guide will get you started.
Humanities Abstracts (1984-)		Indexes about 400 periodicals in archaeology, art, classics, film, folklore, journalism, linguistics, music, the performing arts, philosophy, religion, world history, and world literature. List of periodical titles. Coverage started: 1984. Updated monthly. (via FirstSearch) Some full text. Requires EMU Login.
Music Index		Current volumes also in Print. For a full list of periodicals, please refer to the Music Index web site. Print volumes located in Index Shelves - 1st Level North, REF ML118 .M84, Library has: 1949-1996,1998-2004.
JSTOR		Complete text of the backfiles of about 600 core scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, and the social sciences. List of full text periodicals in Music. Full text. Requires EMU Login.
Project Muse		Project Muse is an online journal collection containing the full-text of 112 titles in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics. List of periodical titles in the arts & humanities. Coverage: varies with journal; often starts with 1995. Updated when new issues are available. Full text. Requires EMU Login.
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (1969- )		Index to the contents of about 1400 internationally-published music periodicals. Coverage started: 1969. Updated monthly. List of periodical titles. For a brief introduction, take a look at A Guide to Searching RILM from the UWEC Library. Some full text. Requires EMU Login.

The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music		This is an essential resource for basic research on ehtnomusicology and world music. Vol. 10 provides an overall perspective on the field as well as an excellent research introduction. v. 1. Africa v. 2. South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean v. 3. United States and Canada v. 4. Southeast Asia v. 5. South Asia, the Indian subcontinent v. 6. Middle East v. 7. East Asia: China, Japan, and Korea v. 8. Europe v. 9. Australia and the Pacific Islands v. 10. World's music: general perspectives and reference tools Reference ML100 .G16 1998
Sibley Instrument Research Guides		These guides are intended to provide an overview to the music and research of major instruments as well as guide to certain areas of music reasearch.
Library of Congress Music Headings		Details the breakdown of the LC subject headings for music: M (Music), ML (Literature on music ), MT (Musical instruction and study)
A Basic Music Library, 3rd ed.		A compilation by the Music Libarry Association of "essential scores and sound recordings." This is a valuable repertoire resource and recorded performance finding tool. Updated periodically. Reference ML 113 .B3 1997
International Directory of Music Organizations		MUSIC RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR WEBSITES
Music Reference and Research Materials, 5th ed.		Compiled by Vincent H. Duckles and Ida Reed. A basic reference work for music research. Reference ML 113 .D83 1997

ACME SRIG Bibliography		The bibliography is "a database including close to 600 entries related to adult and community music education" compiled by Don Coffman (University of Iowa) and Laurie Bitters (Eastman Community Music School). "The mission of the ACME SRIG is ‘…to promote research contributing to music education that fosters active involvement in the making, creating, and studying of music across the life span through the understanding of the unique learning characteristics of adults.’" - ACRE SRIG web site (http://www.acmesrig.org/)
Aria Database		The Aria Database is a diverse collection of information on over 1000 operatic arias. Designed for singers and non-singers alike, the Database includes translations and aria texts of most arias as well as a collection of MIDI files of operatic arias and ensembles. Internet Resource. http://www.aria-database.com/
Ethnomusicology, Folk Music, and World Music (University of Washington)		Internet Resource. http://www.lib.washington.edu/music/world.html
DW3 Classical Music Resources (Duke University)		The new DW3 site has greatly improved search capabilities. Look for more changes in the coming months as we evaluate and update the contents and structure of DW3. For questions and comments, please use the feedback form. Internet Resource. http://www.lib.duke.edu/dw3/index.php
Bach Bibliography		"The aim of releasing Bach Bibliography on the Internet is to provide facilities for scholarly community world-wide the most up-to-date and most comprehensive bibliography of J. S. Bach in most useful and efficient way." Internet resource. Compiled and maintained by Yo Tomita, School of Music, Queen's University Belfast.
Songwriter's Hall of Fame Virtual Museum		Produced by the National Academy of Popular Music, this website provides biographies, full recording and song lists, and research resources for each composer. Typical artist entries include Carolyn Leigh, "The Best is Yet to Come," Frank Loesser, "Baby It's Cold Outside," and Joni Mitchell, "Both Sides Now." 20 songwriters representing a wide crosssection of pop music styles comprise the group of 2004 nominees.
World on your Street : the Global Music Challenge		"If we were to create a musical map of the UK what would it sound like? Launched in April 2002, World on your Street is [BBC] Radio 3's answer to that challenge. The country is buzzing with different sounds from around the world, and we want to celebrate your music -- online, on air and on stage." Internet resource. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/world/

