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Brook, Barry S., and Richard Viano.  Thematic Catalogues in Music:  An Annotated Bibliography.  2nd ed.   Stuyvesant, NY:  Pendragon, 1997.
     Ref. ML 113 .B86 1997

Duckles, Vincent H., and Ida Reed.  Music Reference and Research Materials:  An Annotated Bibliography.  5th ed.  New York:  Schirmer, 1997.
     Ref. ML 113 .D83 1997
A guide to the bibliographical resources for musical scholarship.

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (Repértoire International de Littérature Musicale).  New York: RILM, 1967-1994.
     Ref. ML 1 .I83
An international, abstracted bibliography of scholarly writings on music and related disciplines in all languages.  Includes books, articles, commentaries, prefaces to editions, dissertations and reviews.

RISM (International Inventory of Musical Scores/Repertoire International des Sources Musicales).   Munich:  Henle, 1960-present.
     Ref. ML 113 .I6
An ongoing major bibliographic series for pre-1900 (and selected 19th-century) source materials in music.  Intended "to provide a catalogue of all available bibliographical musical works, writings about music, and textbooks on music from all countries of the world."

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The Golden Pages:  University Music Departments' and Faculties' Home Pages.  School of Music, Royal Holloway, University of London.
     http://www.sun.rhbnc.ac.uk/Music/Links/Musdepts/index.html

MPA Directory of Music Publishers.  Music Publishers Association
     http://www.mpa.org/agency/pal.html
An alphabetical directory of music publishers containing address, phone and fax numbers.

Music Libraries and Library Associations.  William and Gayle Cook Music Library, Indiana University.
     http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/musiclib.html

Worldwide Internet Music Resources.  Indiana University Music Library.
     http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/
Librarians at the Indiana University Music Library maintain this gateway to Internet resources developed by musical organizations and individuals.  One of the most comprehensive web directories to musicians and musical organizations.

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Blume, Friedrich, ed.  Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart:  Allgemeine Enzyklopadie der Musik (MMG).    New York:  Barenreiter, 1994-1998.
     Ref. ML 100 .M92 1994

Crofton, Ian, and Donald Fraser, comp.  A Dictionary of Musical Quotations.  New York:  Schirmer, 1985.
     Ref. ML 66 .C86 1985

Dobson, Richard.   Dictionary of Electronic and Computer Music Technology:  Instruments, Terms, Techniques.  New York:  Oxford UP, 1992.
     Ref.  ML 102 .E4 D6 1992

Flud, James L. The Book of World-Famous Music:  Classical, Popular, and Folk.  4th ed.  New York:   Dover, 1995.
     Ref. ML 113 .F8 1995
A comprehensive reference book of the world's best-known musical compositions, from over twenty-five countries and covering five hundred years of music.  Includes information on first known printings.

Kennedy, Michael.  The Oxford Dictionary of Music.  2nd ed.  New York:  Oxford UP, 1994.
     Ref. ML 100 .K35 1994

Pickering, David.  Cassell Companion to 20th-century Music.  London:  Cassell, 1999.
     Ref. ML 100 .P53 1998

Randel, Don Michael, ed.  The Harvard Dictionary of Music.  Cambridge, MA:  Harvard UP, 2003.
     Ref. ML 100 .H37 2003

Room, Adrian.  A Dictionary of Music Titles:  The Origins of the Names and Titles of 3,500 Musical Compositions.  Jefferson, NC:  McFarland & Co., 2000.
     Ref. ML 102 .T58 R66 2000

Sadie, Stanley, ed. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.  2nd ed.  New York: Grove, 2001.
     Ref. ML 100 .N48 2000

Slonimsky, Nicolas.  Baker's Dictionary of Music.  New York:  Schirmer, 1997.
     Ref. ML 100 .S635 1997

Thomsett, Michael C., comp.  Musical Terms, Symbols and Theory:  An Illustrated Dictionary.  Jefferson, N.C.:  McFarland, 1989.
     Ref. ML 108 .T46 1989

