Reference Databases
- Credo Reference This link opens in a new windowIncludes images, encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and handbooks.
Credo: Music Books
Credo: Music Topic Pages
Credo: Opera Topic Pages - Gale eBooks This link opens in a new windowVarious subject encyclopedias covering multiple disciplines.
GVRL: Music (~14,071 entries)
GVRL: Music Topic Finder
GVRL: Music Subjects - Points of View Reference Center This link opens in a new windowProvides essays that present multiple sides of current issues, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument), counterpoint (opposing argument), and a Guide to Critical Analysis.
Example: music censorship
In the Library and Timko Barton Listening Room
To find reference books or items in the Timko Barton Music collection, Search the Library catalog and limit your results to "Reference Collection" or "Timko Barton Listening Room." Use keywords or try a subject search for opens new window"music."
Browse the shelves in the music call number sections as shown in the chart below .
See opens new window Library of Congress Classification Outline for a detailed call number and subject list.Drill down through the M--Music and Books on Music subject.
Books are shelved in Library of Congress (LC) call number order so similar subjects will be shelved next to each other. When you find a book of interest look to the left and right on the shelf for related books.
Selected Reference Books
- American Musical Theatre opens new window - ML1711.B67 2010 LRC-R
- Baker's Dictionary of Opera opens new window - ML102.O6 B26 2000 LRC-R
- The Complete Library of Christian Worship opens new window - BV10.2 . C65 1993 LRC-R
- A Dictionary of Hymnology opens new window - BV305.J8 LRC-R & MAIN
- Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music opens new window- ML102.G6 E63 2010 (Ebook)
- Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music opens new window - ML102.G6 E63 2005 LRC-R
- opens new windowEncyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music - ML105.E52 2010 (Ebook)
- Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music opens new window - ML105.E52 2010 LRC-R
- Encyclopedia of the Piano opens new window - ML102.P5 E53 1996 LRC-R
- The Hymn Tune Index opens new window - ML128.H8 T46 1998 LRC-R
- Hymns and Tunes opens new window - BV305.D5 1966 LRC-R
- Index to Poetry in Music opens new window - ML128.S3 B68 2003 LRC-R
- The New Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians opens new window - ML100.G885 LRC-R & TBM
- Oxford Composer Companions: J.S. Bach opens new window - ML410.B1 J15 LRC-R