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Music
Librarian Subject Specialist
- Michael Colby
- mdcolby@ucdavis.edu — (530) 752‑0931 — Cataloging and Metadata Services
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Subject Specific Databases
- Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians (now Oxford Music Online) (http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com) VPN
- The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians in now part of Oxford Music Online. It can be searched alone, or together with the Oxford Dictionary of Music and/or the Oxford Companion to Music. Grove Music includes over 20,000 biographies of composers, performers, and writers on music, and over 9,000 articles with extensive bibliographies and cross references
- IIMP Full Text: International Index to Music Periodicals [via Proquest] (http://uclibs.org/PID/4248) VPN
- IIMP Full Text covers nearly all aspects of the world of music, from the most scholarly studies to the latest crazes. IIMP Full Text draws its current content from more than 370 international music periodicals from over 20 countries with over 60 Full Text titles. IIMP Full Text also includes retrospective coverage from over 185 periodicals dating back as far as 1874. Included in the current and retrospective content are 29 complete-run titles, from inception to the present (or final) issue, and many partial run titles. Most IIMP Full Text records in the current coverage contain an abstract, and additionally many IIMP Full Text records contain the corresponding full text of the original article.
- Coverage: 1874-present
- RILM: International Repertory of Music Literature [via EBSCO] (http://uclibs.org/PID/16255) VPN
RILM is the Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale or International Repertory of Music Literature. International coverage for all types of materials, including periodicals, dissertations and essays, in the area of music including historical musicology, ethnomusicology, instruments, voice, dance, and music therapy. Access via NISC will end April 17, 2009. Access has moved to EBSCOHOST.
- Coverage: 1967-present
- RIPM: International Index to Nineteenth-Century Music Periodicals [via EBSCO] (http://uclibs.org/PID/16694) VPN
Indexes and abstracts over 65 journals on music from the U.S., Europe and Russia. Access via NISC will end on April 17, 2009. Access will continue from EBSCOHOST.
- Coverage: 19th century
- RISM: International Inventory of Musical Sources (http://uclibs.org/PID/32967)
The International Inventory of Musical Sources (RISM) aims to comprehensively document the world's musical sources of manuscripts or printed music, works on music theory and libretti stored in libraries, archives, monasteries, schools and private collections.
The online-catalogue offered here contains around 700,000 references almost exclusively to music manuscripts. These records pass on to posterity the works of some 25,000 composers. The sources are preserved in the libraries and archives of 32 countries. The RISM online catalogue currently contains over 1.1 million music incipits.
- Coverage: 1600-1850
- Naxos Classical Music Library (http://ucdavis.NaxosMusicLibrary.com) VPN
- The Naxos Classical Music Library consists of 40,243 albums, comprising 576,092 tracks, with new content added regularly. This database of streaming audio will replace the campus subscription to Alexander Street Press Music Online in the very near future.
- Coverage: classical repertoire
- Related:
- Naxos Music Library Jazz (http://ucdavis.naxosmusiclibrary.com/jazz/) VPN
Naxos Music Library Jazz offers close to 20,000 tracks of jazz from over 1,900 albums. Over 500 jazz artists are represented. Naxos Music Library Jazz comprises Naxos Jazz and the 22 labels of Fantasy Jazz. New content is added regularly.
- Naxos Music Library Jazz (http://ucdavis.naxosmusiclibrary.com/jazz/)
- Music Index Online
- UC Davis access to Music Index Online at Harmonie Park Press was not renewed and is ending. Access to the Harmonie Park Press platform ended on February 28, 2010.
- Oxford Bibliographies Online. Music (http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/browse?module_0=obo-9780199757824) VPN
- Author: Editor in Chief, Bruce Gustafson
- Compiled by leading scholars in music fields, this set of bibliographies covers several musical areas, including composers, instruments, musical forms, ethnomusicology, countries, and more. Each article is reviewed and updated annually; new bibliographies are slated to be added as well.
- Related:
- Oxford Bibliographies Online (http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/)
Follow this link (after you are logged in)to see all the Oxford Bibliographies online to which UC Davis subscribes.