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Encyclopedia of Music in Canada.  National Library of Canada.
     http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/4/17/index.html

Hall, Charles J.  A Chronicle of American Music 1700 - 1995.  New York:  Schirmer, 1996.
     Ref. ML 200 .H15 1996

Hitchcock, H. Wiley and Stanley Sadie, eds. The New Grove Dictionary of American Music. 4 vols. London:  Macmillan, 1986.
     Ref. ML 101 .U6 N48 1986

Italian Music Homepage.  Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense, Milano, Italy.
     http://www.cilea.it/music/entrance.htm

Latin American Music Center.  (LAMC)  School of Music, Indiana University.
     http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/lamc/

Nettle, Bruno, and Ruth M. Stone, eds.  Garland Encyclopedia of World Music.  10 vols.  New York:  Garland, 1998.
     Ref. ML 100 .G16 1998
       Vol. 1 - Africa.  Ruth M. Stone, ed.
       Vol. 2 - South America, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.  Dale A. Olsen and Daniel E. Sheehy, eds.
       Vol. 3 - The United States and Canada.  Ellen Koskoss, ed.
       Vol. 4 - Southeast Asia.  Terry E. Miller and Sean Williams, eds.
       Vol. 5 - South Asia.  Alison Arnold, ed.
       Vol. 6 - Middle East. Virginia Danielson, Scott Marcus, and Dwight Reynolds, eds.
       Vol. 8 - Europe.  Timothy Rice, James Porter, and Chris Goertzen, eds.
       Vol. 9 - Australia and the Pacific Islands.  Adrienne L. Kaeppler and J. W. Love, eds.
       Vol. 10 - World's Music: General Perspectives and Reference Tools. Ruth M. Stone, ed.

Polish Music Center.  University of Southern California.  
     http://www.usc.edu/go/polish_music/

Reed, W. L., and M. J. Bristow, eds.  National Anthems of the World.  9th ed.  London:  Cassell, 1997.
     Ref. M 1627 .N269 1997

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Floyd, Samuel A.  International Dictionary of Black Composers.  2 vols.  Chicago:  Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1999.
     Ref. ML 105 .I5 1999

Harrison, Nigel.  Songwriters:  A Biographical Dictionary with Discographies.  Jefferson, NC:  McFarland & Company, 1998.
     Ref. ML 102 .P66 H47 1998

McConnell, Stacy A., ed. Contemporary Musicians:  Profiles of People in Music.  Detroit, MI: Gale, 1989-present.
     Ref. ML 385 .C615

Morton, Brian, and Pamela Collins, eds.  Contemporary Composers.  London:  St. James, 1992.
     Ref. ML 105 .C75 1992

M.L.A. Obituary Index.  Developed by Karen Nagy, Stanford University.  
     http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/music/mla/necrology/
An online version of the obituary citations published annually by MLA in its quarterly publication, Notes.  Entries range from 1966-1995.  At present, the online version is not as complete as the print.    

Randel, Don Michael, ed.  Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music.  Cambridge, MA:  Belknap, 1996.
     Ref. ML 105 .H38 1996

Slonimsky, Nicolas, ed.  Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians.  Centennial ed.  New York:  Schirmer, 2001.
     Ref. ML 105 .B16 2001

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Hall, Charles J., comp.  An Eighteenth-Century Musical Chronicle: Events 1750-1799.  Westport, CT:  Greenwood, 1990.
     Ref. ML 195 .H28 1990

Wellesz, Egon, ed. The New Oxford History of Music.  10 vols.  London:  Oxford UP, 1954 - 1990.
     Ref. ML 160 .N44

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Academic Search Premier. 1975-present. EBSCOhost. In-library and remote access.
     This multidisciplinary database provides indexing and abstracting for 8,040 journals (6,679 are peer-reviewed) with over 4,060 in full text. Of the peer-reviwed journals 3,529 are full text. Covers subjects found in college and university curriculums such as biological and medical sciences, chemistry, education, engineering, humanities, physics, psychology, religion & theology, sociology, and women's studies. Remote access is available only to SLU students, faculty and staff.

