Databases & Indexes
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Music Databases at Ball StateLinks page for the most commonly used music and multi-subject databases for music.
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Encyclopedia of Popular MusicPart of Oxford Music Online. Search for performers, composers, and genres. Entries include bibliographies.
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Grove Music onlinePart of Oxford Music Online. Originally an encyclopedia of Classical Music, it now contains some information on other styles as well.
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Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians since 1990Online version of a 2005 reference book. Contains bibliographies for most entries.
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Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982 Index to general interest magazines from 1890-1982. Most articles will not be available full text.
Reference Books in the Music Collection
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Encyclopedia of Popular Music, 4th editionCall Number: ML102.P66 E45 2006Also available online: https://proxy.bsu.edu/login?url=http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/ -
Lissauer's encyclopedia of Popular Music in America: 1888 to the PresentCall Number: ML128.P63 L57 1996, 3 vols. -
Encyclopedia of World Pop Music, 1980 - 2001 by Call Number: ML102.P66 J44 2003Biographies with bibliographic information. -
Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits by Call Number: ML156.4.P6 W44 2004 -
Joel Whitburn presents Billboard's top 10 charts, 1958-1995 byCall Number: REF ML156.4.P6 W468 1995
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Joel Whitburn's Pop memories, 1890-1954 : the history of American popular music : compiled from America's popular music charts 1890-1954 by Call Number: REF ML156.4.P6 W485 1986 -
International Who's Who in Popular MusicCall Number: ML105 .I58 2007 - 2011Annual series with biographies of current popular musicians and music acts. Most entries contain bibliogrtaphic information.
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Popular singers of the twentieth Century: A Bibliography of Biographical MaterialsCall Number: ML128.S295 C72 1999
Useful Websites
- Billboard's current charts: http://www.billboard.com/charts
- Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: http://www.rockhall.com/
- American Popular Music, by Larry Starr & Christopher Waterman, first edition
Reference Books: Online Collections
These are just some of the titles available as part of the Ball State University Libraries' General Collection.
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Gale eBooks Includes over 20 specialized encyclopedias; search for and print the information you need.
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Oxford Reference Online Online reference books, including general works, foreign-language works, and specialized subject works in the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Over 200 titles are included.