LibGuides: Music: Music Library Resources

Available in the Library:

These books, along with many other titles, can be found in the Reference section of our library. Search the Library Online Catalog for additional resources.

The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music by Bruno Nettl
Call Number: REF ML 100 .G16 1998
The Routledge Guide to Music Technology by Thom Holmes
Call Number: REF ML 102 .S67 R68
The New Grove Dictionary of Opera by Stanley Sadie
Call Number: REF ML 102 .O6 .N5
The Oxford Handbook of Computer Music
Call Number: REF ML 1380 .O9 2009
ISBN: 0195331613
Dictionary of music education : a handbook of terminology
Call Number: REF MT 1 .E49 2005
ISBN: 1579994660

Library Databases

The following databases will provide useful information for your research in Music:

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text access to over 3.2 million entries from over 400 reference titles
Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
Contains over 100,000 e-books in a wide variety of subjects and disciplines. There is a powerful user interface that includes highlighting, saved research, and automatic citations.
EBSCOHost This link opens in a new window
EBSCOhost is the primary online journal platform at VFCC. It contains 25 multidisciplinary and subject-specific databases. The following databases within EBSOChost will be particularly helpful for research in Music and Music Education: Academic Search Complete; eBooks Academic Collection, Education Research Complete; ERIC; Music Index; and Professional Development Collection.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
This collection contains the complete archived holdings of over 1,100 scholarly, full-text journals. New titles and disciplines are added regularly. The capacity for searching across disciplines opens up vast possibilities for scholarship and research.
Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new window
Listen to more than 43,000 CDs and 616,000 tracks of music. Over 500 CDs are added each month.
Naxos Music Library - Jazz This link opens in a new window
Listen to more than 100,000 tracks of jazz music, over 9,000 albums and 32,000 artists.
Naxos Sheet Music This link opens in a new window
This resource provides free access to over 45,000 sheet music titles to download and print.
Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new window
Oxford Music Online is an integrated music resource on the web, including the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (second edition), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (second edition) and several new Oxford resources.
Gale OneFile: Fine Arts This link opens in a new window
Search millions of articles about drama, music, art history, and film-making. Diverse resource for serious fine arts students.

Subject Guide

Melanie Oestreich