Use these library databases to find full-text articles from scholarly journals.
Journals and magazines in drama, music, art history, and film-making.
NOTE: Access limited by IP to users located in Tennessee.
Resource provided by Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL).
JSTOR is an online library of journals, academic ebooks, images, and primary sources. JSTOR helps you explore a wide range of scholarly content with additional research tools and features. As of 8/1/2024, ArtSTOR is now included in JSTOR.
Journal and magazine articles from many subject areas.
EBSCOhost database collection. Specialized subsets available.
General interest and multidisciplinary periodical database, including scholarly journals, trade journals and magazines.
Use broad search terms to find relevant eBooks on your topic.
Examples of broad search terms.
piano
Beethoven
Use quotes to tell the search engine the words belong together
"John Coltrane"
"music therapy"
e-Books on a variety of academic subjects from leading academic publishers and university presses. Collection is primarily monographs but includes some reference titles.
Music books are located in the M section on the second floor of Thigpen Library.
Go to the ML 102 section for encyclopedias on jazz, gospel, opera, popular music, and music genres. In ML 105 you will find encyclopedias on composers and musicians.
The print edition of New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (29 vols) is located at ML 100 .N48 2001.
Search the catalog to discover more resources on the shelves or ask for assistance.
This Music guide
Oxford Music Online includes Grove Music Online, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, and The Oxford Companion to Music.
Oxford Music Online, home of Grove Music Online, is the world’s premier online music encyclopedia, offering comprehensive coverage of music, musicians, music-making, and music scholarship. The authoritative reference for music research with articles written by musical scholars and experts. Grove charts diverse history, theory, and cultures of music around the globe. Based on a work first published in 1879 and updated frequently, Grove has been in continuous publication for over a century and now publishes hundreds of new articles and article revisions each year. The reference collection that includes Grove Music Online, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, and The Oxford Companion to Music.
Credo Reference is a collection of reference eBooks like encyclopedias and dictionaries.
If you are undecided about your topic, use the link below to browse a list of "Music Topics in Credo Reference."
Search on words related to your interests, i.e. guitar, to learn more.
Online reference collection of subject encyclopedias, handbooks, and guides, that cover over 80 major subject disciplines. Entries include visual aids, images, photographs and maps. Use the Credo collection for background research and discover key concepts and a mind map on your topic.