Library Guides: Music Research: About

Job Outlook

2023-2032 Projected Job Outlook/ Growth from Occupational Outlook Handbook (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)

opens new windowMusicians and Singers, 1% growth (Little or no change)
opens new windowMusic Directors and Composers, 1% increase (Little or no change)

Featured Resources

Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new window
The gateway to opens new windowGrove Music Online.
Full-text articles on composers, performers, conductors, instruments, forms and genres, individual works; allows cross-searching across multiple music reference resources. Sources include Oxford Companion to Music, Oxford Dictionary of Music, Encyclopedia of Popular Music.
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Grove Music Online User's Manual
Music Library This link opens in a new window
This database is a collection of digital resources for the study of music. Includes peer-reviewed articles, music scores, video presentations of various works.

Featured Books

The Meaning of Music by Leo Samama; Dominy Clements (Translator)
Call Number: Ebook
Publication Date: 2015
Musical Terms, Symbols and Theory by Michael C. Thomsett
Call Number: Ebook
Publication Date: 2012
The Oxford Handbook of Ritual and Worship in the Hebrew Bible by Samuel E. Balentine (Editor)
Call Number: Ebook
Publication Date: 2020

AVON - Academic Videos Online

AVON: Academic Videos Online This link opens in a new window
More than 80,000 videos all immediately available for your viewing, including more than 32,000 are on the subject of Music.
A comprehensive collection of academic videos curated across many disciplines such as business, theater, counseling, health, history, music and many more. Our subscription allows for limited public screenings (as long as no admission is charged and is viewed on ORU campus), includes permission for classroom showings and ability to embed into D2L. Content includes documentaries, interviews, feature films, news programs, demonstrations, raw footage, etc. More information and tutorials from ProQuest.
Link to Volume IV and to Volume V, The Symptom Media Collection of the Counseling and Therapy in Video series.
Link to more than 215 Nursing Channels.

opens new windowInternet Archive: Music - More than 585,000 results, including audio, movies, texts, concerts, data, images and more, dating 1925-2019.

IPA Source This link opens in a new window
IPA source contains International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias and art song texts. The goal of IPA source is to promote the comprehension and accurate pronunciation of foreign language texts in art song and opera in order that the singer may imbue each syllable with the appropriate emotional content. Translations into English from multiple languages.

opens new windowIPA Source: Browse Composer by Last Name
IPA source contains International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias and art song texts. The goal of IPA source is to promote the comprehension and accurate pronunciation of foreign language texts in art song and opera in order that the singer may imbue each syllable with the appropriate emotional content. Translations into English from multiple languages.