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Shortcuts for researching a topic: online and print resources
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Jazz

Shortcuts for Researching a Topic: Online and Print Resources

Music Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

See especially Ref ML102.J3 in the Lewis Music Library. Examples:

Finding Books and Articles

  • Barton (to find materials owned by MIT)

    • Main call number sections: ML3506; ML3561.J3
    • Biographies of jazz composers: ML410
    • Biographies of jazz performers: ML421-ML422
    • Main subject headings: Jazz; Jazz musicians; Jazz -- History and criticism.

  • Music index.
    Ref ML118.M987 and online (MIT only)
    An index to music articles published in journals from 1949-1974 (print) and 1974-present (online).

  • RILM (Répertoire International de la Littérature Musicale) Abstracts of music literature. (MIT only)
    Contains abstracts of music research (articles, books, dissertations) from 1967 on.


  • WorldCat (MIT only)
    Contains over one billion library records of any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries, including books, scores, CDs, and videos/DVDs
    .

  • Doctoral dissertations in musicology online
    Free web access from the Center for the History of Music Theory and Literature, Indiana University.
    An index of music dissertations-in-progress and a bibliography of completed music dissertations.

  • Google Scholar.
    Includes scholarly literature at MIT and beyond.

To broaden your music search, use Vera Multi-Search

Bibliographies

See especially Ref ML128.J3 in the Lewis Music Library’s reference section. Examples:

Finding Full-text Journal Articles

  • To get the articles found in indexes, click the sfx button in the citation

Finding Music Scores

  • For scores in the Lewis Music Library, use Barton Advanced Search and select Scores from the pulldown menu under Formats/Types. Change one of the keyword searches to Subject Words and enter jazz.

  • For online public domain scores, see Public Domain Music Scores

Finding CDs and DVDs

  • For CDs and DVDs in the Lewis Music Library, use Barton Advanced Search and select CDs or DVDs from the pulldown menu under Formats/Types.

  • Search for a jazz artist by name or change one of the keyword searches to Subject Words and enter jazz.

  • More specific subjects include Guitar music (Jazz); Jazz -- 1931-1940; Latin jazz; Piano music (Jazz); Jazz vocals; Big band music; etc.

Streaming Audio

Selected Internet Resources

 
 

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Lewis Music Librarian
pmunsted@mit.edu

 

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