Music Genre Pathfinder

Maine West High School

Library Resource Center

Created by A Gass, librarian

Created on September 1, 2009

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Books 

Search for books using the Online Catalog.

 

Dewey Numbers 780-788

780 Music-general

781.65 Jazz

781.7 Folk music

782.42 Soul music

782.42166 Rock and Roll

 

 

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Databases, Magazines and Newspapers

 

 

 

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Biography Resource Center - Biographies and full text articles

 

 

 

 

BrainPOP -Health, math, tech, Eng., science and social science animations

Gale Virtual Reference Library  - Search over 300 books electronically

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History Resource Center World   - includes “…reference titles …full-text articles …primary sources, and images, maps primary sources and journals.

                                    

 

Student Resource Center 3.0

Student Resource Center  - primary documents, biographies, topical essays, background information, critical analyses, full-text …magazines, newspapers, … photographs and illustrations, …

 

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Shop World Book Encyclopedia

 

World Book and other print encyclopedias are located on the shelves in Reference Express.

Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition

 

Click on Icon. find username and password on your SHARED DRIVE in the LRC folder.

 

 

 

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Access from the START menu on a LRC computer.

 

 

Web Sites

 

General Music Sites

 

A to Z Lyrics Universe  Song Lyrics 

American Music Resource Index to music sites

Black History Timeline click SKIP to direct yourself to the historical timeline

The NPR 100: The 100 Most Important American Musical Works of the 20th Century 100 pieces of music from all genres.

Worldwide Internet Music Resources  Comprehensive directory to musicians and musical organizations, with links to websites about a variety of genres.

 

 

Blues

 

Blues and Soul Blues, soul and hip hop

Center for Black Music Research, Resources  Includes useful guides to styles and genres, bibliographies, and a discography of music by black composers.

 

 

Country

 

Country Music Association

Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

History of Country Music

 

Folk

 

Archive of Folk Culture From the Library of Congress

The Folk File : a Folkie's Dictionary

 

House

 

5Chicago

Deep House Page

History of House




Jazz

 

Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians This online encyclopedia includes many younger jazz musicians not included in other reference works, as well as the major stars. This is part of www.jazz.com .

Institute of Jazz Studies Virtual exhibits drawn from the collections at Rutgers.

Smithsonian Institution: America's Jazz Heritage  Click on "Programs" and then check the link, "Jazz: Oral History" or the "Sung and Unsung: Jazz Women" link.

 

Rap/Hip Hop

 

Experience Music Project's Hip Hop Timeline

SOHH.com Considered the best hip hop website by Rolling Stone magazine.

 

Psychedelic

 

Lama Reviews

Psychedelic 60s Music

Psychedelic 100

 

Punk

 

Search and Destroy! The Punk Rock ‘n Roll Search Engine

Punk77

Punknews.org

 

R&B

 

Center for Black Music Research, Resources  Includes useful guides to styles and genres, bibliographies, and a discography of music by black composers.

Urban Music Guide

 

Rock ‘n Roll

 

History of Rock

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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