Search Geisler Library's catalog to find the books, journals, audiovisuals and other materials owned by the library. Search by keyword, subject, title or author for materials on your topic.  To find journal articles, use one of the indexes listed below.

• Music Abbreviations: A Reverse Dictionary
• Facts on File Dictionary of Music
• Harvard Dictionary of Music
• From Convent to Concert Hall: A Guide to Women Composers
• Garland Encyclopedia of World Music
• Oxford Companion to Music
• American Song Lyricists, 1920-1960
• Green Book of Songs by Subject: The Thematic Guide to Popular Music
• Latin American Classical Composers: A Biographical Dictionary
• Women and Music in American Since 1900: An Encyclopedia
• American Musical Traditions
• Easy to Remember: The Great American Songwriters and their Songs
• Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock 'n Roll
• Music Since 1900
• New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
• International Dictionary of Black Composers

• All-Music Guide
• Finland's Sibelius Academy
• Harvard Loeb Music Library
• Librarian's Internet Index (LII):  Music
• Music Library  
• New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Music Division 
• Worldwide Internet Music Resources
• Websites of Interest to Musicologists
• Lift Every Voice: Music in American Life
• Music History 102: A Guide to Western Composers and their Music from the Middle Ages to the Present
• Ricci Adams' Musictheory.net
• ArtsEdge

• MLA: Guide to Copyright for Music
• Public Domain Music

• Classical

• Baroque Music Homepage
• Classical Music Home Page
• Classical Net
• Duke University Classical Music Resources
• Essentials of Music
• J.S. Bach: Texts of the Complete Vocal Works with English Translation and Commentary

• Jazz

• Blue Note Records 
• Jazz Online  
• Jazz World.Com  
• Louis Armstrong Online  
• Red Hot Jazz Archive: a History of Jazz Before 1930
• 'One More Once': A Centennial Celebration of the Life and Music of Count Basie

• Popular

  • American Popular Music Digital Archive
  • Musicals 101: CyberEncyclopedia of Musical Theatre, TV and  Film
     

• Vocal & Opera

• Aria Database
• ChoralNet, the Internet Center for Choral Music 
• Metropolitan Opera
• Musica, the Database of Choral Music 
• Operabase  
• Opera Glass

• World Music

• American folk music:  Southern Mosaic
• Archives of African American Music and Culture
• Smithsonian Global Sound 
• World Music Institute

• K-12 Resources for Music Educators
• MENC: the National Association for Music Education
• Music Teachers National Association

• American Choral Directors Association
• American School Band Directors Association
• BMI  
• International Alliance for Women in Music
• International Association for Jazz Education 
• Music Library Association
• Music Publishers Association
• Music Teachers National Association

• Indiana University List 
• Internet Resources for Music Scholars (Harvard)

• RILM Abstracts of Music Literature from EBSCOHost
• EBSCOhost databases 
• FirstSearch  databases
• Ingenta (formerly UnCover)
• Music Article Guide (Index Table - Geisler Library)
• RISM Online
• WorldCat
• More indexes are available via Geisler Library.

• Fine Arts at Central

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Created by L. Smith. Revised April 19, 2006. sls

King, Valery. "Music: A Survey of Some Quality Resources." C&RL News 66.11 (Dec. 2005). 18 April 2006 <www.ala.org>.