A QUICK GUIDE

Follow these classification numbers on the shelves to find information on:
Collections of musical sources M1 - 2.3
Collected works of individual composers M3 - 3.2
Instrumental music M5 - 1490
Vocal music M1495 - 5000
Literature on music ML1 - 3930
Musical instruction and study MT1 - 960


REFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Use dictionaries to find the meaning of terms, and obtain background information of your subject from encyclopedias.

The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music CC Reference, UL Chinese Overseas Coll  ML100.G16 1998
The Harvard dictionary of music CC Reference  ML100.A64 2003
Hutchinson Encyclopedia of Music CC Reference  ML100.H898 1995
UC CDROM  ML100.H898 1996
Musical Instruments of the World: an Illustrated Encyclopedia CC Reference  ML102.I5 D5 1997
The NPR classical music companion : terms and concepts from A to Z Access via NetLibrary
The New Grove Dictionary of Opera CC Reference  ML102.O6N5 1998
The Oxford Dictionary of Music UL Reference  ML100.K46 1994
中國音樂詞典. 續編 CC Reference  ML336.1.C63
音樂百科詞典 / 繆天瑞主編 CC Reference  ML100.Y56 1998
英漢雙解音樂詞匯 /  鄭俊輝, 林懷義 CC Reference  ML108.Z462 1997
英漢雙解發音音樂詞匯 / 鄭俊輝, 林懷義 CC Reference  ML108.Z46 1998
簡明戲曲音樂詞典 / 何為, 王琴 CC Reference  ML1751.C4 H67

Directories

To find persons, organizations, societies, etc.
British and International Music Yearbook CC Reference  ML21.M89483
Directory / American Musicological Society CC Reference  ML27.U5 A8337
Directory of Music Faculties in Colleges and Universities, U.S. and Canada CC Reference  ML13.D57
Rhinegold guide to music education CC Reference  ML21.G7 R45
Works by Japanese composers CC Reference  ML120.J3 N5

Bio-Bibliographies

To find biographies on musicians and music practitioners.  
ASCAP Biographical Dictionary CC Reference  ML106.U3 A5 1980
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians UL/CC Reference  ML105.B16 2001
Composers on record : an index to biographical information on 14,000 composers whose music has been recorded CC Reference  ML105.G78
Conductors and composers of popular orchestral music: a biographical and discographical sourcebook CC Reference  ML105.M92 1998
Contemporary composers CC Reference  ML105.C75
A guide to 20th-century composers CC Reference  ML390.M67 1996
The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music CC Reference  ML105.H38 1996
International encyclopedia of women composers CC Reference  ML105.C7 1987
International Who's Who in Classical Music CC Reference  ML105.I54
Music of the twentieth-century avant-garde: a biocritical sourcebook CC  ML390.M9574 2002
The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians CC Reference  ML100.N48 2001
中國音樂家辭典 CC Reference  ML385.C485 1998

Indexes, Abstracts and Online Resources

To find journal articles and other literature. 
Grove Music Online Access via Grove Music Online
MUSE, MUsic SEarch (CDROM)
(1967-Jun 2004)		 CC Reference  ML113 .M87
The Music Index (1949-2005) CC Reference  ML118 .M84
The Music Index Online (1973-) Access via EBSCOhost
MusicalAmerica.com Access via MusicalAmerica.com
Naxos Music Library Access via Naxos Music Library
Naxos Music Library Jazz Access via Naxos Music Library Jazz
RILM Abstracts (1967-) Access via RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
CC Reference ML5.R5


INTERNET RESOURCES

ChoralNet – the Internet Center for Choral http://choralnet.org/choralnet/
Classical Composers Database http://www.classical-composers.org/
Classical Musical Online http://www.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/electronic/mol.htm
Classical Net http://www.classical.net/
Directory of Music Faculties in Colleges and Universities, U.S. and Canada http://www.music.org/cgi-bin/showpage.pl?tmpl=/infoserv/facdir/facdirhome&h=63
International Directory of Performing Arts Collections and Institutions http://www.sibmas.org/idpac/index.html
International Music Organizations http://www.music.org/cgi-bin/showpage.pl?tmpl=/infoserv/imo/imohome&h=62
Music Resources on the Internet http://skdesigns.com/internet/music/
Music, Theater and Dance (Library of Congress) http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/ihas/lcp-home.html
NMA Online - Neue Mozart Ausgabe http://nma.redhost24-001.com/mambo/index.php
Operabase http://operabase.com/index.cgi?lang=en
Themefinder http://www.themefinder.org/