MH211/MH314 - Survey of Western Music I & II: Reference Sources

To access:

1)  Sign in to myMillikin and, under the "Academics" menu, click on "Library Databases."

2)  Click on the subject "Music" and then select "Oxford/Grove Music Online."

Tips for using Oxford Music Online:

• Searching:  If you would like to search across all the content in the database for your search terms, use the search box in the upper right corner of the screen.

• Browsing:  You can browse entries by:
  • Topic
  • Instrument
  • Era
  • Region
  • Place
  • Occupation

• Entry bibliographies: If you see an item in the entry's bibliography that you would like to obtain the text of:

• Go to the Citation Linker in another tab
• Use the item's bibliographic entry to fill out the citation linker form and click "Submit."

Liner notes from music recordings often have background information on a composer or piece, similar to an encyclopedia or biographical dictionary entry.

You can find audio recordings and inspect their liner notes:

• by looking for CDs and LPs (vinyl) owned by Staley Library in our online catalog.
• by searching one of our streaming audio databases, both accessible through myMillikin-> Library Databases-> Music-> Naxos Music Library.