Hello there!
My name is Jesse Agins and I'll be your friendly neighborhood Music Librarian. This Libguide is a tutorial on how to use the Grove Music Online database also known as Oxford Music Online.
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What it is: a database mostly comprised of articles and encyclopedic entries used for academic research.
What it is not: a database of music, or performance collection. May I recommend the Naxos Music Library for a collection of recorded music, the Opera Vision database for a collection of recorded operas, or any number of our other Music-Oriented databases that range from the Alexander Street Press for a collection of sheet music to Chorus America which covers all things choral.
Over 57,000 authoritative, peer-reviewed articles on:
* Consider how many "classical" musicians largely never saw a piano in the way that we think about them now, but rather harpsichords or organs.
Key Features:
*All information taken from Oxford Music Online.
The Quick Search options and Browse functions Grove Music Online offers are:
Further options:
Here we will explore methods by which to conduct a search:
*All information taken from Oxford Music Online.
In addition to the quick search bar in the top right of the home page in which one would type their topic of inquiry (e.g., Beethoven, the Lute, music theory), there is an advanced search function with a link directly next to the quick search box. This allows one to break down their search by:
Extra functions:
*All information taken from Oxford Music Online.
There are, of course, benefits for recurring patrons under the personal profile tab located in the top right corner of the screen. The personal profile is separated into three sections:
*All information taken from Oxford Music Online.