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Find Articles
Use these selected databases to find articles on your topic:
Books, Ebooks, Music, & Movies
Search the library's collection:
Search Beyond Fairfield:
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WorldCatA global and comprehensive catalog of library holdings. Search WorldCat for materials that are not available at Fairfield.
Background Sources
Multidisciplinary encyclopedias:
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Credo Reference Academic CoreA comprehensive collection of subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and reference handbooks. Also included are short reference videos and high-resolution images. Useful background information source.
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Oxford Reference Online: PremiumA comprehensive collection of scholarly encyclopedias and dictionaries published by Oxford University Press. A useful background information source for starting your research. Simultaneous user limit: 5.
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Britannica AcademicProvides access to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, an interactive world atlas, a world data analyst tool, images, timelines, videos, and primary sources.
Discipline specific sources:
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Oxford Music OnlineThis collection of scholarly music encyclopedias and reference works includes Grove Music Online, the Oxford Companion to Music, and the Oxford Dictionary of Music. Also includes timelines and the Grove Opera Indexes. This content is updated regularly to reflect the latest scholarship. Simultaneous users limit: 3.
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Pop Culture Universe: Icons, Idols and IdeasContains information on popular culture in America, both past and present. Includes cultural overview essays broken down by decade and provides images, maps, and videos. Includes primary sources.
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The Grove Dictionary of American Music
Call Number: Reference Main Level ML101.U6 N48 2013Publication Date: 2013 -
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The Rough Guide to World Music
Call Number: Reference Main Level ML102.W67 W67 2006Publication Date: 2006
Streaming Audio
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Naxos Music LibraryAn online classical music library. Also contains a dictionary, work analyses, libretti and synopses of operas, and audiobook transcriptions. Headphones available at Circulation. Simultaneous user limit: 5.
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National JukeboxHistorical recordings from the Library of Congress.
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Free Music ArchiveThe Free Music Archive is an interactive library of high-quality, legal audio downloads directed by WFMU, the most renowned freeform radio station in America.
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Audio ArchiveThis library contains recordings ranging from alternative news programming, to Grateful Dead concerts, to Old Time Radio shows, to book and poetry readings, to original music uploaded by our users. Many of these audios and MP3s are available for free download.
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Sounds (British Library Sound Archive)Selection from the British Library’s extensive collections of unique sound recordings, which come from all over the world and cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife, and environmental sounds. U.S. researchers can search all recordings on the site, listen to recordings where copyright permits), and view notes and tags added by other users.
Additional Online Resources
These websites have been evaluated by librarians (that's a good thing) for your use in an academic setting. However, any website can be changed without notice, so be sure to evaluate every site you use.
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International Music Score Library Project/ Petrucci Music Library"The ultimate goal of the IMSLP is to gather all public domain music scores, in addition to the music scores of all contemporary composers (or their estates) who wish to release them to the public free of charge. However, another main goal of IMSLP is to facilitate the exchange of musical ideas outside of compositions: for example, the analysis of a particular piece of music."
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AllMusic.comThink IMDB for music. An excellent source for getting background info about a wide variety of musical acts, from Brahms to the Beastie Boys.
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Classical NetExcellent source for gathering background information on Classical music.
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Smithsonian Folkways RecordingsSmithsonian Folkways Recordings is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution dedicated to supporting cultural diversity and increased understanding among peoples through the documentation, preservation, and dissemination of sound.
Citations & Support
Citing Your Sources
The links below point to brief informational guides for creating accurate citations. For more complete information, consult the original books at the library (see call numbers below) or contact a librarian.
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Ref. LB2369.G53 2016 |
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Ref. Z 253.U69 2017
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Citation Management Tool
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