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Music:
Popular Music

This guide is intended as a research tool to help you locate background information, books, articles, and internet/web links on a variety of popular music topics.

Background Information Sources

Available in the Library's reference area:

Dictionary of American History (10 volumes; see "Music")	REF E174 .D52 2003
Women and Music in America Since 1900 (2 volumes)	REF ML82 .W625 2002
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music (10 volumes, 10 CDs)	REF ML100 .G16 1998
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (29 volumes)	REF ML100 .N48 2001
Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre (3 volumes)	REF ML102 .M88 G3 2001
Oxford Companion to Popular Music	REF ML102 .P66 G35 1991
The Tin Pan Alley Song Encyclopedia	REF ML102 .P66 H57 2002
Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music	REF ML102 .P66 P46 1989
Global Pop: World Music, World Markets	REF ML102 .W67 T4 1997

Books

Search the library catalog for books on your subject using words or word combinations below, or visit the library’s 2nd floor and browse the ML (Music) call number range.

popular music
music
musicians

rock music
country music
folk music

blues
hip-hop
reggae

world music
dance music
soul music

songs
lyrics
jazz

Newspaper, Magazine, and Academic Journal Articles

Expanded Academic ASAP/InfoTrac: full-text journal, magazine, and newspaper articles.
General Reference Center Gold/InfoTrac: reviews, newspaper articles, and other articles.
American National Biography: full-text articles and biographies about deceased Americans
Biography Resource Center/InfoTrac: extensive full-text, in-depth biographies
LexisNexis: large database of current and archived newspaper articles.

Internet Resources

Several Internet resources have been selected below. Additional links are available on Web Resources page; follow link for Music.