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[Indexes]
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.
Dow Jones Interactive: Covers today's top newspapers (Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post and more) with full-text articles and exhibition reviews.
Expanded Academic ASAP: Full-text journal articles in the humanities.
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Questions, suggestions, problems? Contact Barbara Hillson, Reference Librarian
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Library Resources
Woodwinds, Strings, Percussion, Brass, Keyboards, Guitars
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- The Symphony-An Interactive Guide
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How to find information about, music for, and recordings of or featuring a particular instrument or family of instruments.
Call numbers refer to the JCL Music Reference Section; items marked with an * can be found in Fenwick Reference as well.
To find general information about instruments, consult
- *The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments
REF. ML102. I5 N48 1984
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Musical Instruments
REF. ML102. I5 I5 1996.
To find books and other materials about stringed instruments
- Perform a subject search in the library catalog for "stringed instruments".
To find music recordings featuring stringed instruments
- Set search limits for "Musical Recordings" and then perform a keyword search for "stringed instruments" or "strings".
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Web Sites
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Encyclopedia Britannica Online
- Articles and links to web sites about woodwinds.
- Energy in the Air: Strings
- Contains information about the string family as well as individual instruments. Some of the pages have sound samples.
- Naxos Classicals
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fintro.files/instru1.htm - Classical music website for bowed stringed instruments.
- Music Heritage Network Instrument Enyclopedia
- Has information about more than 140 instruments from around the world. Includes sound files, pictures, and bibliographies of selected references.
- The Strad
- A classical music magazine for artists of stringed instruments.
All Things Strings
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