Music

Music resources available through K-State Libraries

Library Research Guide

Online Encyclopedias

Use music encyclopedias to find background information on musicians, instruments, styles of music, and much more. They are a great place to start your research. The entries in scholarly encyclopedias offer an overview of the topic, provide dates, list the pieces a musician composed, and include additional citations for expanding your research.

Histories and Research Leads

Oxford Music Online
Includes The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, New Grove Opera, and New Grove Jazz.
Removed simultaneous user count, it is now unlimited per ARM report. March 2024 - CD

Cultural Leads

Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online
A perfect place to start exploring music from other cultures. Be sure to try the audio CDs on the left — they match up with the books on the right.

More Online Encyclopedias

The two offered above are great resources. If you are curious, you can find other online encyclopedias in Search It. Use advanced search and do these things:

choose the "K-State Libraries only" tab
set the search to "in subject contains music"
use a second line to search "in the title contains encyclopedia"
filter the results to "Full Text Online."

Search for K-State Online Music Encyclopedias
Try this advanced search with suggested parameters already set.