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This subject guide covers resources available at the NUS Libraries.
This is not a comprehensive subject guide, but rather a selective list of
materials that are most useful for locating information in
Music.
This guide contains the following sections: Databases
Journals
Reference Sources
Theses
Library Instruction
& Tips
Internet Sources
Newspapers
Research and
Citation
Databases are a good a place to begin research. They may contain articles
in journals, papers in conference proceedings, newspapers, chapters in
books, reports and reviews.
Grove Music Online
Librarian's take:
Full-text search with advanced capabilities and over 3000 links to related
sites, including sound archives and illustrations with musical examples.
Guides for searching
Grove Music Online is available at:
Grove Music Online (PDF)
International Index to Music Periodicals Full Text
Librarian's take:
A music journal resource with more than half a million indexed articles,
plus detailed abstracts and full text from 1874 to current, covering the
scholarly to the popular.
Guides for searching
International Index to
Music Periodicals is available at:
IIMP Help (HTML)
Music Index Online
Librarian's take:
Covering all styles and genres of music, The Music Index duly cites book
reviews, obituaries, new periodicals, and news and articles about music,
musicians, and the music industry.
Guides for searching
Music Index Online
is available at:
Music Index Help (HTML)
Naxos Music Library
Librarian's take:
Naxos Music Library is the most comprehensive collection of classical music
available online. It includes the complete Naxos and Marco Polo catalogues
of over 165,000 tracks, including Classical music, Jazz, World, and Folk
music . Whilst listening, notes on the works being played as well as
biographical information on composers or artists in Naxos's extensive
database can also be read.
Guides for searching
Naxos
Music Library is available at:
NML User
Guide (HTML)
More databases available at:
NUS Libraries> E-Resources> Databases
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Acta musicologica
Computer music journal
Contemporary music review
Early music history
Eighteenth century music
Journal of music theory
Journal of
new music research
Journal of research in
music education
Musical
times
Nineteenth
century music
Plainsong
and medieval music
Twentieth
century music
More E-Journals available at:
NUS Libraries> E-Resources> EJournals
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This is a select list of reference sources that give background information
including broad overview, definitions, key issues, major dates or events,
keywords and bibliographies.
Bibliographies
An annotated
guide to wind chamber music : for six to eighteen players
Chamber music :
a research and information guide
The piano in
chamber ensemble : an annotated guide
Dictionaries
The
Harvard dictionary of music
Historical
dictionary of sacred music
The new
Grove dictionary of music and musicians
The Oxford
dictionary of musical terms
Performance
practice : a dictionary-guide for musicians
Directories
International
Music Directory 2006/2007
International showcase : the music business guide
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia
of music in the 20th century
Encyclopedia of world pop music, 1980-2001
The Garland
encyclopedia of world music
The
illustrated encyclopedia of jazz & blues
Handbooks
A handbook
for beginning choral educators
The
musician's handbook : a practical guide to understanding the music business
Orchestral
music : a handbook
Stage
presence from head to toe : a manual for musicians
Writing
about music : an introductory guide
For other background sources, search the Library catalogue,
LINC at
http://linc.nus.edu.sg/.
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NUS Theses
Music students do not submit theses.
Hence, there are no theses kept at the Music Library. More on how to
search NUS theses available at:
http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/lion/l/wtheses.html.
Foreign Theses
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Database (E-Resource)
Database has citations and abstracts of doctoral dissertations and theses
from North American, European and Australian universities.
More foreign theses databases are available at:
NUS Libraries> E-Resources> Databases by Type> Theses & Dissertations
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This is a list of customized "How to search" Library sessions teaching
users how to search specific databases, Library catalogue, etc.. It may
include notes on how to use specific resources.
Library Orientation for Students of the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music
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ArtPromote
A guide to music related
resources.
Classical Net
Classical Net features more than 6500 files including over 5500 links to
other classical music web sites.
International Computer Music
Association
The Association serves composers, engineers, researchers and musicians who
are interested in the integration of music and technology.
Music Publishers' Association
The Association exists to safeguard and improve the business and legal
environment within which its members are operating.
Society for Music Theory
The Society publishes two journals, Music Theory Spectrum and Music Theory
Online and works to increase the diversity of the discipline. This is to
promote fruitful exchanges between music theorists, musicologists,
performers, and scholars in other fields.
Symphony Orchestra Library Center
A source for all kinds of information about orchestras and classical music.
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Factiva (E-Resource)
Newspapers covered include Asian Wall Street Journal, Bangkok Post, Business
Times (Singapore), The Financial Times, Lianhe Zaobao (Singapore), Times
(London), New York Times, Straits Times (Singapore).
LexisNexis Academic (E-Resource)
In addition to Straits Times, Business Times and other international
newspapers, LexisNexis Academic provides company financial information,
industry and market news.
More E-Newspapers available at:
NUS Libraries> E-Resources> E-Newspapers.
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Research
Introduction to
research in music
Music in words :
a guide to researching and writing about music
Sourcebook for
research in music
Citation
The Chicago
manual of style : the essential guide for writers, editors, and publishers
A manual for
writers of term papers, theses, and dissertations
More on Chicago/Turabian style :
http://libpweb1.nus.edu.sg/lion/s/chicago.html
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Content by:
Music Library
Last updated:
28-10-2008
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