Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
- Oxford Music OnlineIncludes Grove Music Online (dictionaries of Music and Musicians, Jazz, Opera, American Music, and Musical Instruments), the Oxford Dictionary of Music, and the Oxford Companion to Music.
- Die Musik in Geschichte und GegenwartThe leading German-language music encyclopedia
- Baker's Biographical Dictionary of MusiciansThe most recent edition of the important 6-volume print dictionary of major and minor musicians.
- African American Music ReferenceThe first comprehensive coverage of blues, jazz, spirituals, civil rights songs, slave songs, minstrelsy, rhythm and blues, gospel, and other forms of black American musical expression.
- Garland Encyclopedia of World Music OnlineThe first comprehensive online resource devoted to music research of all the world, integrating text, images, and musical examples within the Music Online interface.
- Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the WorldCultural, historical and geographic origins; instrumentation and voice use; lyrics and language; historical development and dissemination; influence of technology, the music industry and political and economic circumstances; notable and influential performers; relationships to other genres.
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Oxford)4th edition (2009) of Colin Larkin's landmark work, with 30,000 entries covering all genres and periods from 1900 to the present day, including jazz, country, folk, rap, reggae, techno, musicals, and world music.
