Reference Materials
Not only are reference books the best place to start your research, but they also can save you loads of time. Encyclopedias, dictionaries, companions, handbooks, etc. provide quality information that is easy to find and gets right to the point.
Use them to get:
- topic ideas
- ways to narrow or broaden your focus
- topic background
- subject overviews
- definitions
E-Reference
Some pertinent electronic reference materials:
- A History of Opera: Milestones and Metamorphoses
- Cambridge Mozart Encyclopedia
- Encyclopedia Britannica Online
- Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages.
- Hutchinson Concise Dictionary of Music
- Magill's Notable Playwrights
- Naxos Streaming Music Library
- NPR Classical Music Companion: Terms and Concepts From A to Z
- Rodgers and Hammerstein Encyclopedia
- St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
Reference Books
A very partial list of some dance, theater and music books in our Reference section:
- Historical Dictionary of African American Theater - Anthony D. Hill with Douglas Q. Barnett
Call Number: PN2270.A35 H53 2009ISBN: 0810855348 - Grey House Performing Arts Directory
Call Number: PN1561.G74 2007ISBN: 1592371388 - Sourcebook for Research in Music - Phillip D. Crabtree and Donald H. Foster
ISBN: 0253346118 - Harvard Dictionary of Music - edited by Don Michael Randel
Call Number: ML100 .A64 2003ISBN: 0674011635 - A Chronology of American Musical Theater - Richard C. Norton
Call Number: ML1711.8.N3 N67 2002ISBN: 0195088883
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