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Muhst 426: American Popular Music (Starr) - Spring 2015: Popular Music Topics Research

Research guide for locating popular music scores, information on performers and music lyrics

Encyclopedia of Popular Music

Search Oxford Music Online (includes Encyclopedia of Popular Music)

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Tips

  • Use Encyclopedias to get background on your topic and determine the focus of your research.
  • Don't forget to look at the bibliography at the end of the article for additional tips!

Journals & Magazines

Search or browse these online journals for topic ideas.

Starting Points for Articles

Tips for Popular Music Topical Research

Encyclopedias

Use the Encyclopedia of Popular Music search box (right) to search for overview articles on our topic.  This can be a great place to start your research!


Articles

RILM

  1. RILM uses "major topics", listed on the RILM Classification guide, to group articles on broad topics together.  The major topic for popular music is 39: Popular Music.
  2. In RILM, type 'MP "39"' in the first search box.
  3. Add additional search terms to the remaining search boxes.


UW WorldCat

Use UW WorldCat to search for books on your popular music topic.  Be sure to check the "more like this box" in the upper right of the screen (below the chat with a librarian box) to search for subjects related to your topic.


Journals & Magazines

Browse the online journals (right) to find a research topic of interest to you!