Honors Protest Music: HIST 2900

Getting Started with your Research

Welcome! This library guide contains resources and research tips for the History of Protest Music. Use tabs at the left to find background resources, books, articles, and primary sources on your research topics.

Woody Guthrie, 1943. Photo from the Library of Congress

Below are a few highlighted resources you can use to get started with your research:

America: History & Life with Full Text This link opens in a new window
This is the most useful database for finding scholarly articles on American history topics.
Music and Performing Arts Collection This link opens in a new window
Search popular magazines and scholarly articles on music topics.
Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new window
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Oxford Music Online offers users the ability to access and cross-search several works, including: Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Oxford Companion to Music, and Oxford Dictionary of Music (Second Edition Revised). Sources can be searched independently or together.