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See
also: N/A
Books you can take with you
are in this number range:
782
When searching our catalog use these
subjects:
Popular Music
Specific type of music (i.e. Rock Music, Country
Music)
Helpful reference books:
Popular Song Index - Ref. 016.784 Hav
(Located at Voorhees)
Multi-volume index by song title and
books where song has been printed.
Great Song Thesaurus - Ref. 016.7845 Lax
(Located at Voorhees)
Useful to identify song title and
composer.
Where's that Tune? An index to songs in
fakebooks - Ref 016.7824 Goo (Located at
Voorhees)
Suggested magazine and journal indexes:
N/A
Websites:
California Library Systems Cooperative
Song Index:
http://www.sjvls.org/songs/
Over 135,000 song titles (mostly popular music),
over 1,300 items indexed (song books, magazines, and other
collections). Compiled from the collections of SJVLS Libraries
and California Library System Reference Centers. Maintained by
the San Joaquin Valley Information Service. (annotation from web
site) The links for other song resources are very helpful.
Popular Song Database:
http://www.lib.washington.edu/asp/databases/music/PopSongBrowse.asp
This
database is a popular song index and is provided
by the University of Washington Music Library.
It is searchable by keyword. You can use this
database to locate a source for song lyrics and
music
Lester S. Levy Sheet
Music Collection:
http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/
This
collection of sheet music from the Milton S.
Eisenhower Library at Johns Hopkins University
includes 29,000 pieces of American sheet music
published between 1780 and 1980. It includes
minstrel music and songs about many subjects and
has a special strength in music written during
military conflicts. The site indexes the
collection and provides covers and sheet music
for the music printed before 1923. The database
can be searched in numerous ways
Music for the Nation:
American Sheet Music, 1870-1885:
http://rs6.loc.gov/ammem/mussmquery.html
Music
for the Nation: American Sheet Music, 1870-1885
consists of over 47,000 pieces of sheet music
registered for copyright during the years 1870
to 1885. Included are popular songs, piano
music, sacred and secular choral music, solo
instrumental music, method books and
instructional materials, and music for band and
orchestra..
Song Index: Los Angeles
Public Library:
http://www.lapl.org/resources/indexes/allsong.html
Use
this index to search for songs in books owned by
the Los Angeles Public Library. You can use this
index to locate a source for song lyrics and
music.
UTK Song Index:
http://www.lib.utk.edu/music/songdb/.
This is a publicly-available database providing
access to about 50,000 songs in more than 1,500
published song anthologies owned by the George
F. DeVine Music Library at the University of
Tennessee, located in Knoxville. This is an
index to citations only. If you are not
affiliated with the University of Tennessee, you
may still be able to obtain the songs listed
here through interlibrary loan. (annotation from
website)
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