Guides: Music: Reference Resources

Library Reference Resources

Reference books such as encyclopedias and dictionaries are located in the Reference Room in the library. These resources are library use only.

The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians by Stanley Sadie (Editor); John Tyrrell (Editor)
Call Number: Ref. ML 100 .N48 2001 vol.1-29
ISBN: 9781561592395
Publication Date: 2003-02-11
The Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments by Laurence Libin
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9780199743407
Publication Date: 2014
The Oxford Dictionary of Music by Michael Kennedy and Joyce Bourne Kennedy
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9780191744518
Publication Date: 2012
The New Oxford Companion to Music by Denis Arnold (Editor)
Call Number: ML 100 .S37 1983 vol.1-2
ISBN: 0193113163
Publication Date: 1983-11-17
The Harvard Dictionary of Music by Don Michael Randel
Call Number: Ref. ML 100 .A64 2003
ISBN: 0674011635
Publication Date: 2003-11-28
The New Grove Dictionary of American Music by H. Wiley Hitchcock (Editor); Stanley Sadie (Editor)
Call Number: Ref. ML 101 .U6 N48 1986 vol.1-4
ISBN: 0943818362
Publication Date: 2002-01-01
Dictionary of Music Education by Mark C. Ely; Amy E. Rashkin
Call Number: Ref. MT 1 .E49 2005
ISBN: 1579994660
Publication Date: 2005-01-01

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Grove Music Online This link opens in a new window
Offers scholarly perspectives on a wide range of topics: musical concepts, music history, compositional practice, and more. Includes biographies, images, musical examples, and links to audio and video. Includes updated versions of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (2nd ed.), The Oxford Dictionary of Music, and The Oxford Companion to Music.

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Over 5,000 images, musical examples, and links to audio and video

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Find quick facts and background information in over 600 reference sources. Then continue searching in the NOBLE catalog and other electronic resources right from the Credo search screen.
Grove Music Online This link opens in a new window
Offers scholarly perspectives on a wide range of topics: musical concepts, music history, compositional practice, and more. Includes biographies, images, musical examples, and links to audio and video. Includes updated versions of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (2nd ed.), The Oxford Dictionary of Music, and The Oxford Companion to Music.
Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
Provides over 2 million digitized entries from Oxford University Press’s Dictionaries, Companions and Encyclopedias. Find facts, figures, definitions, quotations, translations, and illustrations covering 25 subject areas such as history, linguistics, medicine and health, music, and religion.