The Music Index.  Warren, MI:  Harmonie, 1949 - Present.
     Ref. ML 118 .M84
A subject - author guide to music periodical literature.  Covers over 350 international titles.

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale). 
RILM, 1967 - 1994.
     Ref. ML 1 .I83
An international, abstracted bibliography of scholarly writings on music and related disciplines in all languages.  Includes books, articles, commentaries, prefaces to editions, dissertations and reviews.

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Music scores and songs in collections at Pius Library are cataloged and may be located by using the SLU Libraries Catalog .  Search by Author (composer), Title, or Keyword.  You can limit your results to scores by using the Limit option and then selecting Material Type.  Choose Printed Music to limit to scores.  While some catalog records will list each piece in the volume, other records will list only the name of the collection as a whole.  If you do not find the title you are seeking by title or keyword, try searching for a collection of works by the composer.  

Fuszek, Rita M.  Piano Music in Collections:  An Index.  Detroit:  Information Coordinators, 1992.
     Ref. ML 128 .P3 F87 1982

Hinson, Maurice.  Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire.  3rd. ed. Bloomington, IN:  Indiana University Press, 2000.
     Ref. ML 128 .P3 H5 2000

Historical Sets, Collected Editions, and Monuments of Music:  A Guide to Their Contents.  3rd ed.  2 vols. Chicago:  ALA, 1980.
     Ref. ML 113 .H52 1980

Murray, Sterling E.  Anthologies of Music:  An Annotated Index.  Detroit:  Information Coordinators, 1992.
     Ref. ML 128 .A7 M87 1992

Music Library Association.  A Basic Music Library:  Essential Scores and Sound Recordings (BML3). 3rd ed.  Chicago:  ALA, 1997.
     Ref. ML 113 .B3 1997
A selection and buying guide to printed musical scores and recordings.

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Pius Library maintains a small collection of music CDs and videos for use by Saint Louis University students, faculty, and staff.  These materials are located in the Media/Computer Room on Level 3 of Pius Library.  Saint Louis University faculty may borrow the materials for two weeks.  Saint Louis University students and staff may borrow materials for one week.  No renewals are allowed for media materials.  Keys to listening rooms in the library may also be requested at the Media/Computer Room Desk.  

To see a selected list by composer of pieces available on CD link to Music CDs at Pius XII Memorial Library.  All CDs and videos are cataloged and may be located by using the SLU Libraries Catalog .  Search by Author (composer), Title, Keyword, or Subject Heading.  You can limit your results to CDs and videos by using the Limit option and then selecting Material Type.  Choose Sound Recordings to limit to CDs or Projection Medium to limit to videos. 

AMG (All Music Guide and All-Movie Guide).  (AMG)
     http://www.allmusic.com
Offers information and album recommendations on various forms of music.  You can search by artist, style, songs, maps or labels to find information about musical genres, individual artists, key albums, new releases and ratings of recordings.

Erlewine, Michael, et al., eds.  All Music Guide:  The Experts' Guide to the Best Recordings from Thousands of Artists in all Types of Music.  3rd. ed.  San Francisco, CA:  Freeman, 1997.
     Ref. ML 156.9 .A38 1997

Music Library Association.  A Basic Music Library:  Essential Scores and Sound Recordings (BML3). 3rd ed.  Chicago:  ALA, 1997.
     Ref. ML 113 .B3 1997
A selection and buying guide to printed musical scores and recordings.

