Research Guides: Music Education: Find Background Info

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Take a look at these databases of encyclopedias, dictionaries, companions, and guides to find general overviews, quick facts, dates, and events, and sources for further study.

Cambridge Companions [via Cambridge Collections Online] This link opens in a new window
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Cambridge Companions [via Cambridge Collections Online] contains full text books and chapter extracts. It includes Cambridge Companions in Literature and Classics; the Cambridge Companions in Philosophy, Religion and Culture; and the Companions in Music.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Credo Reference provides access to a large number of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and other reference books. Online access to the Harvard Dictionary of Music.

Garland Encyclopedia of World Music by Bruno Nettl, Ruth M. Stone, James Porter, et al.
A comprehensive online resource devoted to music research of all the world's peoples.

Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window
Oxford English Dictionary (OED), published by the Oxford University Press, is a descriptive dictionary of the English language. Included is the complete text of the 2nd. ed. of the Oxford English dictionary with quarterly updates, including revisions not available in any other form.
Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
Includes subject and language reference sources from Oxford University Press. Provides online access to the Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments, Oxford Companion to the American Musical, and more.
Sage Research Methods Online This link opens in a new window
Sage Research Methods Online provides content across the social and behavioral sciences. Covers quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods and includes the entire "Little Green Book" and "Little Blue Book" series.