This research guide focuses on Music. It includes print, multimedia, and online resources owned or subscribed to by Sonoma State University Library as well as resources freely available on the Web. This research guide is not a comprehensive portal, but it is intended to be a useful place to start.
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Don't have time to read this full guide? These databases and e-resources will help you complete most music research assignments at Sonoma State. For more detailed recommendations and instructions, please review the other pages in this guide or ask for help.
Formerly Grove Music Online, it offers full text of the 29-volume print edition with the added benefit of sophisticated search capabilities, one-click cross-referencing, and an ever increasing network of web-links to musical sites around the world.
Indexing and abstracting for over 1,900 titles with coverage back to 1925, including citations and abstracts for articles, essays and reviews, as well as original creative works including poems, fiction, photographs, paintings and illustrations.
Want to see all the databases at your disposal? Browse our A-Z list of databases to identify a collection that best suits your research.