Research Guides: Music: Home & Starting Points

Quick Start eBooks for Music Research

Welcome!

Welcome to the Music research guide. Whether you are an upper level music major or you are taking your first music class, this is an excellent place to begin your research. For personal assistance on search strategies, source evaluation, or citation questions, please contact the library liaison for Music, Ian Boucher.

Starting Points for Research

Oxford Music Online
Access articles, biographies, chronologies, worklists and brief entries on all aspects of classical and world music from Grove Music Online, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, and The Oxford Companion to Music. Research composers and their works, musical periods and styles, music history and related performing arts. Three simultaneous users can access at a time. Coverage: varies. Full text.
Bloomsbury Popular Music
Explore scholarly coverage of modern popular music worldwide, from the mid-20th century to the present day. Content includes the Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, the 33 1/3 book series, artist page biographies, and more. Coverage: mid-20th century to present. Full text.
JumpStart

Search our library catalog and many (but not all) of our databases simultaneously, or in any number of combinations that you select. JumpStart combines the library's catalog and about half of our online databases into a single search. Coverage: varies. Some full text.

Subject Guide

Ian Boucher

Contact:

boucheri@dickinson.edu
Librarian Office 7, Main Level (Map)

Subjects: Economics, Educational Studies, Equity & Inclusivity, Film & Media Studies, Help and How-To, International Business & Management, International Studies, Law & Policy Studies, Library Tutorials, Middle East Studies, Music, Policy Studies, Political Science, Security Studies

Citing in Chicago Style

There are two versions of Chicago Style. Here are links to the online manual that the library subscribes to with examples for each:

Notes and Bibliography: This uses footnotes
- Notes and Bibliography Basic Format
- Notes and Bibliography Examples & Variations
Author-Date: This uses parenthetical citation
- Author-Date Basic Format
- Author-Date Examples & Variations