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Burrows, Terry, ed.  The Complete Encyclopedia of the Guitar.  New York:  Schirmer, 1998.
     Ref. ML 102 .G8 C66 1998

Dearling, Robert, ed.  The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Musical Instruments.  New York:  Schirmer, 1996.
     Ref. ML 102 .I5 I45 1996

The Instrument Encyclopedia.  University of Michigan School of Information and School of Music.
     http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/instrument/
Part of the Musical Heritage Network (MHN), this site provides brief descriptions and illustrations of instruments.  Each entry is accompanied by a list of references.  

Palmieri, Robert, ed. Encyclopedia of the Piano.  New York:  Garland, 1996.
     Ref. ML 102 .P5 E53 1996

Sadie, Stanley, ed.  New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments.  3 vols.  New York:  Macmillan, 1984.
     Ref. ML 102 .I5 N48 1984

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Berger, Melvin.  The Anchor Guide to Orchestral Masterpieces.  New York:  Anchor, 1995.
     Ref. MT 125 .B44 1995
Covers 300 of the world's greatest orchestral masterpieces, fully discussing 230 compositions and offering capsule comments on the others.

Chwialkowski, Jerzy.  The Da Capo Catalog of Classical Music Compositions.  New York:  Da Capo, 1996.
     Ref. ML 113 .C59 1996
Exhaustively lists the works of 132 major composers.

Classical Music on CD:  the Rough Guide.  London:  Rough Guides, 1994.
     Ref. ML 156.9 .C551 1994

Classical Net.  
     http://www.classical.net/
Provides access to 3500+ informational files about classical music as well as 2400+ links to other web sites.  Categories include:  Basic Repertoire List; Classical CD Buying Guide; Recommended Classical CDs; Composer's Works & Data; Reviews & Articles; Books & Scores; and Classical Music Links.

Cummings, David, ed.  The Random House Encyclopedic Dictionary of Classical Music.  New York:  Random House, 1997.
     Ref. ML 100 .R29 1997

Essentials of Music.  Sony Classical and W. W. Norton.
     http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/
This site is built around Sony's Essential Classics series.  You can find helpful information about musical eras, composers, and a glossary of musical terms.

Hoffman, Miles.  The NPR Classical Music Companion:  Terms and Concepts from A to Z.  New York:  Houghton Mifflin, 1997.
     Ref. ML 108 .H64 1997

Holmes, John L.  Conductors on Record.  Westport, CT:  Greenwood, 1982.
     Ref. ML 105 .H65
An international biographical dictionary of conductors of classical music, choral or instrumental. Includes selective information on the conductor's recordings.

Kendall, Alan.  The Chronicle of Classical Music:  An Intimate Diary of the Lives and Music of the Great Composers.  London:  Thames and Hudson, 1994.
     Ref. ML 390 .K35 1994

Slonimsky, Nicolas.  Baker's Biographical Dictionary of 20th Century Classical Musicians.  New York: Schirmer, 1997.
     Ref. ML 105 .S612 1997

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The Aria Database.  
     http://www.aria-database.com
Created and maintained by Robert Glaubitz, this site indexes over 1,200 arias from 170 operas.  It also offers 380 translations, 1000 aria texts and 223 MIDI files.  You can browse the site using menu options or use a keyword search.  Advanced searching is also available.  

Bourne, Joyce.  Who's Who in Opera:  A Guide to Opera Characters.  Oxford:  Oxford UP, 1998.
     Ref. ML 102 .O6 .B68 1998

Griffel, Margaret R.  Operas in English:  A Dictionary.  Westport, CT:  Greenwood Press, 1999.
     Ref. ML 102 .O6 G74 1999

Larue, C. Steven.  International Dictionary of Opera.  2 vols.  Detroit:  St. James, 1993.
     Ref. ML 102 .O6 I6 1993

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

Operabase.  Mike Gibb.
     http://www.operabase.com/
Mike Gibb has partnered with Opera America, the largest professional organization for opera companies, to provide full schedule information for their member companies.  Includes the Coordinated Opera Resource Pages (CORPUS) which indexes opera resources on the Web.