- Oxford Bibliographies Online (http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/)
General Databases
- Academic Search Complete [via EBSCO] (http://uclibs.org/PID/126936) VPN
- The multi-disciplinary database Academic Search Complete (ASC) provides full-text access to more than 5,500 periodicals, including over 4,600 peer-reviewed journals, and indexing and abstracts for an additional 9,500 journals and 10,000 publications, including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. This scholarly collection offers coverage of information in many areas of academic study including, but not limited to: animal science, anthropology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion & theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology and many other fields. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.
- Coverage: 1887-present
- Related:
- See also MasterFILE Premier database for popular magazines (http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=f5h)
- See also MasterFILE Premier database for popular magazines (http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=f5h)
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index [via Web of Knowledge] (http://isiknowledge.com/wos) VPN
- Multidisciplinary database covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities. It indexes 1,100 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, as well as covering selected, relevant items from over 6,800 major science and social science journals.
- Coverage: 1975-present
- JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive (http://uclibs.org/PID/1980) VPN
- JSTOR provides Full-Text access to back files of hundreds important scholarly journals in nearly 50 disciplines spanning the arts, humanities, social sciences and the sciences. Current issues are now included for selected titles. Holdings vary by journal. JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization established with the assistance of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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- About J Stor (http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/)
Visit this page to learn about the holdings of JSTOR journals. See Harvest Library Catalog for UC Davis access to recent and current materials.
- About J Stor (http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/)
Full-Text Resources
- Oxford History of Western Music (http://uclibs.org/PID/176230) VPN
- Author: Richard Taruskin
- The Oxford History of Western Music discusses the history of Western classical music from the perspective on the renowned musicologist, Richard Taruskin. The online version contains the entire text of all 69 chapters from the print 2009 edition, as well as the 500 illustrations and 1800 musical examples. It also offers links to relevant entries in Grove Music Online and search and browse options for navigation of the text.
- Performing Arts Encyclopedia (Library of Congress) (http://www.loc.gov/performingarts/encyclopedia/)
- A guide to the performing arts collections (both print and digital) and exhibitions at the Library of Congress. Includes digitized items from the collections, with some works by composers Amy Beach, George W. Chadwick, Charles Ives, Edward MacDowell, Gerry Mulligan and several others. Also topical material, such as Civil War Sheet music and American Choral Music.
- JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive (http://uclibs.org/PID/1980) VPN
- JSTOR provides Full-Text access to back files of hundreds important scholarly journals in nearly 50 disciplines spanning the arts, humanities, social sciences and the sciences. Current issues are now included for selected titles. Holdings vary by journal. JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization established with the assistance of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Related:
- About J Stor (http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/)
Visit this page to learn about the holdings of JSTOR journals. See Harvest Library Catalog for UC Davis access to recent and current materials.
- About J Stor (http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/)
- AMS--Doctoral Dissertations in Music (http://www.ams-net.org/ddm/index.php)
- Author: American Musicological Society
- An international database of bibliographic records for completed dissertations and new dissertation topics in the fields of musicology, music theory, and ethnomusicology, as well as in related musical, scientific, and humanistic disciplines.
- Electronic Dictionary of Musical Themes (http://www.multimedialibrary.com/barlow/index.asp)
- Dictionary of Musical Themes by Barlow and Morgenstern, available as Standard MIDI files for computer-based enjoyment, study and analysis.
Guides to Electronic, Print, and Other Resources
- World Music Research (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/music/worldmusic.php)
- This guide, prepared by UCD Music Librarian Michael Colby, contains links to electronic and print resources for research in world music.
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
- Oxford Music Online (http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com) VPN
- Oxford Music Online consists of three resources in music: The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, the Oxford Dictionary of Music and the Oxford Companion to Music. They can be searched alone or together.
Handbooks & Tables
- Turabian Citation Guide (http://www.press.uchicago.edu/books/turabian/turabian_citationguide.html)
- A concise reference list from Kate L. Turabian's A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses and Dissertations. Provides basic guidelines for bibliographic information in footnotes, endnotes and a bibliography.
- Related:
- Complete print version available
Peter J Shields (H/SS Reference) LB2369 T8 1996
A manual for writers of term papers, theses, and dissertations By Kate L Turabian: 6th edition (1996). (Another copy located in Peter J Shields Reserves).
- Complete print version available
- Copying Under Copyright (http://mpa.org/copyright_resource_center/copying)
- A guide to copyright law as it applies to music. Prepared by the Music Publishers Association.
