This subject guide covers resources available at the NUS Libraries.
This is not a comprehensive subject guide, but rather a selective list of
materials that are most useful for locating information in
Music.
Databases are a good a place to begin research. They may contain articles
in journals, papers in conference proceedings, newspapers, chapters in
books, reports and reviews.
Librarian's take: Has the
complete catalog of Boosey & Hawkes and selected material from
University Music Edition microfilm series. Extensive list of works of
Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Handel, Lassus, Mendelssohn, Mozart,
Palestrina, Rameau, Schubert, etc.
Librarian's take: A music
journal resource with more than half a million indexed articles, plus
detailed abstracts and full text from 1874 to current, covering the
scholarly to the popular.
Music
Index Online Librarian's take: Covering all styles and genres
of music, The Music Index duly cites book reviews, obituaries, new
periodicals, and news and articles about music, musicians, and the music
industry.
Librarian's
take: Naxos Music Library is the most comprehensive collection of
classical music available online. It includes the complete Naxos and Marco
Polo catalogues of over 165,000 tracks, including Classical music, Jazz,
World, and Folk music . Whilst listening, notes on the works being played
as well as biographical information on composers or artists in Naxos's
extensive database can also be read.
Librarian's take: Full-text
search with advanced capabilities and over 3000 links to related sites,
including sound archives and illustrations with musical examples.
Music students do not submit theses. Hence, there are no theses kept at the Music Library.
Foreign Theses
ProQuest
Dissertations & Theses Database (PQDT)(E-Resource) A
database of dissertations and theses records from around the world.
Provides 24 page previews of selected dissertations and theses in natural
language searching.
This is a list of customized "How to search" Library sessions teaching
users how to search specific databases, Library catalogue, etc. It may
include notes on how to use specific resources.
Classical
Net Classical Net features more than 6500 files including over 5500
links to other classical music web sites.
International Computer Music
Association The Association serves composers, engineers,
researchers and musicians who are interested in the integration of music
and technology.
Music Publishers'
Association The Association exists to safeguard and improve the
business and legal environment within which its members are
operating.
Society for
Music Theory The Society publishes two journals, Music Theory
Spectrum and Music Theory Online and works to increase the diversity of
the discipline. This is to promote fruitful exchanges between music
theorists, musicologists, performers, and scholars in other fields.
Factiva(E-Resource) A reputable business information resource that
allows searching for timely news articles from major national and
international newspapers, trade journals, and wires, including The Wall
Street Journal and The Economist.
LexisNexis Academic(E-Resource) Provides full text of hundreds of news sources
including newspapers, magazines, and newsletters.
Press Clippings
Located in the Singapore - Malaysia Collection, Central
Library. A useful source for topical and current information that
may not be available in journals or books. Articles on Singapore,
Malaysia, Brunei and ASEAN from The Straits Times and Business Times are
arranged by broad subjects.
