The purpose of this publication is to provide you with a starting point to finding resources in Music.
- Reference sources
- Books
- Journals
- Journal databases
- Internet resources
- Related guides and information
Reference sources
Reference sources are a good starting point for any assignment topic, as they can help to clarify concepts and keywords, as well as provide an overview of a topic. They include dictionaries, encyclopaedias, directories, handbooks, manuals, etc. Reference books are not available for loan, but can instead be used in the library.
Dictionaries & Encyclopaedia
| Call number | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| 781.6503 2 /2A | Kernfeld, B 2002 | The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz |
| 786.703 1 | Anderton, C 1988 | The Electronic Musician's Dictionary |
| 031.0285 1 /1998 | Hayes, D & Learning, C 1997 | Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia |
| Oxford Reference Online | Michael Kennedy, Oxford University Press, 2004 | The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music |
| 780.3 31 | Randel, DM & Apel, W 1986 |
The New Harvard Dictionary of Music |
| Xrefer | http://www.xrefer.com/ | Xrefer - a database of dictionaries, with excellent music dictionaries. |
| 551.0285 2 | Stevens, B & Smith, D 1990 | Earthquest - Computer disks. |
780.3 14 /A |
Sadie, S & Grove, GS 1980 | The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians |
| 782.103 6 | Anderson , J 1989 | Bloomsbury Dictionary of Opera & Operetta |
| 782.103 11 | Sadie, S 1992 | The New Grove Dictionary of Opera |
| 782.103 10 | Warrack, J & West, E 1992 | The Oxford Dictionary of Opera |
| 781.6303 4 /3R | Hardy, P 2001 |
The Faber Companion to 20th Century Popular Music |
| 780.90403 4 | Pickering, D 1998 | Cassell Companion to 20th-Century Music |
| 781.6603 15 | Pareles, J, George-Warren, H & Bashe, PR 2001 | The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll, |
| 781.640994 3 | McFarlane, I 1999 | The Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop |
Books
To find books on a topic, the best starting point is to perform a keyword search on the library catalogue. Once you have found an item that looks relevant, you can then use the subject headings assigned to that record to find other items. Alternatively, you can browse the shelves at the following locations:
Journals
The library subscribes to many print and electronic journals (serials, or periodicals), covering current developments and research in a subject area. Browsing journals allows you to keep up to date in your area.
For a complete list of print and electronic Music journals, perform a Subject search for “Music” on the Library Catalogue (using the Periodicals option). Journals are not available for loan.
| Call number | Journal |
|---|---|
| 780.904 98 and online | Contemporary Music Review |
| 780 166 and online | Leonardo Music Journal : Lmj : Journal of the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology |
| 781.63 38 | Perfect Beat : The Journal of Research into Contemporary Music and Popular Culture |
| 780.904 85 and online | Tempo |
| 791.447 8 | 24 Hours : The Complete Monthly Guide to Classical Music |
| 780.994 12 | Sounds Australian. Australian Music Centre Journal |
| 780.994 13 | Australian Music Centre. Update |
| 780.994 13 | Sounds Australian. Update |
| 780 231 and online | Journal of New Music Research |
| 621.3893 48 and online | Studio sound |
Journal databases
Locating journal articles is different from locating books.
- will tell you if QUT Library holds a particular journal
- will not provide information about individual journal articles.
The QUT Databases will help you to locate
- references to journal articles,
- abstracts and full-text copies of the articles if they are available
To retrieve journal articles:
- Identify the title of the journal that the article is in;
- Search the QUT Library Catalogue for that journal title, using the Title search;
- To locate the article within the journal:
- Find the print journal on the shelves using the call number
OR
- Find the electronic journal byfFollowing the hyperlink in the catalogue to the database THEN search within the database for the title of the article.
Find out more about using journal databases:
- Pilot - online library literacy tutorial provides help on developing search strategies.
- Tours & workshops - library staff offer training sessions.
A selection of Music related databases are listed below.
| Database title | Description |
|---|---|
| Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians Online | Provides encyclopedic style information on all aspects of music and musicians. |
| Music Index Online | Subject areas include: musicological and organological topics; book reviews; record reviews. |
| RILM Abstracts of Music Literature | Subject areas include: historical musicology; ethnomusicology;instruments and voice; performance practice and notation; theory and analysis; pedagogy; dance; criticism; |
| Academic Research Library | For interdisciplinary content including all Arts areas. |
| Academic Search Elite | For cross disciplinary database indexing journals.> |
| APAIS: Aust. Public Affairs Information Service (via Informit) | For current journals and newspapers on Australia's social and cultural affairs. |
For more recommended databases, see the Databases Subject Guide (Music):
Internet resources
The Internet provides access to a large range of resources in the Music area. However, the quality of the resources varies, and as part of your research process, you will need to evaluate each web site. There are guidelines for evaluating information which can help you with the evaluation process.
A selection of authoritative usic subject-related web sites are listed below.
General music
| Title | Website |
|---|---|
| Australian Music Centre | http://www.amcoz.com.au |
| Voice of the shuttle: Music | http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse-netscape.asp?id=2722 |
| Harvard Loeb Music Library - resources for music scholars | http://hcl.harvard.edu/loebmusic/text/site-index.html#resourcesInternetResources.html |
| Indiana University Music Internet Resources | http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/ |
| University of Washington Music Library Internet Resources | http://www.lib.washington.edu/Music/ |
| State Library of Queensland | http://www.musicqld.slq.qld.gov.au/ |
| MusicAustralia | http://www.musicaustralia.org/ |
Popular music
| Title & description | Website |
|---|---|
| MusicWeb Encyclopedia of Popular Music | http://www.musicweb.uk.net/encyclopaedia/ |
| International Association for the Study of Popular Music | http://www.iaspm.net/ |
| All Music Guide – discographies & reviews | http://www.allmusic.com/ |
| BUBL Link Catalogue of Internet Resources – Popular Music | http://www.bubl.ac.uk/link/p/popularmusic.htm |
| Music at UCC (National University of Ireland): Web Resources for Studies in Music | http://www.music.ucc.ie/wrrm/ |
| Song File | http://www.songfile.com/ |
Music recording/production
| Title & description | Website |
|---|---|
| Sound on sound- Europe's Number 1 full-text hi-tech music recording magazine | http://www.sospubs.co.uk/ |
Related guides and information
For further information about using libraries and the principles of searching the Library Databases and the Internet, try Pilot. It is a series of short interactive tutorials on finding information in the library and on the Internet.
There are also guides to citing information (in both APA and Harvard format), and how to find standards in your research area.