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Writing About Music: Reference

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Use Dictionaries or Bibliography as subject words in Orbis Advanced Search or Quicksearch Books+ to find other similar works.  The library has many specialized dictionaries and bibliographies that will help you locate basic facts and start locating pertinent literature.

Limit to the Reference content type in Articles+ to see to articles from dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference works.

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Reference Bibliographies

Reference bibliographies point to a wealth of specialized dictionaries, indexes, bibliographies, catalogs, and other reference tools that provide basic information or annotated citations to literature and music, in both print and online formats.