CANTUS: A Database for Latin Ecclesiastical Chant		"CANTUS is a database intended to assist scholars in their study of the chants of the Office. It is made up of indices of the chants in sources of the liturgical Office. It uses as models two older kinds of indices--those published in various facsimile editions of sources (for example, Paléographie musicale), and those presented by Dom René-Jean Hesbert in Corpus Antiphonalium Officii [hence CAO]." Full deatils about the database are available on the About CANTUS web page. Open Web resource.
Music Library Association : Sheet Music Collections		Internet resource. http://www.lib.duke.edu/music/sheetmusic/collections.html
Historic American Sheet Music Project		"The Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University holds a significant collection of 19th and early 20th century American sheet music. The Historic American Sheet Music Project provides access to digital images of 3042 pieces from the collection, published in the United States between 1850 and 1920." The Timeline is especially useful in seeing the music in its broader cultural context. Free Internet resource. http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sheetmusic/
The Sheet Music Consortium		"The Sheet Music Consortium is a group of libraries working toward the goal of building an open collection of digitized sheet music using the Open Archives Initiative:Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI:PMH)."
Performing Arts Encyclopedia (Library of Congress)		"The Performing Arts Encyclopedia serves as a guide to the collections and resources at the Library of Congress that pertain to music, theater, and dance. Most of these collections and resources can be found in the Music Division, the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, and the American Folklife Center, although there are additional resources available in other divisions of the Library such as the Manuscript Division and the Rare Books Division."
Werner Icking Archive, Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus, Denmark

Thematic Catalogues in Music, an Annotated Bibliography, 2nd ed.		Compiled by Barry Brook and Richard Viano, this is a key to finding the organized catalogs of important composers. Provides full publishing history of catalogs as well as brief bibliographical histories and citations to reviews. See the entries for Mozart, Bach or Beethoven. Reference ML 113 .B86 1997
CSW2 Mozart, Köchel Catalog		This is an independent web compilation put together by a Mozart afficionado. A sinple lookup table, quite helpful as a numerical listing but with no other search capabilities. Free Internet resource. http://www.csw2.co.uk/mozart/Kochel.htm
Göttinger Bach-Katalog: The Sources of J.S. Bach's Works		The Göttinger Bach-Katalog comprises two primary sections, *Works* and *Sources,* and two 'combined catalogues' called *From Works to Sources* and *From Sources to Works*. *Works* provides a complete index of all compositions by J. S. Bach based on the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (BWV) by Wolfgang Schmieder. *Sources* provides access to all compositions of J. S. Bach, including those that exist and those that definitively have disappeared. The following sources are provided: 1) autograph manuscripts by J. S. Bach containing his own works, 2) copies of Bach's compositions which were made before 1850, and 3) first editions, made under Bach's supervision. Internet resource. In English and German.
The Database of Mozart Sources (NEUE MOZART-AUSGABE Mozart-Quellendatenbank)		"Since December 1995 ... the editorial board of the Neue Mozart–Ausgabe has worked to establish a database in which all of the documented autographs of Mozart and the most important non-autograph and printed sources of his works (first and early editions to ca. 1800, likewise libretti) will be catalogued." Internet resource. In English and German.

The Internet Cello Society		The Internet Cello Society, an international cyber-community of cellists, seeks to advance the knowledge and joy of cello playing around the world.
The Virtual Instrument Museum		An online multimedia exhibit featuring the world musical instrument collection of the Music Department of Wesleyan University. http://learningobjects.wesleyan.edu/vim/

Collectors Corner: Books on the Blues		An introductory review by Paul Garon of Beasleys Books written from a book collector's perspective. Internet resource. Copyright © 1998 Paul Garon.
Pop Matters		"PopMatters is an international magazine of cultural criticism. Our scope is broad and covers most cultural products, including music, television, films, books, video games, computer software, theatre, the visual arts, and the Internet." Pop Matters web site.
Robert Christgau's Village Voice "pol"		A valuable resource for reviews of new popular music. Published monthly in the Voice. The link searches the Voice web site for recent columns in the series.