CONTENTS
Articles
Books
InterLibrary Loan
Web Resources
Citation Help
Additional Research Help
ARTICLES
The databases below are especially helpful for accessing articles and citations in your discipline.
If you are off-campus, use the link for off-campus access to our databases provided at the end of each description on the Find Articles page.
Academic Search Premier - large interdisciplinary database, with much fulltext content
Cambridge Histories Online - full-text content of histories of many areas, including music
Grove Art Online see Oxford Music Online below
Humanities Full Text - comprehensive humanities database with much full-text content
International Index to Music Periodicals - index of 380+ music journals, many fulltext
IPA Source - database of transcriptions/translations of songs and arias as well as MP3 files
JSTOR - interdisciplinary database which includes 30+ scholarly fulltext music journals
Naxos Music Library - online listening library with over 500,000 tracks
OmniFile Mega Full Text - multi-disciplinary database, with much full-text content
Oxford Music Online - online version of New Grove Dictionary of Music and much more
Here is a list of all Ryan Library databases.
Also try Google Scholar to search for scholarly articles.
BOOKS
The databases NetLibrary Collection and Oxford Reference Online have full-text books online.
Below is a representative list of subject encylopedias held at Ryan Library's reference area.
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music
A Chronology of American Musical Theater
Musical Terminology: a Practical Compendium in Four Languages
Oxford Companion to Musical Instruments
Check Phineas, Ryan Library 's online catalog, for hardcopy books.
INTERLIBRARY LOAN
Use InterLibrary Loan (LINK+ and ILLiad) to access books and articles not held at Ryan Library.
WEB RESOURCES
Music
Beethoven Archives - includes manuscripts, musical excerpts, glossary of terms, etc.
Met Opera Archives - features Opera synopses, pictures, timelines, facts
Mozarteum - sheet music, analysis of Mozart's music
National Geographic World Music - comprehensive database of world music materials
Worldwide Internet Music Resources- from Indiana School of Music's Music Library
Directories
Librarians' Internet Index
InfoMine
BUBL Link
Search Engines
Google Advanced - provides more options for your search strategy
Google Scholar - search for scholarly articles
Google Book Search - search for books on your topic
Zuula - search more than one search engine at a time
CITATION HELP
Endnote is a Web-based tool for managing and citing references in papers and creating bibliographies. EndNote has numerous citation styles including APA, MLA, Chicago (Turabian). EndNote is available to current members of the PLNU community.
ADDITIONAL RESEARCH HELP
 Beryl K. Pagan, Instructional Services Librarian and
Liaison to Music Department
Ryan Library, Room 209
619-849-2350
BerylPagan@pointloma.edu
Contact the Reference Desk at:
reflib@pointloma.edu
Ask A Librarian IM/Chat
619-849-2337
Also contact PLNU's Department of Music.
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Disclaimer: Because off-Campus links are beyond our control, PLNU is not responsible for their availability or content.
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