Using this guide
This guide has physical and online information and resources, carefully selected for study and research.
Music materials such as physical books, scores and audio-visual materials are mostly held at the Matheson Library (Clayton).
Key resources in Music
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Grove music online : the world's premier authority on all aspects of music. This link opens in a new windowNote: Access restricted to 6 concurrent users only.
Includes The New Grove dictionary of music and musicians; The New Grove dictionary of opera; and, the New Grove dictionary of jazz. -
Music periodicals database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowCovers the full spectrum of subjects and all aspects of music, including music education, performance, ethnomusicology, musical theatre, theory, popular music forms and composition.
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RILM abstracts of music literature (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowRILM is a comprehensive database of citations, abstracts and subject indexing of content from the early 1800s through to the present.
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Further information on copyright:
- How to use music in teaching. Brief summary.
- How to use music in your research
- Copying sheet music
- Performers' rights
- FAQs