LibGuides: Music: Library Resources

Finding physical items in the library

General music books are on the 3rd floor, call numbers 780 - 789

Scores, hymnals, and music CDs are on the 2nd floor NW corner near the DVDs

Elementary, high school, vocal, and instrumental instructional materials are in the Curriculum Library, 2nd floor NE corner

Record albums are on the 3rd floor SW corner just outside the elevator

Library Resources

EBSCOhost
You can limit to specific databases or search all EBSCO databases at once. These include education and ministry as well as general music indexes.

IPA Source (EDS) This link opens in a new window
Largest library of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias and art song texts. Now with over 7468 texts including 1317 aria texts!
Musicians and Composers of the Twentieth Century (Salem Press) This link opens in a new window
Biographical and critical essays on the men and women who made an impact on music from 1901 to 2000.
OhioLINK Music Center This link opens in a new window
The OhioLINK Music Center, a subset of the Naxos Music Library, is an online streaming music database of international works from Classical to Spoken Word. The 78,000+ tracks, 21,000+ works can be searched or browsed by track, title, performer, album, composer and date of composition. Flash player is required. Access to the music files is restricted to the students, faculty and staff of OhioLINK member institutions.Streaming music database of international works in a variety of genres from classical to spoken word with over 78,000 tracks.

Music theory and composition : a practical approach by Stephen C. Stone
Call Number: 781 St7m
ISBN: 9781538101223
Publication Date: 2018
Music Theory and Composition: A Practical Approach presents a pragmatic, accessible approach to music theory through an emphasis on melody and counterpoint.
Undergraduate research in music : a guide for students by Gregory Young and Jenny Olin Shanahan
Call Number: 780.72 Y8u
ISBN: 9780415787826
Publication Date: 2018
Undergraduate Research in Music: A Guide for Students supplies tools for scaffolding research skills, with examples of undergraduate research activities and case studies on projects in the various areas of music study.
Whaaaaaaaaat!? I don't get classical music : a self-help desperation guide by Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
Call Number: 781.17 B32w
ISBN: 1530729521
Publication Date: 2016
The Garland encyclopedia of world music by advisory editors, Bruno Nettl and Ruth M. Stone ; founding editors, James Porter and Timothy Rice
Call Number: 780.9 G18
ISBN: 0824060350
Publication Date: 1998-2002 (10v)

Connect to ebooks directly through the library catalog using the Books and Videos box on the library's web page

Adolescents on music : why music matters to young people in our lives by Elizabeth Cassidy Parker
ISBN: 9780190671358
Publication Date: 2020
Adolescents on Music foregrounds the voices of 30 American adolescent musicians, ages 12-18. Adolescent singer-songwriters, studio and solo musicians, rappers, composers and arrangers, and band, choir, and orchestra members tell about their musical development, what it is like to make music by themselves, and make music with others.
Good music : what it is and who gets to decide by John J. Sheinbaum
ISBN: 9780226593388
Publication Date: 2018
Over the past two centuries Western culture has largely valorized a particular kind of “good” music—highly serious, wondrously deep, stylistically authentic, heroically created, and strikingly original—and, at the same time, has marginalized music that does not live up to those ideals. In Good Music, John J. Sheinbaum explores these traditional models for valuing music.
Small town, big music : the outsized influence of Kent, Ohio, on the history of rock and roll by Jason Prufer ; foreword by Joe Walsh
Publication Date: 2019
Relying on oral histories, hundreds of rare photographs, and original music reviews, this book explores the countercultural fringes of Kent, Ohio, over four decades. Firsthand reminiscences from musicians, promoters, friends, and fans recount arena shows featuring acts like Pink Floyd, The Clash, and Paul Simon as well as the grungy corners of town where Joe Walsh, Patrick Carney, Chrissie Hynde, and DEVO refined their crafts.
Teaching music in higher education by Colleen M. Conway
ISBN: 9780190945305
Publication Date: 2020
"This book is designed for faculty and graduate assistants working with undergraduate music majors as well as non-majors in colleges and universities in the United States. It includes suggestions for designing and organizing music courses (applied music as well as academic classes) and strategies for meeting the developmental needs of the undergraduate student.

If you are unable to link to the full text, contact the library at libraryservices@malone.edu to request interlibrary loan services

American Music
Publication Date: 2009-present
Music Week
Publication Date: 01/12/2002 to present
Publishes music industry news, sales charts, airplay charts, commentary, features, product information & gossip.
Sacred Music
Publication Date: 12/01/2005 to present
A resource for the professional or amateur church musician including composers, organists, choir directors, cantors, and enthusiastic amateurs interested in the world of Catholic music.
Film music
EBSCO Open Access Journals
Music Educators Journal
Publication Date: 01/01/1990 to present
Original articles about all phases of music education in schools and communities, professional philosophy and practical techniques and current teaching and learning aimed at all persons engaged in music teaching or other music educational work.
Popular Music & Society
Publication Date: 06/01/1996 to present (with a 18 Month delay) *Full text delay due to publisher restrictions ("embargo")
Research articles and reviews for a general readership about popular music, culture, and sociology.
General Music Today
Publication Date: 09/01/2003 to present
Contains articles on emerging trends, effective teaching ideas, & new material for teaching general music at all levels.