LibGuides: Music Library: World Music

Reference Sources

The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music
Call Number: 780.9 G2333 (folio/Floor 3)

ISBN: 0824060350

Oxford Music Online

Comprises the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.
Country Reports

Entirely online, Country Reports offers more than 35,000 pages of content on the countries of the world. The cultural, historical and statistical information has proven to be valuable to students, parents, teachers, and researchers alike.

AllMusic.com
Comprehensive database includes information about artists, albums and songs from a variety of musical styles.

Africa Knowledge Project
Dedicated exclusively to the academic research on Africa and the African Diaspora

The ARC Knowledge Project publishes and disseminates critical research and peer-reviewed articles plus folktales, music, and video from a growing range of academic disciplines. Dedicated exclusively to the academic research on Africa and the African Diaspora, the knowledge project is a centralized virtual repository that functions both as a publishing and distribution platform.
Classroom Video on Demand
A collection of videos for high school use. Includes:
21,500+ Full-Length Videos
210,000+ Video Clips

Ethnomusicology
Journal of the Society for Ethnomusicology.
Ethnomusicology Forum
Official journal for the British Forum for Ethnomusicology.
JSTOR Music
A collection of 76 scholarly journals on the subject of music.
World of Music
International peer-reviewed journal seeking a critical understanding of performing arts and cultural practices involving music, dance and theater worldwide.

Association for Cultural Equity (ACE)
Web portal for ACE, founded by folklorist Alan Lomax, whose mission is to stimulate cultural equity through preservation, research, and dissemination of the world's traditional music, and to reconnect people and communities with their creative heritage.
The Session
Online community dedicated to Irish traditional music; includes information on Irish tunes, jam sessions, events and conferences, and recordings.