Your Classes Have Moved Online, But the Music Library Is Here to Help!
- You can access our databases, journals, and e-books online using your VUnet ID & password.
- Chat with a librarian between 8 am and 6 pm, Monday through Friday.
- Schedule a Zoom consultation with Sara Manus, Music Librarian for Education and Outreach.
Selected E-Books:
Questions? Ask Me!
Sara Manus
Contact:
Music Librarian for Education and Outreach / Anne Potter Wilson Music Library, 2134B / Blair School of Music / 2400 Blakemore Avenue, Nashville, TN 37212
615-322-8686
WebsiteSubjects:Music
Key Databases:
The databases listed below feature full-text access to all or most of their content, making them good sources for you research projects.
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African American Music ReferenceThis full-text database features essays and images on all aspects of African American music, including the blues, jazz, civil rights songs, slave songs, gospel, rap, and R&B. It contains over 42,000 essays and images from 162 different sources, including biographies, discographies, reference works, liner notes, and sheet music.
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Bloomsbury Popular MusicBloomsbury Popular Music provides online access to the Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, the popular 33 1/3 and Global 33 1/3 series, and a growing electronic collection of academic books on popular music. Explores the historical origins and cultural impact of popular music, influential artists and albums, local music scenes and subcultures, musical form, instruments, the workings of the music industry, and the social, political, and economic context of different musical genres.
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Music Periodicals DatabaseThe Music Periodicals Database provides indexing and abstracts for 425+ music periodicals and full text for around 140 music journals. This database includes citations to both scholarly and popular music periodicals, and covers topics such as music education, performance, music theory and composition, musical theatre, ethnomusicology, and popular music. Almost all records in the Music Periodicals Database come from English-language periodicals.
Limiting Your Search to E-Books:
When you search the library catalog, you can easily limit your search to just e-books by using the Refine Your Results menu on the left side of the screen (it appears as a pop-out on mobile devices). Under Show Only, select Available Online; under Format, select Books. Click on the green Apply Filters button to limit your search.
