Databases and Indexes

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Musical Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

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New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd Edition
Covers all aspects of music, including composers, performers, terminology, musical genres and forms

New Grove Dictionary of Opera
Covers all aspects of opera including composers, performers, and individual operas.

New Grove Dictionary of Jazz

Musical America 
Source of business information for the performing arts. Includes searchable directories for performers, artist managers, companies, festivals, competitions, schedules, etc.

General Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia Britannica
Encarta Encyclopedia 
Encyclopedia Americana 
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Thesaurus


Abstracts and Indexes

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IPM: Index to Printed Music
Search online for individual pieces of music in standard scholarly editions.

International Index of Music Periodicals
Indexes over 380 international music periodicals. Covers nearly all aspects of music including jazz, classical, popular, and world music. Also covers musical instruments and technology.

Music Index
Indexes more than 640 international music periodicals. Includes musicological data, book reviews, record reviews, first performances, and obituaries.

RILM 
An international bibliography of over 250,000 scholarly writings on music and related disciplines in 200 languages.