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- CTW 1 Library Tutorial (2024-2025)This is the student version of the tutorial and can be linked anywhere as an assignment.
- CTW 2 Library Tutorial (2024-2025)This is the student version of the tutorial. This link can be included in any course materials at any time.
Academic Articles
- Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new windowEncyclopedia articles on classical, popular, and folk musics from many eras and areas of the world. Helpful background information on genres, styles, time periods, artists, instruments, technology, and more.
- Music Index with Full Text This link opens in a new windowArticles, book chapters, and other academic sources covering all aspects of classical and popular music worldwide.
- Diversity Collection This link opens in a new windowAcademic, magazine, and independent press articles from publications in the databases GenderWatch, Ethnic NewsWatch, and Alt-PressWatch.
Books & Ebooks
Here are a few examples of what you might find searching the library's ebook and book collection with keywords related to your topic:
Statistics
- Statista This link opens in a new windowEasy to search platform for finding statistics, reports, and insights on a range of topics and industries from around the world.
- Statista Collection: U.S. Music Industry - Statistics & Facts (2023)Statista collection useful for projects about the music industry in the United States.
Music Magazines
- Rolling Stone (current)2014 to the present via the Flipster platform, which allows you to read the magazine as a full issue with images.
- Rolling Stone (archive)1985 to the present. Browse by issue or click "Search within this publication" to enter your keywords.
- Billboard (current)Current Billboard website.
- Billboard (archive)1894-2021. Archived PDFs of Billboard magazine issues via the World Radio History project.
- Pitchfork (current)Major popular music publication.
- The Source (current)The magazine of hip hop music, politics, and culture.
- Spin (current)Current Spin website.
- Spin (archive)1987-2012. Browse by issue or click "Search within this publication" to enter your keywords.
- Paste (current)Current Paste website.
- Paste (archive)2004-2010. Browse by issue or click "Search within this publication" to enter your keywords.
- The Beat (archive)1982-2009. Also published under the title "Reggae Beat & African Beat." Browse by issue or click "Search within this publication" to enter your keywords.
- ROCKRGRL (archive)1995-2005. Browse by issue or click "Search within this publication" to enter your keywords.
Streaming Audio
- Music Online: American Music This link opens in a new windowOver 1 million tracks reflecting the music of all American ethnic groups and regions, from the Revolutionary War to the present.
- Music Online: Contemporary World Music This link opens in a new windowOver 3 million tracks containing contemporary music from every continent, including such genres as reggae, calypso, neo-traditional, world fusion, and Bollywood, as well as traditional music such as Indian classical, flamenco, klezmer, zydeco, and more.
- Music Online: Jazz Music Library This link opens in a new windowOver 950,000 tracks representing thousands of jazz artists, ensembles, albums, and genres from around the world.
- Music Online: Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries This link opens in a new windowOver 56,000 tracks of music, spoken word, and natural and human-made sounds, including the complete recordings released by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings and other ethnomusicological collections.
Other Resources
- AllMusic.comAllMusic describes itself as "a comprehensive and in-depth resource for finding out more about the albums, bands, musicians and songs you love."
- A History of Rock and Dance MusicWebsite companion to a book by Piero Scaruffi. Contains excerpts from the book.
- "TechnoPop: The Secret History of Technology and Pop Music" (NPR)Archived link of a 2003 project from NPR.