Research Guides: Music Resources: Websites

What You'll Find Here

These selected web resources in your subject area may help you find additional information. They have been reviewed by us, so you know they are trustworthy. Take a look!

Web Resources

Recommended Websites for Music
Music Associations

These music websites contain useful information that may complement your research.

Harvard University: Online Resources for Music Scholars
Maintained by the Loeb Music Library, this guide provides links to websites about historical musicology, ethnomusicology, music theory, composition, and performance practice.
Yale University: Music Resources on the Web
Maintained by the Irving S. Gilmore Library, this website contains links to quality resources for a variety of music topics.
Alltop: Music
A collection of the latest headlines from a variety of music news sources.
From Scene to Shining Screen
This article by Paul Chihara provides a short history of film music.

Here are some music associations that you may be interested in checking out.

The College Music Society
Promotes music teaching and learning, musical creativity and expression, research and dialogue, and diversity and interdisciplinary interaction.
American Musicological Society
Founded in 1934 to advance research in the various fields of music as a branch of learning and scholarship.
International Musicological Society
Founded in 1927 to advance musicological research on the basis of international cooperation.
The Society for Ethnomusicology
Founded in 1955 to promote the research, study, and performance of music in all historical periods and cultural contexts.
Society for American Music
Their goal is to stimulate the appreciation, performance, creation and study of American musics of all eras and in all their diversity.
Major Professional Music Associations
A list of additional music associations you may be interested in. If a URL is broken, try searching for the association on Google.

Internet Reliability

(Credit: Gerald Lynch)

The Internet is an important tool, but you need to remember:

Anyone can develop a website on any topic they choose, regardless of their authority.
The Internet does not have:
- Standards for publishing
- A review process to check for accuracy
- Prompts for removing outdated information

The CRAAP test is a useful tool for evaluating websites. Seriously!