Music Library - Western Illinois University

FINDING INFORMATION ON WORLD MUSIC TOPICS

GENERAL WORLD MUSIC RESOURCES IN THE MUSIC LIBRARY

--- The reference collection in the Music Library contains several general reference books, which may provide information on the music of various countries and their instruments. The first three titles listed below are major encyclopedias of music. Other general reference sources as well as sources covering particular countries or regions may be found by searching Illinet Online.

The New Grove dictionary of music and musicians. 2nd edition. London: Macmillan; Washington, D.C.: Grove's Dictionary of Music, 2001. Music.REF.ML100.N482001

Comprehensive encyclopedia of music, including extensive articles on music of different countries, musical instruments, etc. Many articles include bibliographies. The New Grove dictionary of American music. New York: Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1986. Music.REF.ML101.U6N481986

Includes relevant articles on folk and ethnic music in the United States. Many include bibliographies. The New Grove dictionary of musical instruments. London: Macmillan; New York: Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1984.Music.REF.ML102.I5N481984

Excellent source of information on musical instruments of the world. Many articles include bibliographies. Some illustrations. Garland encyclopedia of world music, v. 1-10. New York: Garland, 1998-2003. Music.REF.ML100.G161998

v. 1: Africa ; v. 2: South America, Mexico, Central Asia and the Caribbean; v. 3: United States and Canada; v. 4: Southeast Asia; v. 5: Southeast Asia: Indian Subcontinent; v. 6: The Middle East; v. 7: East Asia; v. 8: Europe; v. 9: Australia and the Pacific Islands; v. 10: The World's Music: General Perspectives and Reference Tools New Harvard dictionary of music, ed. by Don Michael Randal. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 1986. REF.RESTRICTED ML100.N4851986

Includes articles on the music of countries as well as instruments and musical terms Myers, Helen. Ethnomusicology: an introduction (Norton/Grove Handbooks in Music) New York: Norton, 1992. Music.REF.ML3799.E831992

Overview of current state of ethnomusicology. Part four includes "reference aids" of resources in ethnomusicology, musical instrument collections, and classification of musical instruments. _____ Ethnomusicology: historical and regional studies. (Norton/Grove Handbooks in Music) New York: Norton, 1993. Music.REF.ML3799.E821993

Companion volume to Ethnomusicology: an introduction. Provides extensive historical survey of ethnomusicological research by geographic region. Schuursma, Ann Brieglab. Ethnomusicology research: a select annotated bibliography. NY: Garland, 1992. Music.REF.ML128.E8S41992

Sources related to the discipline of ethnomusicology, including ethnomusicology as a field, theory and method, fieldwork and method, musical analysis, and sources from related fields. Some references to specific studies can be found through the index Kaufmann, Walter. Selected musical terms of non-western cultures: a notebook-glossary. Detroit: Harmonie Park Press, 1990. Music.REF.ML108.K371990

Very brief entries on many terms, some of which are unique to this source. Includes some bibliographical references

FINDING BOOKS, SCORES AND SOUND RECORDINGS IN THE ONLINE CATALOG

To locate library sources at WIU and at 40 other Illinois academic libraries, search the online catalog, Illinet Online. You can search by author or title if you know those. If you need to search by subject, there are two ways to do this: 1) keyword searching, and 2) searching the Library of Congress Subject Headings. You can borrow books that we do not have a WIU that you find in Illinet Online from the computer you're searching on.

. KEYWORD SEARCHING

ILLINET Online offers keyword searching which improves your ability to locate world music.

Keyword Search >From the QUICKSEARCH menu

* Select Boolean from the Search By box
* Select desired format from the Quick Limit box
* In Search For box put in keywords separated by Boolean operators, AND, OR or NOT

Example: hungar? Searches hungary and hungarian SEARCHING BY SUBJECT HEADINGS

The library uses Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) to describe library materials by subject. LCSH for world music are structured in a special way; the following guidelines will assist users in finding what they need. These headings can be found in the Big Red Books near the Illinet Online computers.

>From QUICKSEARCH menu

LCSH search tips:

For music of a particular country, i.e. Poland or the United States, search under the subject "Music" subdivided by the country.

The subject headings, Folk music, Popular music, Dance music, and Folk dance music, may also be searched this way:

For music of an ethnic or national group, search under the name of the group, subdivided by "Music."

NOTE: For Indians of North America, you should also search under the name of the tribe subdivided by "Music."

ex: Navajo Indians--Music Music that has words, such as folksongs, ballads, or songs may be qualified by the language of the text. These may be subdivided by country.

Sometimes, subject headings specific to a type of music have been assigned:

Certain additional subdivisions may be added depending on the type of information desired. Subdivisions such as "History and criticism," and "Bibliography" may assist you in narrowing your search to certain types of books.

