Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and Other Reference Works:

Grove Music Online - This online resource contains the full-text of the following important music reference sources: The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. The database is fully searchable, and the content is regularly updated.

Oxford Reference Online, Performing Arts - This link takes you directly to the Performing Arts section of Oxford Reference Online. This gives access to the full-text of these performing arts reference sources: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre, The Oxford Dictionary of Dance, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music, The Oxford Companion to Music, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera, Who's Who in Opera, The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare, and The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre.

MIML (Musical Instruction and Musical Learning, 1450-1650) - MIML is a web-based bibliography of secondary literature on musical instruction and musical learning during the Medieval and Early Modern periods. This interdisciplinary bibliography was launched on April 1, 2006, and currently contains 246 entries. MIML was compiled by Associate Dean of the Blair School of Music Cynthia Cyrus, with assistance from Susan Forscher Weiss and Russell E. Murray, Jr., and is hosted by the Jean and Alexander Heard Library.

The Chicago Manual of Style Online - This resource is a web-based version of the 15th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style. Chicago is the preferred style for formatting bibliographies and footnotes in research papers and articles on music.

Webster's Dictionary - Online access to Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged.

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