Music
FIND BOOKS
URSUS, available on Mariner, is the University of Maine System’s shared online book catalog.
FIND ARTICLES
Academic Search Premier [Mariner].
Music Index Online [Mariner].
JSTOR [Mariner] Digital archive of core scholarly journals in arts, humanities, general science and
social sciences. Historical collection covering complete run of each journal from its inception to
generally 2-5 years ago.
Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature [Index tables] Popular literature, e.g., Time, Newsweek.
Humanities Index [Index tables] Scholarly journals in the humanities.
Social Sciences Index [Index tables] Scholarly journals in the social sciences.
Biography Index [Index tables].
Book Review Digest [Index tables].
Book Review Index 1969-1984 [REF Z 1035 A1 B59].
New York Times Historical [Mariner] America’s newspaper of record with important articles on architecture. Exact reproduction of entire issues of The New York Times from its first issue in 1851 up to the last two to three years. For current coverage, use LexisNexis Academic, ProQuest Newspapers, or the New York Times link.
New York Times [Mariner] Index to and full-text coverage from 1999 to the present.
LexisNexis Academic [Mariner] Complete articles and indexing to many US and international newspapers.
ProQuest Newspapers [Mariner] Like LexisNexis Academic: full-text articles and indexing to US and international newspapers.
New York Times Index 1952-2002 [Index Tables] NYT is available full-text online 1851+ (see above New York Times Historical) and 1955-2003 in microfilm or paper.
New York Times Article Archive [Mariner] Indexing for The New York Times from 1851 to the present.
REFERENCE SOURCES
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 20 vols. [REF ML 100 N48] People as major emphasis: 50% of entries are on composers. Performers, scholars, theorists, patrons, those in the business of music and others listed as well. Terminology, genres and forms, instruments, institutions, music of countries and other aspects of music covered as well. International in scope.
New Grove Dictionary of American Music, 4 vols. [REF ML 101 U6 N48] Entire range of American music.
New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2 vols. [REF ML 102 J3 N48] Individuals, groups and bands, styles, topics and terms, instruments, record companies and labels and institutions.
New Oxford Companion to Music, 2 vols. [REF ML 100 N5] People who make music and their works, and music itself including Individual l works, forms, terms, theory, instruments, etc.
Oxford Companion to Music [REF ML 100 S37] Focuses on the people who make music and their works as well as music terminology of Western music.
Contemporary Musicians [REF ML 385 C61] Biographical and critical coverage of wide range of performers and composers.
Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 6 vols. [REF ML 105.B16] Comprehensive source of information on classical, popular and jazz musicians.
Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music [REF ML 105 H38] Biographical information about composers, performers, music theorists and instrument makers. Emphasizes classical music but also gives attention to jazz, blues, rock, hymns and show tunes. Special focus on 20th century.
Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of 20th Century Classical Musicians [REF ML 105 S612] Concise biographical overview, often with work lists, brief bibliographies and first performances. Western, non-pop, non-jazz emphasis.
Women and Music in America Since 1900 [REF ML 82 W625] Articles on women composers, performers, teachers, and scholars from all genres of music since 1900, as well as on issues, organizations, and broad topics.
Encyclopedia of Popular Music, 8 vols. [REF ML 102.P66 G84] Covers rock ‘n’ roll, jazz, blues, soul, country, reggae, Latin and African pop and more.
Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD [REF ML 156.4.J3 C67] Guide to recorded jazz. Includes biographies and criticism.
Language of Jazz [REF ML 102.J3 PC68] Exploration of words and phrases associated with jazz.
Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz [REF ML 102.J3 F4] Brief entries for over 3000 musicians, including documentation of musical influences, accomplishments, performances, recordings.
Blues Who’s Who [REF ML 102 B6 H3] Brief biographies of the blues singers in the twentieth century.
All Music Guide to Jazz [REF ML 156.4 J3 A45] Guide to recorded jazz. Includes brief biographies of artists and groups.
Harvard Dictionary of Music [REF ML 100 N485] Definitions and descriptions on wide range of topics embracing all aspects of music including individual compositions. No biographical information.
Oxford Dictionary of Music [REF ML 100 K35] Brief descriptions of people, compositions, instruments and terms.
Music Since 1900 [REF ML 197 S634] Chronologically documents significant events in the history of music since 1900.
Great Rock Discography [REF ML 156.4 R6 S8] Biographies and discographies of the top rock artists and groups of the twentieth century.
The A to X of Alternative Music [REF ML 102 P66 T38] Contemporary music from outside the mainstream.
Country Music: the Rough Guide [REF ML 3524 W643] Brief biographies on individual artists from the early twenties to the turn of the twenty-first century in country music.
Great Composers 1300-1900 [REF ML 105 E944] Brief biographies and list of principal works of the greatest composers of the fourteenth thru nineteenth centuries.
Oxford Dictionary of Opera [REF ML 102 06 W37] Brief biographies on people who make and perform opera, their works, and terms that are used in opera.
Music Reference and Research Materials [REF ML 113 D83] Annotated bibliography of encyclopedias and dictionaries, histories, bibliographies, and other music research tools.
Oxford Reference Online [Mariner] Reference sources.
Musician’s Business & Legal Guide [REF ML 3790 M84] Legal and business issues music professionals may face.
Music Business Handbook [REF ML 3795 B33] College text on the business and management of music.
A Short Guide to Writing about Music [REF/RESERVE ML 3797 B4 2000] A writing guide for music.
WORLD WIDE WEB
All-Music Guide http://www.allmusic.com/ Recordings, song titles, biographies, reviews; links to other sites.
Red Hot Jazz Archive http://www.technoir.net/jazz/b.html Early jazz audio recordings and biographies as well as other information.