Music Reference Tools
Introduction to Reference Tools
The following online resources are our most popular tools
that list current and retrospective multi-subject periodicals which include
music and the arts. If you know of other music reference tools that could
be added to this list, please send an e-mail to Gregg
Geary (geary@hawaii.edu), Music Librarian.
Note: The following links are resources on the Web, and
by clicking on them, you will leave the Sinclair Library Web site.
Music Journals and Indexes on the
Internet:
General Indexes
- EBSCOHost
(UH ID required to access this resource)
-
Dissertations and Theses
Citations of dissertations added to the UMI database since 1999. Full
text may be ordered directly from UMI. Limited access to experimental
full text of dissertations online.
Music Indexes
Archival Journals
These resources provide access to journal archives that extend back to
the start of the journal (i.e. volume 1, number 1). These sites provide
FULL TEXTS of the articles and cover a wide variety of topics and are not
limited to music and the arts.
- JSTOR
Access restricted to hawaii.edu domain only)
- Project
Muse
(UH ID required to access this resource)
Other Popular Resources
- WorldCat.org
Search the entire WorldCat database using simple keyword search. Find books,
music, videos, articles and more.
- Pronouncing Dictionary
of Music and Musicians
Sometimes it's difficult for Americans to pronounce the titles of classical
music pieces or the names of their composers and performers since many of
them stem from other languages or countries. WOI Radio at Iowa State University
has developed a dictionary for classical music that provides a pronunciation
guide using a phonetic system developed by staffer E. Douglas Brown, based
on the tape-recorded ronunciations made by native speakers of each language.
Originally prepared for the staff to aid in their on-air delivery, the dictionary
is available for free at the URL below in PDF format. Although far from
complete, the dictionary, with 30,000 entries, is the most comprehensive
guide of its kind currently available. (WOI, Iowa State University)
- New Grove Dictionary of Music &
Musicians 2nd edition
(UH ID required to access this resource)
- UHM Library databases
Links to electronic databases
- UHM
Library Reference Tools
Links to general reference and fact tools
