Music Research: A Handbook » (1st Edition)

Music Research: A Handbook introduces music students to the major print and electronic research tools available to them. Ideal for graduate-level music bibliography and research courses, it can also be used in any undergraduate or graduate music course that requires students to engage in library research or to write a research paper. Concise and practical, this unique handbook does not aim to provide an exhaustive introduction to the subject; rather, it is highly selective and guides students to the most significant English-language research tools and resources, reference titles in major areas, and the principal sources in French, German, Italian, and Spanish. The book's first section (Chapters 1-14) is organized by type of research tool—for example, encyclopedias, periodical indexes, and discographies. Each chapter in this section includes an overview of the tool it covers; an annotated bibliography that describes the tool's purpose, scope, strengths, and weaknesses; and an evaluation checklist that encourages students to think critically about the tools and materials they discover as they do research. The second section (Chapters 15-16) discusses style manuals and various resources for writing about music and citing sources. Methods for evaluating reference and research tools are emphasized throughout the book.
Music Research: A Handbook is supplemented by a companion website, www.oup.com/us/musresearch, which includes supplemental links, updates to available bibliographies and readings by chapter, research tools listed by composer, and lists of core music journals and major professional music associations.

Figures Preface Abbreviations
Part One. Research Process and Research Tools
1. Guides to the Research Process and Research Tools.
Research Process
Music Research Process General Research Process
Research Tools
Music Research Tools General Research Tools
Evaluation Checklist
Suggested Readings
2. Comprehensive Music Encyclopedias and Dictionaries.
Multi-Volume General Music Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
English French German Italian Spanish
Single-Volume General Music Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Evaluation Checklist
Suggested Readings
3. Special Encyclopedias and Dictionaries.
Biographical Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
General Biographical Encyclopedias and Dictionaries Encyclopedias and Dictionaries of Women Musicians Encyclopedias and Dictionaries of Black Musicians Encyclopedias and Dictionaries of American Musicians Encyclopedias and Dictionaries of Canadian Musicians
Dictionaries of Musical Terms
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries of Musical Instruments
General Instrument Encyclopedias and Dictionaries Encyclopedias and Dictionaries of Specific Instruments
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries of Opera and Musical Theater
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries of Opera Encyclopedias and Dictionaries of Musical Theater
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries of Performance Practice
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries of Jazz, Rock, and Popular Music
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries of Jazz Encyclopedias and Dictionaries of Rock and Popular Music
Miscellaneous Music Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Evaluation Checklist
Suggested Readings
4. Library Catalogs.
Author Searches
Title Searches
Author/Title Searches
Keyword Searches and Subject Heading Searches
Keyword Searches Library of Congress (LC) Subject Headings Format Issues Keyword Searches and Title Searches
Limiting Search Results
Contents of Bibliographic Records
Examples of Library Catalogs
Local Libraries Library Consortia National Libraries Bibliographic Utilities
Finding Library Catalogs
Information Centers
Evaluation Checklist
Suggested Readings
5. Periodical Indexes for Music.
Major Music Periodical Indexes
Retrospective Periodical Indexes
Other Music Periodical Indexes
Ceased Music Periodical Indexes
Periodical Indexes for Related Disciplines
American History Business Education Humanities Language and Literature Performing Arts Science and Medicine Social Sciences and Psychology
Major General Periodical Indexes
Major Newspaper Indexes
Finding Online Journals
Evaluation Checklist
Suggested Readings
6. Indexes to Music Dissertations, Theses, Conference Papers, and Festschriften.
Dissertations and Theses
Index of Dissertations and Theses
Music-Specific Indexes of Dissertations and Theses General Indexes of Dissertations and Theses
Conference Papers and Congress Reports
Indexes of Conference Papers and Congress Reports
Music-Specific Indexes of Conference Papers and Congress Reports General Indexes of Conference Papers and Congress Reports
Festschriften
Indexes of Festschriften
Music-Specific Indexes of Festschriften General Indexes of Essays
Evaluation Checklist
Suggested Readings
7. Indexes to Music in Complete Works Editions, Musical M onuments, Historical Sets, and Anthologies.
Complete Works Editions
Examples of Composers Complete Works Editions
Musical Monuments and Historical Sets
Examples of Musical Monuments by Place Examples of Historical Sets by Style Period Additional Examples of Sets and Series
Anthologies
Examples of Anthologies
Indexes of Complete Works Editions, Musical Monuments, Historical Sets, and Anthologies