Sadie, Stanley, ed.  New Grove Dictionary of Opera.  4 vols.  New York:  Macmillan, 1992.
     Ref. ML 102 .O6 N5 1992

Studwell, William E., and David A. Hamilton.  Opera Plot Index:  A Guide to Locating Plots and Descriptions of Operas, Operettas, and Other Works of the Musical Theater, and Associated Material.  New York: Garland, 1990.
     Ref. ML 128 .O4 S8 1990

Warrack, John, and Ewan West.  Oxford Dictionary of Opera.  Oxford:  Oxford UP, 1992.
     Ref. ML 102 .O6 W37 1992

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American Jazz Heritage.  Smithsonian Institution.
     http://www.si.edu/ajazzh/
Presents exhibitions on the history of jazz using text, image and sound.  

Bogdanov, Vladimir, et al, eds. All Music Guide to Jazz: The Definitive Guide to Jazz Music. San Francisco, CA: Backbeat Books, 2002.
    Ref. ML 156.4.J3 A45 2002

---. All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to Blues. San Francisco, CA: Backbeat Books, 2002.
     Ref. ML 156.4.B6 A45 2003

Dixon, Robert M.W., John Goodrich and Howard Rye, comp.   Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943.  4th ed.  Oxford:  Oxford UP, 1997.
     Ref. ML 156.4 .B6 D59 1997

Erlewine, Michael, et al, eds.  All Music Guide to Jazz.  3rd ed.  San Francisco, CA:  Miller Freeman, 1998.
     Ref. ML 156.4 .J3 A45 1998

Lyons, Leonard, and Don Perlo.   Jazz Portraits:  The Lives & Music of the Jazz Masters.   New York:  Morrow, 1989.
     Ref. ML 394 .L97 1989

Kernfeld, Barry, ed.  New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.  New York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc., 2002.
     Ref. ML 102 .J3 N48 2002

Red Hot Jazz Archive.  Created and maintained by Scott Alexander.  
     http://redhotjazz.com
A resource for those interested in the early history of jazz.  Offers a list of musicians and bands that were active between 1895 and 1929.  Lists of band members and sound files are included.  The sound files require RealPlayer.  

Russell, Tony.  The Blues:  From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray.  New York:  Schirmer, 1997.
     Ref. ML 3521 .R96 1997

Santelli, Robert.  The Big Book of Blues.  A Biographical Encyclopedia.  New York:  Penguin, 1993.
     Ref. ML 102 .B6 S26 1993

Scott, Frank, and staff of Down Home Music.  The Down Home Guide to the Blues.  Chicago:  A Capella, 1991.
     Ref. Ml156.4 .B6 S26 1991

Stambler, Irwin and Lyndon Stembler.  Folk and Blues:  The Encyclopedia.  New York:  St. Martin's Press, 2001.
     Ref. ML102 .F66 S74 2001

Vail, Ken, comp.  Jazz Milestones:  A Pictorial Chronicle of Jazz 1900 - 1990.  Cambridge:  Vail, 1993.
     Ref. ML 3506 .J48 1993

WNUR-FM JazzWeb.  Northwestern University.
     http://www.wnur.org/jazz/

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Bloom, Ken.  American Song:  The Complete Musical Theatre Companion.  2nd ed. 2 vols.  New York:   Schirmer, 1996.
     Ref. ML 128 .M78 B6 1996

Bordman, Gerald.  American Musical Theatre:  A Chronicle.  3rd ed.  New York:  Oxford UP, 2001.
     Ref. ML 1711 .B67 2001

Ganzl, Kurt.  The Blackwell Guide to the Musical Theatre on Record.  Oxford:  Blackwell, 1990.
     Ref. ML 156.9 .G36 1990

Ganzl, Kurt.  The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre.  2nd ed. 3 vols.  New York:  Schirmer, 2001.
     Ref. ML 102 .M88 G3 2001

Musicals101.com.  Created by John Kenrick.  
     http://www.Musicals101.com/
The Cyber Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre, TV and Film.

