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Music

Library Specialist

Liza Weisbrod
Phone:334-844-0954
FAX: 334-844-4461

Microforms and Government Documents Unit
1st floor, Ralph Brown Draughon Library
8 am - 3 pm, Monday - Friday

Reference Tools

General Music Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd ed.: Also in paper at Ref. ML 100.N48 2000
Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: ML 100.M92
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians: Ref. ML 105.B16 2001

Specialized Music Encyclopedias

The New Grove Dictionary of American Music: Ref. ML 101.U6 N48 1986
The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz: Also in paper at Ref. ML 102.J3 N48 2001
The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments: Ref. ML 102.I5 N48 1984
The New Grove Dictionary of Opera: Also in paper at Ref. ML 102.O6 N5 1992
The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers: Ref. ML 105.N38 1995

Music Bibliographies

Music Reference and Research Materials: An Annotated Bibliography: Ref. ML 113.D83 1997. Also known as 'Duckles.'

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All databases are available on campus and remotely unless otherwise noted. To access a resource from home, you will need to type your Auburn user ID and your related password. Use of the older library ID is being phased out.

Music Index Online: Indexes music periodicals from 1976 to the present.
Music Index--ML 118 .M84: Indexes music periodicals from 1949 to 1999.
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature-- ML 118 .I58: Indexes and abstracts international scholarly writings on music and related disciplines. 1967-1994
ERIC: Indexes documents and journal articles on education research and practice.
PsycARTICLES: Provides fulltext articles in psychology.
PsycINFO: Indexes journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations in the field of psychology.
Academic Search Premier: Contains full text articles, abstracts, and citations for journals in nearly every academic field, including music.
InfoTrac's Expanded Academic ASAP: Contains full text articles, abstracts, and citations for journals in nearly every academic field, including music.
CPANDA: Cultural Policy and the Arts National Data Archive: An archive of data on the arts and cultural policy in the U.S., available for research and statistical analysis, with data on artists, arts and cultural organizations, audiences, and funding for arts and culture.
Ingenta: Provides articles from academic journals not owned by AU Libraries.
Dissertations & Theses: Includes citations and abstracts for dissertations from 1861 to the present. Need help finding a dissertation or thesis? Try Locating Dissertations and Theses .
WorldCat: Records of any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Includes books, scores, recordings, and electronic resources. Useful for identifying sources not held by Auburn University Libraries.
Web of Science: Formerly known as the Arts & Humanities Citation Index, this database provides access to bibliographic information and cited references from arts and humanities journals.
Naxos Music Library: A streaming database of classical, jazz, and world music from the Naxos recording catalogue.
Naxos Music Library Jazz: A streaming database of jazz from the Naxos Jazz and Fantasy Jazz labels.

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Journals

Selected Electronic Music Journals at AU Libraries: [There is also a comprehensive list of E-journals at AU Libraries; this E-journals list includes ALL subject areas, not just music.]
Selected Paper Music Journals at AU Libraries: These are selected titles to which the RBD Library is currently subscribing. Call numbers are included.

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Web Sites

General Sites

The Piano Bench Collection
All-Music Guide
Worldwide Internet Music Resources

Jazz, Blues, and World Music

The Red Hot Jazz Archive
Ethnomusicology, Folk Music and World Music

Songs and Texts

Sources for Song Lyrics and Libretti: From Worldwide Internet Music Resources at the William and Gayle Cook Music Library at the University of Indiana
Song Indexes: From Worldwide Internet Music Resources at the William and Gayle Cook Music Library at the University of Indiana

Composers