Guides: Ethnomusicology: Ethnomusicology resources

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Encyclopedias and bibliographies

The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music
- Comprehensive resource with photographs, maps, musical and audio examples devoted to research about the music of Africa (V.1), South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean (V.2), the United States and Canada (V.3), Southeast Asia (V.4), South Asia (V.5), the Middle East (V.6), East Asia (V.7), Europe (V.8), and Australia and Pacific Islands (V.9)
- The 10th volume includes a glossary, a bibliography of literature and recordings by region, and personal essays by prominent ethnomusicologists on their careers and research practices.
- Nine accompanying CDs are available from the 4th-floor desk
Oxford Music Online (includes Grove Music Online)
Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World
- Comprehensive reference work on popular music of the world
- Read articles by leading popular music scholars
- Includes extensive bibliographies, discographies, sheet music listings, and filmographies
- Certain volumes available online:
  - Volume 1: Media, Industry, Society
  - Volume 2: Performance and Production
  - Volume 8: Genres - North America
Encyclopedia of Music in Canada
- Includes entries on prominent musicians of all genres as well as entries by ethnic group, city, and region.
Encyclopedia of Latin American Popular Music
- Extensive coverage of topic, from the mambo and unique music instruments to the biographies of famous Latino musicians
- Contains about 200 entries, organized alphabetically
- Includes a chronology, discussion of themes in Latin American music, and 37 biographical sidebars of significant musicians and performers
Ethnomusicology: A Guide to Research
- Also available in print: ML128 E8 P67 2004

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Browse the Music Library shelves at:

ML128 E8	Bibliography
ML198-ML239	Music History and Criticism by region: Americas
ML240-ML325	Music History and Criticism by region: Europe
ML330-ML345	Music History and Criticism by region: Asia
ML348	Music History and Criticism by region: Arab Countries
ML350	Music History and Criticism by region: Africa
ML360	Music History and Criticism by region: Australia
ML3797.7	Ethnomusicology - Congresses
ML3798	Ethnomusicology - General works (including works on methods of research)
ML3799	Ethnomusicology - Addresses, essays, lectures

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