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
http://www.anokaramsey.edu/library/cambridge.cfm
 

DW3 Classical Music Resources Duke Univ. Scholarly biographical & historical data on medieval, renaissance, baroque, classic, Romantic, and early & late 20th cent. periods

Encyclopedia of Music in Canada

Ethnomusicology, Folkmusic, World music UofWash Music Lib, John Gibbs

Musical Heritage Network Frost, C. Olivia Uof MichiganCultural Heritage Initiative for Comm Outreach
Select: Music, Theater, Culture.

One More Once Centennial Celebration/Count Basie

Operabase Magellan site offers monthly performance data on 400 international opera houses

Red Hot Jazz Archive Good examples of early jazz may need to be supported with other text sources for more information

Rough Guide to Rock

Songfile Swiss index to lyrics  Copyright still applies!
 

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 vols--the primary spot for classical music
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-- Indexed in the last vol. for rock, soul, country, jazz artists

Ref ML3534. G754 Greenwood Ency of Rock History