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Online Catalog: Holdings for the George Mason University Libraries.

Aladin Catalog: Holdings for WR LC libraries.

Doctoral Dissertations in Music : Listings of doctoral dissertations in musicology.

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RILM: Citations for international music publications.

Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians: Features full-text searching of over 29,000 articles on all aspects of music.

Dissertations Abstracts: Dissertations accepted at accredited institutions.

International Index to Music Periodicals: Indexes 375 international music periodicals. Some full-text articles.

International Index to the Performing Arts: Indexes 200 performing artis periodicals.

WorldCat: Holdings records for OCLC member libraries.

International Index to the Performing Arts: Covers a broad spectrum of the arts and entertainment industry. Selected full-text coverage.

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Library Resources

Books on music have call letters beginning ML or MT and are located in the Johnson Center Library open stacks. Printed music and recordings have call letters that begin with M and are located on the first floor of the Johnson Center Library. A book designated REF. is non-circulating and will be located in the Johnson Center Music Library Music Reference section. Books with * are also located in the Fenwick Library Reference section.

To find thematic catalogues for individual composers, perform a guided keyword search in the Online Catalog using the name of the composer and "thematic catalogs" [note: the ue is dropped] as a subject.

You can also use the following reference resource to identify thematic catalogues:

Thematic Catalogues in Music
REF ML113. B86 1997
Contains some 1,500 entries including a number of 18th Century manuscript catalogues, unpublished catalogues, and some large-scale national projects in process.

The following is a selective list of resources for identifying scores in collections :

Collected Editions, Historical Series & Sets & Monoments of Music
REF. ML113. H55 1997
Inventories some 8,000 historically important collected editions of music, Particular attention was paid to scores and sets published in Eastern Europe. Updates Heyer's.
Handbook of Music and Music Literature in Sets and Series
REF. ML113. C53 H3
Useful but dated guide to contents of critical editions. Complements Heyer's.
Hymns and Tunes--An Index
REF. BV 305. D5 1966 (Fenwick Reference Only)
Resource for finding hymns or hymn tunes from 78 different hymnals in use until 1965.
Historical Sets, Collected Editions, and Monuments of Music(Heyer's)
REF. ML 113. H52 1980
The core scholarly guide to collected editions and anthologies of the works of major composers. Lists full bibliographic information, contents of individual volumes in collected editions, extensive cross-referencing, and indexing by composer, title, and editor.
Popular Song Index
REF. ML 128. S3 H4
Index to contents of song books from 1950 onwards. Entries by song titles, first lines, and first lines of the chorus. Includes an index of composers and lyricists and a bibliography of all included song books.

Web Sites

The Aria Database is a diverse collection of information on over 1000 operatic arias. Designed for singers and non-singers alike, the Database includes translations and aria texts of most arias as well as a collection of MIDI files of operatic arias and ensembles.
Cyber Hymnal: This resource references over 1,600 hymns and gospel songs. It provides access to lyrics, sound, background information,links to other sources, photos, MIDI files and scores. Search by title, topic, tune, or by a person's name.
Harmony Central: This all-in-one Web site gives musicians benefits not available through traditional physical retail channels and provides extensive product information and music archive links.
Levy Sheet Music Collection: Johns Hopkins University's database of popular American Music from 1780-1960. It has more than 30,000 sheets of music under different categories including patriotic songs,Civil War songs, comic songs, dance, vocal and instrumental music.
Lieder and Song Texts: An archive of public-domain texts, in the original language, of Lieder by composers such as Schubert, Liszt, and Strauss. Search the site under composer, poet, first line, or title. Also has a list of related links to other useful resources such as Altavista's Translation Service, and a picture gallery of composers.
Music Publishers's Association Directory of Music Publishers: A list of members with links to publishers' web sites and online catalogs.
Opera Glass: This resources provides opera synopses and libretti. It also includes performance histories, discographies, pictures, and information on lesser and well-known Opera composers and librettists.
Popular Songs: Image Collections: Contains links to online collections of digitized sheet music.
Popular Songs: Indexes: Includes links to BMI and ASCAP.

Library of Congress Performing Arts Reading Room: Internet Resources for Music, Theater and Dance