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Humanities International Complete Scholarly research material from a diverse humanities subject area. Covers dissertations, books, & journals. (EBSCO) Remote Access with University Network Account.
Academic Search Complete Includes more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals; in addition to full text, offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. Features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Remote Access with University Network Account.
Directory of Open Access Journals This service provides full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly, peer reviews journals in many subjects and languages. It includes academic, government, commercial, non-profit private sources. (Lund Universities/TexShare) Free Web Access
Encyclopaedia Britannica The Encyclopaedia Britannica is the largest, most authoritative encyclopedia in the world. Its broad scope includes statistics, classics, definitions, articles in journals, and maps. (Britannica - Direct) Remote Access with University Network Account.
Periodical Abstracts Contains abstracts to significant articles appearing in leading general and academic periodicals. Indicates libraries that own the periodical. Library use only. (Extended FirstSearch)
MasterFILE Premier Searches general interest subjects in business, culture, history, and literature from articles, musical reference, & works such as Consumer Reports, Documents in American History, & Magill's Book Reviews. (EBSCO-TexShare) Remote Access with University Network Account.
JSTOR A unique digital archive of scholarly journals in full text, starting with the first issues. Covers material from the 1800s up to between 1 and 8 years before current publication. (JSTOR) Remote Access with University Network Account.
Project Muse Online collection of full text peer-reviewed journals from scholarly publishers. This collection complements JSTOR. (Muse) Remote Access with University Network Account.
Arts & Humanities Citation Index Provides indexing to arts and humanities topics, related social science and science topics. Citations refer to publishing information. (Extended First Search) Library access only.
Wilson Select Plus Contains citations & abstracts from: Readers Guide Abstracts, Social Sciences Abstracts, Humanities Abstracts, General Science Abstracts & Wilson Business Abstracts. (Extended FirstSearch) Library access only.
WorldCat Locate books and other materials, such as musical scores & internet resources, in libraries worldwide, including the University of Dallas. Coverage is from 1200 to present. (FirstSearch-TexShare) Remote Access with University Network Account.
Google Scholar Provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts & articles from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities & other scholarly organizations. (Google) Free Web Access
NetLibrary A collection of full text reference, scholarly, and professional electronic books (eBooks) available for 24 hour electronic use. (OCLC-TexShare) MUST ESTABLISH NETLIBRARY ACCOUNT ON CAMPUS, Remote Access with NetLibrary Account.
eScholarship Editions From the University of California, the eScholarship Editions collection includes almost 2000 books from academic presses on a range of topics, including art, science, history, music, religion, and fiction. (Univ. of CA) Free Web Access
Worldwide Internet Music Resources Indiana University Music Library maintains this comprehensive site which is organized into nine broad categories, each of which has numerous sub-headings.
Voice of the Shuttle The Music and Dance section of this site has general musical resources as well as musical information categorized by historical era. Popular music resources are located inthe Media Studies section of the site.
Internet Resources for Music Scholars This Harvard University site has in-depth information for scholarly musical research.
Performing Arts Encyclopedia Produced by the Library of Congress, excellent resource for music, theater or dance research.
Texas Music Office The Texas Music Office serves as the music information clearinghouse and promotion office for the Texas music industry.
Classical
Andante - Classical Music This web site is a major online resource for information about classical music and opera
Classical Net Features more than 6800 files including more than 5000 CD, SACD, DVD and Book reviews and over 5300 links to other classical music web sites.
Musicalonline A very large number of links in various categories related to classical music are available on this site and it includes a performing arts directory.
Operabase Provides performance data on 400 opera houses, full-text reviews and links to other opera sites.
Metroplex
Dallas Symphony Home Page
The Dallas Wind Symphony
The Dallas Opera Home Page
The Fort Worth Symphony
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians Ref ML105.B16
Concise Edition of Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians
CD in the Music Department
Great Song Thesaurus Ref ML128.S3 L4&
Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music Ref ML100.R28
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians Ref ML100.G884
New Harvard Dictionary of Music Ref ML100.N485
New Oxford History of Music Ref ML160.N44
New Oxford Companion to Music Ref ML100.A8 N4
Norton/Grove Concise Encyclopedia of Music Ref ML 100 N88
Penguin Dictionary of Musical Performers Ref ML385.J32P4
Specialized
American Popular Music: A Reference Guide Ref ML102.P66B65
Definitive Kobbes Opera Book Ref MT95.K52
Dictionary of Hymnology Ref ML3086.J9
Dictionary of Western Church Music Ref ML102 C5P77
Film Composers in America Ref ML128.M7 M3
New Grove Dictionary of Jazz Ref ML102.J3 N48
New Milton Cross' Complete Stories of the Great Operas
Ref MT95.C951
Popular Music; an Annotated Index of American Popular Songs
Ref ML120.U5 S
Shakespeare and the Musical Stage Ref ML128.O4 H68