• Danette Cook Adamson (Music Librarian) - Send her an e-mail
• 24x7 Online Reference - Talk to a librarian online

• Encyclopedia of Popular Music - Comprehensive guide to popular music of all genres and periods from 1900 to the present. Available through Oxford Music Online. Limited to 3 simultaneous users.
• Garland Encyclopedia of World Music - Scholarly articles on the musical heritage, traditions, themes, genres, practices and performance of music from every continent.
• Grove Music - Encyclopedia of music, musicians, composers, and history with emphasis on classical music, and including jazz. Available through Oxford Music Online, including links to Classical Music Library.
• International Encyclopedia of Dance - Covers full spectrum of dance. Includes cultural and national overviews, plus entries on dance forms, music and costumes, performances, and biographies of dancers and choreographers.
• Music Index - citations to articles in over 700 music periodicals; after connecting, put check by title then click "Continue"; can also check Academic Search Elite so both are searched at same time.
• Oxford Companion to Music - Authoritative information on all aspects of music in the Western classic tradition, from the Middle Ages to the present. Available through Oxford Music Online.
• Oxford Dictionary of Music - Short authoritative entries on music topics, including composers with lists of works, performers, conductors, terms, forms, historical periods, instruments, venues and more. Available through Oxford Music Online.

Music Online Listening Services:

Since only a small number of people can use each music listening service at a time, please do not use for extended recreational listening.

• Classical Music Library (limited to 3 simultaneous users)
• NAXOS Music Library (limited to 5 simultaneous users)
• Smithsonian Global Sound (limited to 3 simultaneous users)

• Academic Search Elite [put check by title then click "Continue"]
  includes full-text to over 2000 journals in all subjects; indexes over 60 music journals, including Billboard and Rolling Stone.

• JSTOR
  archive of full text scholarly journals covering a variety of subjects (not current issues - 3-5 year moving wall); includes over 30 scholarly music journals.

• Lexis Nexis
  full text to business, legal and international news publications; indexes many international news sources with information about world music artists; if using the “Quick News Search”, remember to notice and adjust default search dates.

• ProQuest Newspapers
  full text to over 300 US and international newspapers, including Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and (London) Times.

• Wilson OmniFile Full Text Mega [put check mark by database then type in search window] -- full text to over 3000 journals

• WorldCat - index to books, scores, recordings & other resources in thousands of libraries worldwide

• Finding Music Information on the Internet
• Music Tutorial - from Cal Poly Pomona Library
• MU 109 World Pop Music Handout
• MU 418 Western Classical Traditions I Handout
• MU 419 Western Classical Traditions II Handout
• MU 420 Guitar Literature
• MU 420 Guitar Literature Class Orientation
• MU 425 Life and Death in the Arts Handout

• E-Z Research Tutorial
• How to Research and Write a Paper
• New User's Guide
• Other Libraries
• Renew Books
• Web Sites by Subject

April  2008