Music - Background & Getting Started: Overview

• Gale Virtual Reference Library 

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  Handbooks, dictionaries, encyclopedias in a wide range of subject areas, including Arts, Biography, Business, Education, Environment, History, Law, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation and World, Religion, Science, and Social Sciences.
• Oxford Reference 

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  Hundreds of dictionaries, general reference, language reference, and subject reference works from Oxford University Press.
• Oxford Dictionaries 

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  Authoritative and comprehensive English bilingual dictionaries online for Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish.
• Oxford Digital Reference Shelf 

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  Brings together nearly 200 language and subject reference works in a single cross-searchable resource. Subject areas include: Art & Architecture, Biological Sciences, Classics, Computing, Environmental Sciences, Economics, History, Law, Literature, Maps, Medicine, Military History, Mythology & Folklore, Names & Places, Performing Arts, Physical Sciences & Mathematics, Politics & Social Sciences, Quotations, Religion & Philosophy, Science.
• Oxford Research Encyclopedias 

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  Designed to be an authoritative resource of reference content in a wide array of academic fields, including the humanities, social sciences, and science.
• Sage Knowledge 

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  Dictionaries, encyclopedias, guides and handbooks from a range of social science fields.
• Very Short Introductions 

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  Provides concise introductions to a diverse range of subjects. Subject categories include: Arts and humanities, Law, Medicine and health, Science and mathematics, Social sciences.

Can't find what you need?  For books, try OhioLINK. For books not available through OhioLINK and for other types of materials, use Interlibrary Loan (ILL).  ILL lets you borrow materials from non-OhioLINK libraries, including print books, scanned journal articles, musical scores, videos, theses/dissertations, and more. 

Contact ill@oberlin.edu with questions.

Kathy Abromeit she/her/hers

Conservatory Public Services Librarian
kabromei@oberlin.edu
440/775-5131

• Call 440-775-5129 during reference desk hours

• Email us: cref@oberlin.edu

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