Music
Rap & Hip Hop
Books on rap and hip hop are at ML 3531.
Selected resources:
Encyclopedia of Rap and Hip Hop Culture by Call Number: ML102.R27 B96 2006 (Reference)ISBN: 0313330581Publication Date: 2005-12-30
Film & Television
Books about film and television music are at:
- ML 2075 General and history
- MT 737+ Scoring
- Ref ML 102 .M68 Encyclopedias
- Ref ML 128 .M7 Bibliographies
Some library resources:
Film and Television Music by Call Number: ML128.M7 S545 2011 (Reference)ISBN: 9780810876866Publication Date: 2010-12-29
A Research Guide to Film and Television Music in the United States by Call Number: Electronic BookISBN: 9780810876897Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Folk Music
Books on folk music are at ML 3550-3780. Bibliographies are at Ref ML128 .F74.
Selected resources:
Popular Music
Books on popular music in general are at ML3470-ML3504.
Others: Soul, ML 3537; Reggae, ML 3532; Country, ML 3524; New Age, ML 3629.
Dictionaries and encyclopedias, Ref ML102 .P66; Bibliographies, Ref ML128 .P63; Discographies & charts, Ref ML156.4 .P6
Selected resources:
- Credo General Reference This link opens in a new window
Full-text online from over 400 encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other reference books. Search a topic, build a concept map, or browse information sources organized by subject. Find text, images, sound files, sortable data tables and more.
- Contemporary MusiciansBiographical profiles of musicians in classical and popular genres. Part of Gale Virtual Reference Library.
- RoJaRo Index (Rock-Jazz Roots)"World's largest free magazine index" covering all types of popular music.
- Village Voice - MusicCovers the NYC music and entertainment scene.
Blues, Funk, Rhythm and Blues, Soul, Hip Hop, and Rap by Call Number: Electronic BookISBN: 9780203854723Publication Date: 2010-06-10
Rock
Books about rock are at ML 3532. Dictionaries and encyclopedias, Ref ML102 .R6; Bibliographies, Ref ML128 .R6.
Selected resources:
Song Lyrics
Charts
Top 10 Pop Hits by Call Number: ML156.4.P6 W487 2011ISBN: 9780898201871Publication Date: 2011-04-01There are many similar books on charts at and around this call number.
Streaming Audio
- Music Online: Popular Music Library This link opens in a new windowPopular Music Library contains a wide range of popular music from around the world, including hundreds of thousands of tracks from major genres in pop music, including alternative, country, Christian, electronic, hip-hop, metal, punk, new age, R&B, reggae, rock, soundtracks and many more.
- Music Online: Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries This link opens in a new windowMore than 40,000 tracks of music and other sound, including American folk and blues idioms, American Indian, world music, jazz, children's songs, historical spoken word, and many natural and human-made sounds. Browse the collections, search for specific recordings, create playlists.