Library Guides: Humanistic Studies: Reference Sources

Reference Collection

The following is a list of major reference sources available in the Reference section in the Aurelian Wing:

Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World by John Shepherd (Editor); Peter Wicke (Editor); David Horn (Editor); Dave Laing (Editor); Paul Oliver (Editor)
Call Number: REF ML102.P66 C66 2003
ISBN: 0826463215
Publication Date: 2003-01-30
V. 1. Media, industry and society -- v. 2. Performance and production -- v. 3. Caribbean and Latin America -- v. 4. North America -- v. 5. Asia and Oceania -- v. 6. Africa and the Middle East -- v. 7. Europe -- v. 8. Genres: North America -- v. 9. Genres: Caribbean and Latin America -- v. 10. Genres: Middle East and North Africa -- v. 11. Genres: Europe -- v. 12. Genres: Sub-Saharan Africa.
International Dictionary of Opera by C. Steven LaRue (Editor)
Call Number: REF ML102.O6 I6 1993
ISBN: 9781558620810
Publication Date: 1993-03-01
Oxford Companion to Music by Percy Alfred Scholes (Editor); John O. Ward (Editor)
Call Number: REF ML100 .S37 1975
ISBN: 9780193113060
Publication Date: 1970-04-15
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera by Harold D. Rosenthal; John Warrack
Call Number: REF ML102.O6 R67
ISBN: 9780193113053
Publication Date: 1964
Grove's dictionary of music and musicians by George Grove (Editor); Eric Blom (Editor)
Call Number: REF ML100 .G882 1954
Publication Date: 1954

Other reference books are available in electronic format in our e-books databases. Here is a list to online music dictionaries and encyclopedias.