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MUS 150: Voices In Time

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Gale Virtual Reference Library (Gale eBooks) This link opens in a new window
2,528 encyclopedias and reference books in many different subjects, including music, history, and culture.
Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new window
This tool won't work for all topics/songs/artists, but some will be included here.
New York Times This link opens in a new window
A guide to setting up your free SMC access to the New York Times.
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Use this database to search for album and tour reviews from Rolling Stone and Billboard magazines. It's also good for scholarly analysis of music and its place in society and culture.

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Books on Reserve

Start with these books for the first research paper, on historical women composers. Your composer may or may not be included in each book, so use the Table of Contents and the Index to look her up and see if she's included in that book.

Women Making Music: The Western Art Tradition, 1150-1950 by Bowers & Tick
Call Number: ML 82 .W88
Rediscovering the Muses: Women's Musical Traditions by Kimberly Marshall (Editor)
Call Number: ML 82 .R43
From Convent to Concert Hall: A Guide to Women Composers
Call Number: ML 82 .F76 2003
Publication Date: 2003
Women in Music: An Anthology of Source Readings by Carol Neuls-Bates (Editor)
Call Number: ML 82 .W65 1996
Sounds and Sweet Airs: The Forgotten Women of Classical Music by Anna Beer
Call Number: ML 390 .S686 2017
Publication Date: 2017