Music Pathfinder--

a place to begin the research process, not a complete list...

Cambridge Campus Library of
Anoka Ramsey Community College
300 Spirit River Dr. S
Cambridge, MN 55008
/www.anokaramsey.edu/resources/Success/Library/CambridgeLibrary.aspx



Browse CCLibrary shelves for books at these LC locations:

ML82 Women rock musicians
ML102 American musical theatre
ML200 American music: Black / Cuban
ML410 Individual musicians such as:
  ML410.B Beethoven
  ML410.G978 Woody Guthrie
  ML410.J  Elton John
  ML410.M JellyRoll Morton
  ML410.M9 Mozart
  ML410.S3 Schubert
  ML410.V4 Verdi
ML418.M45 Charles Mingus
ML457 Music performance
ML1200 Orchestral
ML1700 Opera / Broadway musicals
ML2800 Soul / Spirituals
ML3187 Black gospel musicians
ML3477.7 Cajun & Creole
ML3476  Popular music/ Lyrics
ML3487 Brazilian/ Samba
ML3502.9 African
ML3506  Beebop/ Jazz /Swing
ML3521 Blues
ML3524 Country music
ML3531 Rap/ lyrics
ML3534  Rock / Punk rock
ML3532 Reggae
ML3551 Folk music
ML3556 Black music
ML3560 Cajun music & dance
ML3561 Rock 'n Roll
ML3795 Music business
ML3830  Music and the brain
ML3920 Music therapy
MT  Music appreciation
PE2808.8 Music lyrics

NEED HELP?  ASK the LIBRARIAN!
Recommended Websources:

A-Z Lyrics Universe Full of advertising, varying quality...watch copyright!
All About Jazz Michael Ricci

All Music Guide (AMG)
American Choral Music 1870-1923
Lib of Congress
Blue Flame Cafe Black Amer Blues Singers (limited crediting of sources)
Classical net commercial & non-commercial sites
Classical Music Pages
rudimentary overview/ Matthew Boynick
Encyclopedia of Music in Canada
Ethnomusicology, Folkmusic, World music Uof WA Music Lib, John Gibbs
Folk Music Index Jane Keefere UNC, Chapel Hill iBIblio
HearHere UK Royal Philharmonic Society/ClassicFM
Hector Berlioz Website
HipHop Archive  Marcyliena Morgan Stanford U
I Hear America Singing Lib of Congress
Met History  
Hear some of the greatest voices of Metropolitan Opera
CHICO
Uof MI Cultural Heritage Initiative. Select: Music Theater Culture
National Jukebox Historical recording from the Lib of Congress 1901-1925
NY Philharmonic Digital Archives International Era 1943-70 docs
NPR Music
One More Once
Centennial Celebration/Count Basie
Operabase Magellan Monthly performance data on 400 international opera houses
OperaGlass Stanford Univ.
Operissimo Concertissimo
Red Hot Jazz Archive Good examples of early jazz / support with JSTOR & other text sources (above)
Smithsonian Folkways  folk music resource
Virtual Instrument Museum Wesleyan Univ. World Music Collection

 
Films on Demand* streaming videos:  Select Advanced Search:  Enter your topic in Keyword  (on the top line) and  Search by >>Titles (at the bottom) to find full-length films on topics like Hip Hop.  

 

 

Magazine and Journal articles related to music:

JSTOR Music* Academic journals in music, arts & sciences 
>>Advanced Srch  >>Articles  >>Only content I can access directly (FT)  
Limiters:  #  (word + similar ones):  Rap# (Rap/Rapper/Rappers)
   " --" (searches words together): "dance hall music"
   ~ searches a phrase divided by other words:  "sixties rock roll"~25 AND influence# (influence of sixties era Rock 'n Roll)
   >>Music (journal list) for music only topics
No results?  Back out of last limiters first before changing search terms

Academic Search Premier Periodicals Index*

Programs & events in the Twin Cities area:  >> Star Tribune or Pioneer Press in print or online

* Remote (home) access to the DBs: login w/ barcode (back side of your Lib/ID card) & pw (your last name). 

Need help citing your sources?

Citing Sources Purdue Univ. Library  APA style


Writer's Reference by Diane Hacker   Reference PE1408.H2778
Print in CCLibrary
Browse the CD collection for:

M7-M27 Bach
M125-217  Strings
M956 Mozart
M1000 Symphony
M1042 Beethoven
M1010-1129 Piano concertoes
M1016 Baroque
M1200 Orchestral/ Band
M1356-1366   Jazz
M1450 Global dance
M1505  Opera
M1630.18 Rock / Soul / Pop /Country
  M1630.18.D9 Bob Dylan
  M1630.18.H6 Buddy Holly
  M1630.18.H69 Howlin' Wolf
  M1630.18.S5 Paul Simon
M1611.T25 Opera--Kiri Te Kinawa
M1629.7 Louisiana music
M1670 Blues
M1680.18 Blue grass
M1681 Jamaican / Cuban / Calypso
M1684   Central Amer music
M1698 Gypsy
M1714 Greek music
M1739.18 Beatles
M1740 Irish / Scottish
M1768 Scandinavian
M1824 Indonesian
M1830 African music
M1850 Klezmer
M2112 Early Christian
M3481  Mexican /Chicano in MN
MT358  Native American
Check CCLibrary Reference Sources or search MnPALS Library Catalog for specific titles:

Ref ML100.B38 Billboard Encyclopedia of Music

Ref ML100.H897 Harvard concise dictionary of music

Ref ML100.N48 New Grove Dictionary of music & musicians,20 v. Classical music

Ref ML105.M883 Musicians & Composers (or search Salem History)

Ref ML102.P66 Penguin Ency of Popular Music

Ref ML102.W67 World Music--Rough guide of international music

Ref ML105.H38 Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music & Musicians--Classical to Jazz

Ref ML109.F73 Well-tempered announcer (how to pronounce classical names & titles)

Ref ML385.C615 Contemporary musicians-- Index: last vol. Rock, soul, country, jazz artists

Ref ML3534.G754 Greenwood Encyclopedia of Rock History

GALE Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center*

    4-2-12 Bb