Hischak, Thomas S.  Stage it with Music:  An Encyclopedic Guide to the American Musical Theatre.  Westport, CT:  Greenwood, 1993.
     Ref. ML 102 .M88 H6 1993

Raymond, Jack.  Show Music on Record from the 1890s to the 1980s.  New York:  Unger., 1982.
     Ref. ML 156.4 .O46 R4 1982

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Aquila, Richard.  That Old Time Rock & Roll:  A Chronicle of an Era 1954 - 1963.  New York:  Schirmer, 1989.
     Ref. ML 3534 .A68 1989

Bianco, David.  Heat Wave:  the Motown Fact Book.  Ann Arbor, MI:  Popular Culture, 1988.
     Ref. ML 156.4 .S6 B5 1988

Billboard Online.  Billboard and BPI Communications, Inc.
     http://www.billboard.com/
Daily music news, weekly charts and more.

Billboard Top 1000 Singles 1955 - 1992.  Milwaukee, WI:  H. Leonard, 1993.
     Ref. ML 156.4 .P6 W445 1993

CMJ:  New Music First.
     http://www.cmj.com/

DeCurtis, Anthony, and James Henke, eds.  The Rolling Stone Album Guide.  New York:  Random House, 1992.
     Ref. ML 156.4 .P6 R62 1992

Ferguson, Gary Lynn, comp.  Song Finder:  A Title Index to 32,000 Popular Songs in Collections 1854 - 1992.  Westport, CT:  Greenwood, 1995.
     Ref. ML 128 .S3 F47 1995

Gammond, Peter.  Oxford Companion to Popular Music.  Oxford:  Oxford UP, 1991.
     Ref. ML 102 .P66 G35 1991

Gargan, William, and Sue Sharma, eds.  Find That Tune:  An Index to Rock, Folk-rock, Disco & Soul Collections.  New York:  Neal-Schuman, 1984.
     Ref. ML 128 .R6 F56 1984

Goodfellow, William D.  SongCite:  An Index to Popular Songs.  New York:  Garland, 1995.
     Ref. ML 128 .P63 G65 1995

Helander, Brock.  The Rock Who's Who.  2nd ed.  New York:  Schirmer, 1996.
     Ref. ML 102 .R6 H5 1996

Historic American Sheet Music.  Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University. 
     http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu:80/sheetmusic/
Digital images of 3000+ pieces from the library's collection of 19th and early 20th century American sheet music.

Hochman, Steve, ed.  Popular Musicians.  4 vols.  Pasadena, CA:  Salem Press, 1999.
     Ref. ML 105 .P66 1999

Larkin, Colin, ed.  The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music.  4th ed. London: Virgin Books, 2002.
     Ref. ML 102 .P66 V57 2002

Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music.  Milton S. Eisenhower Library, Johns Hopkins University.
     http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/
Digital images of more than 29,000 pieces of sheet music from 1780 - 1980.  

The Mudcat Cafe:  A Magazine Dedicated to Blues and Folk Music. 
     http://www.mudcat.org
Full-text lyrics of more than 6,500 folk songs.

Music for the Nation:  American Sheet Music, 1870 - 1885.  Library of Congress.
     http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/smhtml/smhome.html
Over 20,000 digitized pieces of sheet music.

