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Music: Finding Resources

This guide provides students with recommended resources for conducting research on topics within the Music Department. The topics range from musicianship, music theory, and music history.

Search Resources

Use OneSearch to find print and online books, articles, and other types of sources. After you search, use the filters to limit your results by source type, date, and more.

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For more search options go to Advanced Search.

Need help?

For do-it-yourself help, watch the OneSearch introduction video:

Music Specific Databases

The authoritative resource for music research with over 52,000 articles written by nearly 9,000 scholars charting the diverse history, theory and cultures of music around the globe.

Databases for Scholarly Articles and More

The following databases are good places to search for scholarly articles (and other types of sources) on a wide range of topics. From off campus, you will be prompted to log in with your Pipeline username and password.

For more databases with scholarly articles from specific disciplines or subject areas (such as communication, nursing, or psychology), see the A-Z Databases list and select the subject area you want.

Video: Choosing a Database

The following video covers how to determine your assignment’s information need, how to locate the different types of library databases, and how to determine if a specific database meets your needs (from off campus you will need to log in using your Pipeline username and password):

Tutorials Search Techniques

To access the tutorials below from off campus, you will need to log in using your Pipeline username and password.

Search Techniques, Part 1

The following tutorial covers strategies for searching library resources effectively.

Search Techniques, Part 2

The following tutorial covers search tricks that can improve your search results in almost any library database.