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MUSIC 202: SONG PROJECT

Recommended Print Sources
Finding Articles
Finding Books

 

Articles:

Oxford Music Online - on-campus or off-campus w/ library card
Leading online resource for music research: full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians & more.

Student Resources in Context - on campus or off-campus w/ library card
Full-text magazine & newspaper articles, primary documents, photos, illustrations + audio & video clips.

Encyclopedia Britannica

 

Books:

The PLS Online Catalog is the online catalog to find books in Skyline Library and in all libraries in the Peninsula Library System. After clicking on the link above to access the catalog, follow the steps below:

  • Type search words in the first search box (e.g. Afghanistan) & click the Submit button.
  • The search results will show books and other materials in all libraries in the PLS system
  • To Limit your results to books at Skyline College Library, scroll down to Limit to: Location: pull-down menu below the search boxes, scroll down in the Location: pull-down menu, select Skyline College & then click the Submit button.
  • Once you find one book on your topic, click on the Subjects for that book to find other books on the same or related subjects

 

Recommended Print Sources at Skyline Library

For short, concise definitions of rock sub-styles:

·        The Oxford Companion to Music / REF ML100.O94 2002
Baker’s Dictionary of Music / REF ML100.S635 1997
Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians / REF ML100.H36 1999

·        Encyclopedia of Rap and Hip-hop Culture / ML102.R27.B96 2006
New Grove Dictionary of American Music / REF ML101.U6.N48 1986  [4 vols.]

                       

For in-depth discussion/description of rock sub-styles:

·        Garland Encyclopedia of World Music /  REF ML100.G16 1998   [10 vols.]
            (see esp. vol. 3 The United States and Canada, and vol. 10 for the general index to all 10 volumes)

·        New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians / REF ML100.N48  [20 vols.]

·        America’s Musical Life: A History / ML200.C69 2001

           
[NOTE: REF = Reference Collection]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Created by Dennis Wolbers
Last revised: 9-1-11 by Eric Brenner
Skyline College, San Bruno, CA