Perru, Tim, and Ed Glinert.  Fodor's Rock & Roll Traveler USA:  The Ultimate Guide to Juke Joints, Street Corners, Whiskey Bars and Hotel Rooms Where Music History Was Made.  New York:  Fodor's, 1996.
     Ref. ML 3533.8 .F636

Pollock, Bruce.  The Rock Song Index:  Essential Information on the 7,500 Most Important Songs of Rock and Roll.   New York:  Schirmer, 1997.
     Ref. ML 128 .R6 P65 1997

Pollock, Bruce, ed.  Popular Music:  An Annotated Guide to American Popular Songs, Including Introductory Essay, Lyricists and Composers Index, Important Performances Index, Awards Index, and List of Publishers.  Detroit, MI:  Gale, 1969 - 2002.
     Ref. ML 120 .U5 S5

Pruter, Robert, ed.  The Blackwell Guide to Soul Recordings.  Oxford:  Blackwell, 1993.
     Ref. ML 156.4 .S6 B6 1993

Rees, Dafydd, and Luke Crampton.  Encyclopedia of Rock Stars.  New York:  DK, 1996.
     Ref. ML 102 .R6 R44 1996

Rehrig, William H. The Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music:  Composers and Their Music.  2 vols.  Westville, OH:  Integrity, 1991.
     Ref. ML 102 .B35 R4 1991

Robbins, Ira A., ed.  The Trouser Press Guide to 90's Rock.  New York:  Simon and Schuster, 1997.
     Ref. ML 156.4 .R6 T75 1997

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.
     http://www.rockhall.com/

Rockmine.
     http://www.rockmine.music.co.uk/Main.html
Rockmine is Europe's largest independent rock music archive.

Rolling Stone.com   
     http://www.rollingstone.com
Daily news, concert reviews, artist interviews, music reviews, music charts and more.

Stambler, Irwin, and Grelun Landon.  Country Music:  The Encyclopedia.  New York:  St. Martin's, 1997.
     Ref. ML 102 .C7 S7 1997

Warner, Simon.  Rockspeak:  The Language of Rock and Pop.  London:  Blandford, 1996.
     Ref. ML 3470 .W37 1996

Whitburn, Joel Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums, 1955 - 2001.  Menomonee Falls, WI:  Record Research, 2001.
     Ref. ML 156.4 .P6 W4975 2001

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Bloom, Ken.  Hollywood Song:  The Complete Film & Musical Companion.  3 vols.  New York:  Facts On File, 1995.
     Ref. ML 128 .M7 B6 1995

Craggs, Stewart R.  Soundtracks:  An International Dictionary of Composers for Film.  Brookfield, VT:   Ashgate, 1998.
     Ref. ML 102 .M68 C73 1998

Harris, Steve.  Film, Television & Stage Music on Phonograph Records:  A Discography.  Jefferson, NC:   McFarland, 1988.
     Ref. ML 156.4 .M6 H3 1988

Limbacher, James L.  Keeping Score:  Film Music 1972 - 1979.  Metuchen, NJ:  Scarecrow, 1981.
     Ref. ML 128 .M7 L5 1981

Limbacher, James L., and H. Stephen Wright.  Keeping Score:  Film and Television Music, 1980 - 1988: With Additional Coverage of 1921 - 1979.  Metuchen, NJ:  Scarecrow, 1991.
     Ref. ML 128 .M7 L5 1991

Limbacher, James L., comp. and ed.  Film Music:  From Violins to Videos.  Metuchen, N.J.:  Scarecrow, 1974.
     Ref. ML 2075 .L54 1974
A predecessor to the Keeping Score volumes.

Marill, Alvin H. Keeping Score: Film Music and Television Music 1988 - 1997. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 1998.
     Ref. ML 128 .M7 M28 1998

McCarty, Clifford.  Film Composers in America:  A Filmography, 1911-1970.  2nd ed.  Oxford:  Oxford University Press, 2000.
     Ref. ML 128 .M7 M3 2000

Meeker, David.  Jazz in the Movies.  New York:  Da Capo, 1982.
     Ref. ML 128 .M7 M38 1982

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Davidson, James Robert.  A Dictionary of Protestant Church Music.  Metuchen, N.J.:  Scarecrow, 1975.
     Ref. ML 102 .C5 D33 1975

DeVenney, David P.  American Masses and Requiems:  A Descriptive Guide.  Berkeley, CA:  Fallen Leaf, 1990.
     Ref. ML 128 .C2 D4 1990
Lists Catholic masses, requiems, and some individual mass movements by composers in the United States from its founding until the present day.

