Music

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General Research Tools & Guidelines

Citation and Style Guides

Chicago Manual of Style. Main Library Info Commons Ref. Z253 .U69 2003

Citation Guides for Print & Electronic Resources from the UA Library
Examples of citations for MLA, APA, and Chicago Styles, as well as links to subject specific citation styles.

Citing Music Sources in Your Essay and Bibliography (University of Western Ontario Music Library)

Electronic Citation Guide from the Library of Congress.

Irvine's Writing About Music. Music Ref. ML3797.I79 1999

A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses and Dissertations   Music Reference LB 2369 .T8 1996. Also known as "Turabian," this manual provides stylistic guidelines for writing research papers, including examples of how to cite scores, recordings and other musical resources in footnotes and bibliographies.

Notes Style Sheet : A Work In Continuous Revision   (Style sheet for Notes, the Journal of the Music Library Association.)

Writing about music : a style sheet from the editors of 19th-century music Music Ref. ML63 .W68 1988

Writing About Music: An Introductory Guide. Music Ref. ML 3797 .I79 1999

Tutorials and Training Guides

Using Uniform Titles to Find Scores, Recordings and Videos in the University of Arizona Library.  Explains what uniform titles are and how they are used.

Making the Most of the Music Library: Using Uniform Titles (Indiana University) An easy-to-follow tutorial on using uniform titles to find scores and recordings.

Other Resources

Copyright Resource Center
The Copyright Search Center provides a step-by-step guide to researching the copyright holder or publisher of a piece of music. It also provides forms for obtaining permission from the publisher to arrange a piece of music or make copies of out-of-print music.