Writing a Music Paper  

Research Guide: Music

Lewis Music Library FAQ

Writing a Music Paper

Quick Guides:

• Classical Music
• Electronic Music
• Jazz
• Music of the United States
• Musical Theater
• Pop and Rock Music
• Songs
• World Music

Materials in the Lewis Music Library

The Lewis Music Library collection includes:

• Over 16,000 books
• 100 journal subscriptions
• 38,000 scores
• 25,000 recordings

Finding Materials in the Library

• Use Barton, the MIT Libraries online catalog
  
  • Barton search tips
  • Locating music recordings and scores
  • Video tutorials

Finding Online Resources

• Vera lists MIT's e-resources.

• Online music resources are listed in Research Guide: Music

Music Meta-Sites

• Worldwide Internet Music Resources (Indiana University)
  
  
• Music Resources (Sibelius Academy)
  
  
• WWW Sites of Interest to Musicologists (American Musicological Society)

Writing Tips

• Starting your research
  
  
• Organizing your references


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

Obtaining Library Materials Not at MIT

• InterLibrary Borrowing
  
  
• Boston Library Consortium (BLC)

Questions?

• Visit the Lewis Music Library in Bldg. 14E-109
  
  
• Library hours are on the web
  
  
• Call the library at 617-253-5689. Reference help is available Monday-Friday, 9 am-5 pm
  
  
• Send a question to Ask Us!
  
  
• Visit the Lewis Music Library home page

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Research Consultations- appointments with subject experts for in-depth help

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• Suggest a purchase (MIT only)
• Interlibrary borrowing (MIT only)