Music
Guide to music resources available through the Shapiro Library
Recommended Databases
The Shapiro Library subscribes to many databases filled with scholarly articles, book chapters, research reports, statistics, and more. These are some of the recommended databases for doing research focused on music. For tips on searching within a database, see Search Tips. You can see a complete list of all the databases the library subscribes to on our A - Z Database List.
Music Databases
These databases contain resources on music including music history (Classical, Jazz, Rock) and music education. These resources include images, videos, scholarly articles, biographies, and more.
- Academic OneFile - Gale This link opens in a new windowIncludes peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals, this database covers the physical and social sciences, technology, medicine, engineering, the arts, technology, literature, and more.
- Academic Video Online This link opens in a new windowAcademic Video Online: Premium has more than 50,000 video titles spanning subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more. Included is The Psychotherapy.net Collection which has 200 in-depth training videos from one of the counseling professions’ most respected video providers.
- Arts & Humanities Database - ProQuest This link opens in a new windowThe definitive database of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. With indexing for 1,700 journals from 1964 to present, this database is without question the most important bibliographic reference tool for students and scholars of U.S. and Canadian history.
- Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new windowOxford Music Online has been the leading online resource for music research since its inception in 2001, a comprehensive compendium of music scholarship offering the full texts of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd edition (2001), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (1992), and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd edition (2002), as well as numerous subsequent updates and emendations. Including more than 50,000 signed articles and 30,000 biographies contributed by over 6,000 scholars from around the world, Grove Music Online is the unsurpassed authority on all aspects of music.
- Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism This link opens in a new windowAn accessible and intuitive online platform, Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism brings together a wealth of interdisciplinary content about the Modernist period, and is the ideal starting point for any research in modernism. Includes over 1,000 articles from experts in the field, supported by over 100 images.
- U.S. History In Context - Gale This link opens in a new windowThere are several music topics available for research through this database. For the Jazz music profile, type Jazz into the search bar at the top of the page. For the Rock music profile type Rock and Roll in the search bar.