Evaluation Checklist
Suggested Readings
8. Thematic Catalogs.
Bibliographies of Thematic Catalogs
Single-Composer Thematic Catalogs
Examples of Single-Composer Thematic Catalogs Guides and Locators for Single-Composer Thematic Catalogs
Thematic Catalogs for Particular Repertories
Examples of Thematic Catalogs for Particular Repertories Collections, Archives, Libraries, and Publishers
Evaluation Checklist
Suggested Readings
9. Music Histories, Source Readings, and Chronologies.
Music Histories
Multi-Volume Music Histories Music History Series (W.W. Norton and Prentice Hall)
General Music History Texts Music Appreciation Texts Study Guides and Outlines of Music History Important Earlier Music Histories Historiography Special Topic Histories
Music Source Readings
General Music Source Readings Special Topic Music Source Readings
Music Chronologies
General Music Chronologies Special Topic Music Chronologies
Evaluation Checklists
Suggested Readings
10. Bibliographies of Music and Music Literature.
Bibliographies of Music
General Music Bibliographies Bibliographies for Particular Repertories
Bibliographies of Music Literature
General Bibliographies of Music Literature Special Topic Bibliographies of Music Literature
Bibliographies of Both Music and Literature
International Inventory of Musical Sources (RISM)
Composer Bio-Bibliographies, Guides to Research, and Other Bibliographies
Examples of Single-Composer Bibliographies
Evaluation Checklist
Suggested Readings
11. Discographies.
Bibliographies of Discographies
Comprehensive and Historical Discographies
Currently Available Catalogs of Recordings
Recommended Recordings and Buyer's Guides
Library and Sound Archive Catalogs
Local Libraries Library Consortia National Libraries Bibliographic Utilities
Special Topic Discographies
Discographies for Instruments and Ensembles Opera Discographies Jazz Discographies Rock Music Discographies Folk and World Music Discographies Discographies of Women in Music
Single-Composer Discographies
Schoenberg, Arnold Stravinsky, Igor Wagner, Richard
Performer Discographies
Recording Label Discographies
American Music Discographies
Canadian Music Discographies
Recording Reviews and Indexes to Reviews
Evaluation Checklist
Suggested Readings
12. Music Iconographies.
Bibliographies of Iconographies
General Music Iconographies and Illustrated Histories
Musical Instrument Iconographies
General Musical Instrument Iconographies Western Musical Instrument Iconographies Non-Western Musical Instrument Iconographies
Musical-Composer Iconographies
Single-Composer Iconographies
Bach, Johann Sebastian Beethoven, Ludwig van Brahms, Johannes Chopin, Frédéric Debussy, Claude Handel, George Frederic Haydn, Franz Joseph Liszt, Franz Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da Schoenberg, Arnold Schubert, Franz Schumann, Robert Stravinsky, Igor Verdi, Giuseppe Wagner, Richard
Evaluation Checklist
Suggested Reading
13. Music Directories.
Directories for Music Libraries and Collections
International Music Library Directories United States Music Library Directories British Music Library Directories Canadian Music Library Directories
Music Education Directories
Performing Arts Directories
Music Industry and Music Company Directories
Music Organizations and Music Competitions Directories
Evaluation Checklist
Suggested Reading
14. Internet Resources for Music.
Digital Content Websites
Multimedia Websites Online Scores Websites Digital Audio Streaming Services Image Websites
Finding Music Websites
Search Engines Metasearch Engines Music Subject Directories Professional Association Websites
Websites for Staying Current
Evaluation Checklists
Suggested Readings
Part Two. Writing, Style Manuals, and Citation
15. Writing.
Music-Specific Writing Books
General Writing Books
Comprehensive Guides Compiling Bibliographies Editing Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling Style and Rhetoric Writing Process
Suggested Readings
16. Style Manuals and Citation of Sources.
Citing Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism
Examples of Plagiarism
Major Style Manuals
University of Chicago Press Style (Chicago Style)
American Psychological Association Style (APA Style)
Modern Language Style (MLA Style)
Music-Specific Style Manuals
Citing Electronic Sources
Citation Management Software
Using Sources
Suggested Readings
Appendixes A. Library of Congress Classification: Class M Outline B. Search Tips
Boolean Search Terms
Nesting Search Terms
Truncation and Wildcards
Phrase and "String" Searches
Proximity
C. Composers Included as Examples in This Text D. International Inventory of Musical Sources (RISM) Publications
Series A: Sources by Individual Composers
Series B: Sources by Multiple Composers and Bibliographies of Materials Organized by Topic
Series C: Directory of Music Research Libraries
E. Chicago Style at Your Fingertips
Bibliographic Citation Formats
Footnote/Endnote Citation Formats
Author-Date System
F. American Psychological Association Style at Your Fingertips
Reference List
Reference Citations in the Text
G. Modern Language Association Style at Your Fingertips
Lists of Works Cited
Parenthetical Text Citations
Glossary Index