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PRINTABLE GUIDES & HANDOUTS:

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SUGGESTED DATABASES:

  • Academic Search Complete - Provides full-text articles from more than 5,500 multi-disciplinary, scholarly journals and publications.
  • Biography Resource Center - Provides full-text biographies, magazine articles, images, and website links for more than 900,000 people.
  • JSTOR - The Scholarly Journal Archive - Provides a multi-disciplinary archive of scholarly journals and other resources across the humanities, social sciences and sciences.
  • Oxford Reference Online - Provides full-text access to many subject dictionaries and encyclopedias, maps, timelines, and more. Uses a unique login; see RPCC Library Services under RPCC Support in Moodle, or stop by the Library for more information.

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SELECTED E-BOOKS:

eBook Collection from EBSCOhost is our largest provider of ebooks (electronic copies of printed books PDF format), available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. eBook Collection has an easy-to-use search interface. You will be prompted to login with your 12-digit Library User ID to access these e-books from off-campus. Please see our Tutorials on eBook Collection from EBSCOhost for more information.

Visit our eBook Collections for links to eBook Collection from EBSCOhost and other e-book collections. Please note that books that are still protected by copyright may not be available online in full-text from the free sources.

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LOCATIONS OF MUSIC RESOURCES IN THE LIBRARY:

Music-related topics can be found in resources located in these Library of Congress call number ranges:

  • M - Music.
    • ML1 to ML3930 - Literature on music.
      • ML159 to ML3785 - History and criticism
    • MT1 to MT960 - Instruction and study.
      • MT3 to MT5 - History.
      • MT5.5 to MT7 - Music theory.

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SELECTED BOOKS AVAILABLE IN THE LIBRARY:

  • Baker's Student Encyclopedia of Music, 1999.
    Call number: ML 100 .B26 1999, in 3 volumes.
  • Classical Music for Dummies, 1997.
    Call number: MT 6 .P64 C53 1997,
    Audio CD to accompany the book in the CD-ROM case,
    Call number: MT 6 .P64 C53 1997.
  • The Great Composers and Their Works, 2000.
    Call number: ML 160 .S48 2000, in 2 volumes.
  • Music: The Listener's Art, 2nd Edition, 1966.
    Call number: MT 6 .R24 1966
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Revised Edition, 1994.
    Call number: MT 100 .K35 1994 REF

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ONLINE RESOURCES:

  • Music Resources, From San Francisco Classical Voice, includes a "Composer Gallery," offering biographical information on composers, searchable by period or from an alphabetical list; also included is a glossary of musical terms, and a collection of online Learning Resources.
  • National Jukebox, from the Library of Congress, "makes historical sound recordings available to the public free of charge." Historical recordings of instrumental and vocal music, as well as spoken recordings, from 1901 through 1925, are available for streaming. The collection is searchable by keyword, artist, genre, or title, and even offers a playlist function that allows users to create and share playlists without creating an account!
  • PBS: Arts & Entertainment - Music for documentaries and more on music and musicians.
  • Sound Reasoning, is a free online course in music appreciation from Rice University, developed by Dr. Anthony Brandt, Associate Professor at Rice.
  • Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary, offers brief definitions and includes pronunciation of terms, names, etc., images, and composer lists by name, chronology or nationality.
  • Virtual Instrument Museum, from Wesleyan University, is an online collection of images and audio/video files representing musical instruments from around the world and throughout history.

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Louisiana Music Organizations

Need to attend a performance? Check these nearby organizations.

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