Books devoted to the music or musical instruments of a country or ethnic group may be found under these subject headings:

Subject Keyword Search

Boolean Search

FINDING MORE BOOKS, SCORES AND RECORDINGS IN OTHER LIBRARIES

WORLDCAT is a database that searches the holdings of many libraries across the United States. It has a direct link from the Music Library Homepage, or you can find it by linking to Journal/Periodical Indexes from the Music Library Homepage. You can search WORLDCAT with keywords and LCSH just as you would Illinet Online. If you find a book you want to borrow, you can borrow it at the computer workstation where you're working.

SHELF ARRANGEMENT OF PRINTED AND RECORDED MUSIC

The Library of Congress classification schedule assigns call numbers to world music items, which places them on the shelf together. RECORDINGS AND PRINTED MUSIC may generally be found within the following classes. Because books about the music of countries are scattered through the ML classification schedule, access through subject headings and keyword searches are much more effective.

M1627 --------------------------------->Collections of world music
M1628-1779 --------------------------->United States
M1680 --------------------------------->North & South America, General sources
M1681---------------------------------->Caribbean area
M1682-1683 --------------------------->Mexico
M1684-1685 --------------------------->Central America (arr. by country)
M1686-1694.2 ------------------------->South America (arr. by country)
M1698-1789 --------------------------->Europe (arr. by country)
M1795-1825 --------------------------->Asia (arr. by country)
M1828 --------------------------------->Middle East
M1830-1838 --------------------------->Africa (arr. by country)
M1840-1841.2 ------------------------->Australia
M184201843.2 -------------------------> New Zealand
M1844 --------------------------------->Pacific Islands
M1850-1853 --------------------------->Jews

NOTE: YOU CAN BROWSE THE LIBRARY COLLECTION BY CLASSIFICATION NUMBER USING THE BROWSE CALL NUMBER SEARCH FROM THE QUICKSEARCH MENU.

FINDING JOURNAL ARTICLES

Journal articles are an important source of information on topics relating to world music. There are two indexes to music journal literature: MUSIC INDEX and RILM ABSTRACTS.

MUSIC INDEX

Available electronically from the Music Library Homepage
(http://www.wiu.edu/library/units/music), covering the years 1979- ; paper copies available in the periodicals room of the Music Library, covering 1949- .

Relevant articles, such as those in the journal Ethnomusicology may be found by looking under the country or region of interest ("Vietnam" or "Southeast Asia"); under types of music ("Flamenco music"); or under instruments ("Sitar"). Music of the Indians of North America can be found under "Indian music, North America."

RILM ABSTRACTS

Electronic index covering 1969- present; link directly from the Music Library Homepage, or go through FirstSearch databases.

RILM also covers some monographic (book) publications not included in Music Index, such as books, congress and conference publications in book form

NON-MUSIC JOURNAL INDEXES Nonmusic journals may also contain information on the music of countries or ethnic groups. These journal indexes can be accessed through the Library Homepage
(http://www.wiu.edu/library) and linking to "Online Databases." Several indexes that may lead you to this literature are:

--- Anthropological Literature

--- Social Sciences Index

--- Sociological Abstracts

--- Humanities Index

-- MLA Bibliography

RESOURCES IN THE MALPASS LIBRARY

Several areas in the Malpass Library also include useful information on world music --- Reference Unit Level 2

The WIU Reference Collection has many materials that can be very helpful in doing research on world music. Although few of the resources are about music, the collection includes many dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, bibliographies, etc. on particular countries, regions and people. For example:

Encyclopedia of World Cultures

Bibliography of Asian Studies

Historical Dictionary of_______

The Malpass Library reference collection has many of these titles published by Scarecrow Press, which cover individual countries. The contents of each vary, but some have information on musical aspects and include references to music in the book's bibliography. Each book has its own call number and can be found by searching the name of the country with the subdivision "Dictionaries."

EX: Chile--Dictionaries The collection also contains many encyclopedias and bibliographies devoted to a country, region or ethnic group. These can be found by searching the name of the country with the appropriate subdivisions.

--- Audio-visual Unit (1st level)

The Audio-visual unit maintains the library's collection of videotapes and other audio-visual materials, including the multivolume JVC Smithsonian Folkways Video Anthology of Music and Dance. The Malpass Library has many videotapes related to world music, which may be found in Illinet Online or in the A-V catalog. A copy of this catalog is available on the University Library Homepage under the Audio-visual Unit link
(http://www.wiu.edu/library/units/av/).

--- Government Publications (4th level)

Government Publications holds materials published by the Smithsonian Institution which relate to world music, especially American Indian music. The Smithsonian Institution materials in Government Publications are shelved under the SUDOC class SI. Some examples of Smithsonian publications are the Handbook of North American Indians (SI 1:20/2); the Handbook of South American Indians (SI 2.3:143), and many other materials on the Indians of North and South American including the books by Frances Densemore on the music of various American Indian tribes (for example, Menominee Music (SI 2.3:102)). To locate other Government Publications issued by the Smithsonian or other government bodies, search the Monthly Catalog (for things issued prior to 1976) and the Index to Government Publications available on CD-ROM for materials issued since 1976. Some are also accessible through Illinet Online.

03/06/02; rev. 10/9/02; rev. 2/08/04