LibGuides: Race and Gender in Jazz Studies Subject Guide: Background and Reference

Music Reference

Oxford Music Online
A great resource for background information on musicians and musical topics. Includes full-text for the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, and The Oxford Companion to Music. Also includes selected entries from The New Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd ed.

The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz
Call Number: Reference ML102.J3 N48 2001
An encyclopedia covering topics in jazz. Also profiles prominent jazz musicians.
Women in music: a research and information guide by Karin Pendle; Melinda Boyd
Call Number: REFERENCE ML128.W7 P46 2010
ISBN: 0203891201
Publication Date: 2012
Encyclopedia of Popular Music by Colin Larkin
Call Number: Reference ML102.P66G84 2006
ISBN: 0195313739
A comprehensive and authoritative encyclopedia covering all genres of popular music, including Rock. Includes entries for both mainstream and more obscure musicians and groups.

A Dictionary of Sociology
Publication Date: 2014-10-01
21st Century Sociology
Publication Date: 2007
Encyclopedia of Sociology
Call Number: HM425 .E5 2000
Publication Date: 2000
Located on 1st Floor (Reference Materials).
Encyclopedia of African American society by Gerald D. Jaynes (Editor)
Call Number: E185 .E546 2005 (Reference collection) and as an ebook
Publication Date: 2005
Routledge international encyclopedia of women by Cheris Kramarae; Dale Spender, Editors
Call Number: HQ1115 .R69 2000 (Reference collection)
ISBN: 9780415920889
Publication Date: 2000