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Introduction
Articles
databases for finding articles Anatomy of a Bibliographic Citation for Music Education Anatomy of a Bibliographic Citation for Musicology
Books
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Reference Sources
Significant electronic and print dictionaries and encyclopedias
Websites
Musicology Research Sites Music Education: Important Organizations Music History: Important Organizations Musical Genre Sites Period- and Instrument-Specific Music History Sites Wired Musicology Page Wired Music Education Page Wired Jazz Page Ethnomusicology Resources

Significant electronic and print dictionaries and encyclopedias

New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians

Music Reference Shelf under call number ML100 .N48 2001; also on reserve at the Music Service Desk

The New Grove, second edition, includes entries on persons and subjects. While predominantly a classical music resource, it now includes jazz, popular, and world music. Also available electronically as Grove Music Online:
Grove Music Online
The electronic version of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians incorporates the New Grove Dictionary of Opera and the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.

Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart

comprehensive music encyclopedia in German

Music Reference Shelf under call number ML100 .M92 1994

The second edition is divided into two sections, the Sachteil (terms) and Personenteil (people). The 1994 date does not reflect that the volumes were issued piecemeal, so some volumes date from much later than others.

Harvard Dictionary of Music

authoritative dictionary of musical terms available electronically through Credo Reference and:

Music Reference Shelf under call number ML 100 .H37 2003; also on reserve at the Music Service Desk