The music research guides listed below describe many helpful sources of information about music. These guides also describe strategies and tools to use when doing music research. WARNING: Some of the older titles may include some obsolete sources and strategies.

Brockman, William S.
Music: A Guide to the Reference Literature.
Ref ML 113 B85 1987

Crabtree, Phillip.
Sourcebook for Research in Music. 2nd ed.
ML 113 C68 2005

Druesedow, John E.
Library Research Guide to Music.
ML 111 D78 1982

Duckles, Vincent and Michael Keller.
Music Reference and Research Materials. 5th ed.
Ref ML 113 D83 1997

Geary, Roger P.
Music Library Instruction.
ML 111 G42 2004

Marco, Guy A.
Opera: A Research and Information Guide.2nd ed.
ML 128 O4 M28 2001

MENC Handbook of Research Methodologies.
MT1 M427 2006

Mixter, Keith Eugene
General Bibliography for Music Research. 3rd ed.
ML 113 M59 1996

Phelps, Roger P.
A Guide to Research in Music Education. 5th ed.
MT 1 P5 2005

Sampsel, Laurie J.
Music Research: A Handbook.
ML 113 S28 2009

Watanabe, Ruth.
Introduction to Music Research. (1967)
ML 3797 W37

Danette Cook Adamson
dcadamson@csupomona.edu

9/2008

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