Digitized collections
- Chopin First Editions Online (http://www.cfeo.org.uk/apps/)
- An archive comprising ca. 5,500 digital images of Chopin's first editions. Drawn from the holdings of five lead institutions - Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Bodleian Library, British Library, Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina and the University of Chicago Library, which together provided c. 4,550 (83%) of the required images - as well as those of the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (c. 270 images; 5%), New York Public Library (c. 150 images; 3%) and fifteen other institutions (c. 530 images; 9%). The full score of each original impression appears along with excerpts from the Annotated Catalogue and commentary on salient textual characteristics.
- Digital Mozart Edition (http://dme.mozarteum.at/DME/main/index.php?l=2)
- Author: Mozarteum Foundation Salzburg in cooperation with Packard Humanities Institute
- Access to the complete works of Wolfgang Amadé Mozart (1756–1791) in digital form via the internet for study and performance purposes (in progress).
- International Music Score Library Project (http://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page)
- A virtual library and wiki containing public domain musical scores, as well as scores from composers who are willing to share their music with the world without charge.
- Music Treasures Consortium (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/treasures/treasures-home.html)
The Music Treasures Consortium provides online access to the world's most valued music manuscripts and print materials, held at the most renowned music archives, in order to further research and scholarship. Includes material from: The British Library, Harvard University--Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library, Library of Congress, Juilliard School--Lila Acheson Wallace Library, Morgan Library & Museum, and New York Public Library .
- Online Resources for Music Scholars: Digital Scores (Harvard) (http://hcl.harvard.edu/research/guides/biblio/onmusic/hclweb/tag/resource_type/digital_score)
- Created and maintained by the Loeb Music Library at Harvard University, this is a comprehensive guide to digital score collections available online.
- Performing Arts Encyclopedia (Library of Congress) (http://www.loc.gov/performingarts/encyclopedia/)
- A guide to the performing arts collections (both print and digital) and exhibitions at the Library of Congress. Includes digitized items from the collections, with some works by composers Amy Beach, George W. Chadwick, Charles Ives, Edward MacDowell, Gerry Mulligan and several others. Also topical material, such as Civil War Sheet music and American Choral Music.
- Schubert Manuskripte (http://www.schubert-online.at/activpage/index_en.htm)
- Author: Institute for applied Musicology and Psychology (IAMP) in cooperation with the music collection of the Vienna City Library and the Musicological Institute of the University of Vienna
- Contains digital reproductions of more than 500 score autographs, letters and life documents by Franz Schubert.
- Sheet Music Consortium (http://digital2.library.ucla.edu/sheetmusic/)
- Author: Hosted by UCLA Digital Library Program
- Tools and services that promote access to and use of online sheet music collections by scholars, students, and the general public.
- Sibley Digitized Scores Collection (https://urresearch.rochester.edu/viewInstitutionalCollection.action?collectionId=63)
- Author: Sibley Music Library, University of Rochester
- Scores and books in the public domain. Many of these are unique to the Sibley Music Library collection.
Streaming Audio
- Naxos Classical Music Library (http://ucdavis.NaxosMusicLibrary.com) VPN
- The Naxos Classical Music Library consists of 40,243 albums, comprising 576,092 tracks, with new content added regularly. This database of streaming audio will replace the campus subscription to Alexander Street Press Music Online in the very near future.
- Coverage: classical repertoire
- Related:
- Naxos Music Library Jazz (http://ucdavis.naxosmusiclibrary.com/jazz/) VPN
Naxos Music Library Jazz offers close to 20,000 tracks of jazz from over 1,900 albums. Over 500 jazz artists are represented. Naxos Music Library Jazz comprises Naxos Jazz and the 22 labels of Fantasy Jazz. New content is added regularly.
- Naxos Music Library Jazz (http://ucdavis.naxosmusiclibrary.com/jazz/)
- Naxos Music Library: Jazz (http://ucdavis.naxosmusiclibrary.com/jazz/) VPN
- Naxos Music Library Jazz offers close to 20,000 tracks of jazz from over 1,900 albums. Over 500 jazz artists are represented. Naxos Music Library Jazz comprises Naxos Jazz and the 22 labels of Fantasy Jazz. New content is added regularly.