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About this Resource Guide

We have developed this Resource Guide for Music students and faculty. The guide provides links to electronic and print resouces in the library, archived materials at the Ward M. Canaday Center, and Websites focused on Music..

Thomas Atwood, Associate Professor, Coordinator Information Literacy & Library Instruction

Music Resources on the Web

Use these resources to locate more literature and materials in Music

American Memory: Music Collections
Anglicans Online: Music Resources
Music Manuscripts at the British Library
Explore the British Library's online collection of music manuscripts, scores, and letters by composers
Music Manuscripts Online at the Morgan Library
Access digitized versions of more than 500 music manuscripts.
Music Treasures Consortium
"The Music Treasures Consortium provides online access to the world's most valued music manuscripts and print materials, held at the most renowned music archives, in order to further research and scholarship.

Researchers can search or browse materials, access metadata about each item, and view digital images of the treasure via each custodial archive's Web site. The consortial collection will grow as members add more materials."

Quicklinks

Use these resources to get started with your research

Oxford Music Online
Collection of full text, cross-searchable reference resources for music research and scholarship. Covers all musical forms and genres and includes material on composers, performers, conductors, instruments and notations, and individual works. Includes all content in Grove Music Online, including New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, New Grove Dictionary of Opera, New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, Grove Dictionary of American Music, and Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. Also includes full text content from Oxford Companion to Music, Oxford Dictionary of Music, and Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Currently includes over 8,000 articles.

Music Center (OhioLINK)
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A digital collection of recordings from the Naxos Music Library
Music literature at the University Libraries
Use this link to view a prepared list of library holdings related to Music
Music Research Databases

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