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Research guide: Music

Quick guides:

• Classical music
• Electronic music
• Jazz
• Music of the United States
• Musical theater
• Pop and rock music
• Songs
• World music

Many print-only dictionaries, indexes, and thematic catalogs are available in the library.

To get the articles found in indexes, click the button in the citation.

eBooks: search Barton and limit to "Electronic Resources"

For print-only indexes and bibliographies, look in the Lewis Music Library's Ref ML128 section.

For thematic catalogs listing composers’ works, look in Ref ML134, arranged alphabetically by composer.

Writing guides for music: see the Ref ML3797 section in the library

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