The Gregorian Chant Home Page on the World Wide Web.  Dr. Peter Jeffery, Music Department, Princeton University.
     http://silvertone.princeton.edu/chant_html/index.html
Dr. Jeffery uses the page to support advanced research in Gregorian Chant.

Higginson, J. Vincent.  Handbook for American Catholic Hymnals.  New York:  Hymn Society of America, 1976.
     Ref. ML 3086 .H5 H3

Humphreys, Maggie, and Robert Evans.  Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland.  London: Mansell, 1997.
     Ref. ML 102 .C5 H86 1997

Poultney, David.  Dictionary of Western Church Music.  Chicago, IL:  ALA, 1991.
     Ref. ML 102 .C5 P77 1991

Renaissance Liturgical Imprints: A Census (RELICS).  University of Michigan.
     http://www-personal.umich.edu/~davidcr
A database of information about worship books printed before 1601.  Includes information on all 8,890+ titles.

Schalk, Carl, ed.  Key Words in Church Music:  Definition Essays on Concepts, Practices, and Movements of Thought in Church Music.  St. Louis, MO:  Concordia, 1978.
     Ref. ML 102 .C5 K5 1978

Temperly, Nicholas.  The Hymn Tune Index:  A Census of English-Language Hymn Tunes in Printed Sources from 1535 - 1820.  4 vols.  New York:  Oxford University Press, 1998.  
     Ref. ML 128 .H8 T46 1998
Documents the printed sources for nearly 20,000 English hymn tunes.  The print edition is an abbreviated version of the Hymn Tune Index maintained at the University of Illinois.

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Fuller, Sophie. The Pandora Guide to Women Composers:  Britain and the United States, 1629 - Present.  London:  Pandora, 1994.
     Ref. ML 390 .F94 1994

Glickman, Sylvia, and Martha Furman Schleifer, eds.  Women Composers:  Music Through the Ages.  6 vols. New York: G.K. Hall, 1996.
     Ref. M2 .W88 1996

Grattan, Virginia L.  American Women Songwriters:  A Biographical Dictionary.  Westport, CT:  Greenwood, 1993.
     Ref. ML 106 .U3 G73 1993

IAWM:  International Alliance for Women in Music. 
     http://www.iawm.org
Resources on women composers and women-in-music topics.

Le Page, Jane Weiner.  Women Composers, Conductors, & Musicians of the 20th Century: Selected Biographies.  3 vols.  Metuchen, N.J.:  Scarecrow, 1980-88.
     Ref. ML 82 .L46

Sadie, Julie Anne, and Rhian Samuel, eds.  Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers.  New York:  Norton, 1994.
     Ref. ML 105 .N66 1994

Zaimont, Judith Lang, and Karen Famera, comp.and eds.  Contemporary Concert Music by Women:  A Directory of the Composers and Their Works.  Westport, CT:  Greenwood, 1981.
     Ref. ML 105 .Z34

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ChoralNet:  The Internet Center for Choral Music.  
     http://www.choralnet.org
ChoralNet's purpose is to be the one place on the Internet where choral musicians can go to begin any of their activity.  There are over 1000 links from the ChoralNet web site to other web pages having to do with choral music.  It is the official website for the American Choral Directors Association.

Ethnomusicology, Folk Music, and World Music.  University of Washington Music Library.
     http://www.lib.washington.edu/music/world.html
Collects a variety of links useful in ethnomusicology, folk music, and world music.

MuSICA:  The Music & Science Information Computer Archive.
     http://www.musica.uci.edu/
A database of scientific research (reference and abstracts) on music as related to behavior, the brain, and allied fields.  Supported in part by the National Association of Music Merchants and the University of California, Irvine.

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