Music Research Guide   Tags: music, music_production, recording_arts  

This Research Guide contains links to online resources and information about print materials located in Belk Library.

If you have any questions, IM me via the chat box on this page or email me at "lbisko at elon dot edu".

Jean Dubuffet. Grand Jazz Band (New Orleans), 1944. Image and original data provided by the The Museum of Modern Art. © 2008 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

This guide is a gateway to books, DVDs, CDs, articles, music online, music scores and web resources related to music, music production and recording arts.

If you'd like to learn more about the academic research process, first look at the Academic Research Guide and then come back here to search art-related resources.

Start your research by using encyclopedias and other reference materials, such as the ones listed below. Also check the other tabs in this guide for more ideas.

Oxford Music Online

Online access to
* The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
* The Oxford Dictionary of Music
* Grove Music Online
* The Oxford Companion to Music

The Harvard Dictionary of Music

Call Number: REF. 780.3 H261ra

New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians

Call Number: REF. 780.3 G919d 2001 v.1-29

The Garland encyclopedia of world music

Call Number: REF. 780.9 G183 v.1-10

Oxford History of Western Music

Call Number: REF. 780.9 T179ox v.1-6

Greenwood Encyclopedia of Rock History

Call Number: REF. 781.6603 G856 v.1-6

The Oxford encyclopaedia of the music of India

Call Number: REF. 780.954 Ox2gh v.1-3