Research Guides: Music & Music Education: E-Books

E-Book Databases

ProQuest Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
ProQuest Ebook Central is a highly interactive ebook database that covers all academic subject areas. The collection currently includes more than 186,000 titles from more than 280 of the world's leading academic, STM, and professional publishers. Install Adobe Digital Editions to download and read ebooks offline on your laptop or on your iOS or Android device. You will also need to create a free Adobe ID account to read the book.
*Includes Academic Complete
Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new window
Over 1200 cross-searchable reference e-books on a wide variety of subjects.
Credo Reference E-Book Collection This link opens in a new window
ACLS Humanities E-Books This link opens in a new window
EBSCOhost eBook Collection This link opens in a new window
Salem Science This link opens in a new window
Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society This link opens in a new window
Britannica Academic This link opens in a new window
Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia This link opens in a new window

The Faber Companion to 20th Century Popular Music by Phil Hardy
Call Number: Credo Reference E-Book (click to view)
With varied entries covering everything from bebop to western swing by way of psychedelic rock, Phil Hardy's indispensable book maps out a stimulating and informative cultural history of the century in popular music.

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Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music
Call Number: Credo Reference E-Book (click to view)
An incomparable guide to the thousands of characters, from humble artisan to lofty genius, who people the unfolding history of music, this volume brings together all the pertinent biographical information about composers, performers, music theorists, and instrument makers from the days of praise chants to today.
Oxford Companion to the American Musical by Thomas Hischak
Call Number: Oxford Reference E-Book (click to view)
Among the 2,000-plus entries are those for composers, performers, directors, choreographers, etc., and for individual musical works. The personal entries feature basic biographical information and chronicle the works the artists helped create in a readable narrative style.
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians