McKillop Library

In addition to our subject guide on Music, there are numerous excellent materials located in the library.

Information on Music is located in the library in various locations shelved with call numbers mostly beginning with M.

DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS
REF - located in the reference area

  • The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians REF ML100 .N48 2001
  • Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music REF ML102.P66 P5 1998
  • Larousse Encyclopedia of Music REF ML160 .L37 1971

  • The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre REF ML102.M88 G3 1994
  • American Composers: A Biographical Dictionary REF ML390 .E815 1982
  • A Dictionary of Musical Themes REF ML128.I65 B3

  • Women and Music in America Since 1900 REF ML82 .W625 2002
  • World Music REF ML102.W67 W67 1999
  • The Faber Companion to 20th Century Popular Music Online

  • The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music Online
  • The Harvard Dictionary of Music Online
  • The Penguin Dictionary of Music Online

HANDBOOKS and COMPANIONS
REF - located in the reference area

  • Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning REF MT1 .H138 1992

  • A Handbook of American Music and Musicians REF ML106.U3 J7 1971

  • The New Oxford Companion to Music REF ML100 .N5 1983

  • The Oxford Companion to Jazz REF ML3507 .O94 2000

JOURNALS/PERIODICALS

The current issues of journals in the library are located on the first floor. Older issues are located on the second floor in bound (book) format or as microform located on the second floor.

Listing of all the Music journals available in the library and online. Journals available as print in the library are indicated as Salve Regina University Library Print Holdings.

Selected music journals by topic:

MAIN COLLECTION

Use the HELIN library catalog to identify and locate books and journals on topics related to Music in the library. You can search for specific information by author or title, or subject. Search by keyword for a broader search. Most of the material will be found in the main collection on the third floor of the McKillop Library.

Selected subject headings for books on music topics:

WHITAKER MUSIC COLLECTION

 

Ask at the Reference Desk, call 401.341.2289, or submit a question online if you need assistance.



Send comments or questions to Olga Verbeek, Library Webmaster, at verbeeko@salve.edu.
Revised: September 2007