Library

Key Music Resources

Key Music Resources

Music Library
The Music Library is located on the top floor of the Campus Library building. It contains books, pamphlets and printed music as well as a silent study area. Some key music texts can also be found in the Short Loan section of the Library on the middle floor.
View the Quick Guide for the Music Library.

JSTOR
JSTOR is a searchable full text archive of over 130 important journals. In addition Keele subscribes to JSTOR Music, a collection of over 30 titles including Music & Letters and The Musical times. 
NEW: Click here to access JSTOR from off-campus using your Keele username and password.
View the Quick Guide to Using JSTOR for music.

Naxos 
Naxos is a large online music library offering over 500,000 tracks of classical music, jazz, world and folk music. The recordings in Naxos Music Library include the complete catalogues of BIS, Chandos, CPO, Haenssler, Hungaroton, Marco Polo, Naxos and selected titles of other leading independent labels.
Naxos can be accessed from all computers on the Keele network.
Click here to access Naxos from off-campus 
Music students will be provided with a username and password to log-in.
View the Naxos User Guide.

Oxford Music Online 
Includes The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The Oxford Companion to Music, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. There is also biographical information about performers, composers and writers. Articles link to the RILM Abstracts of Music Literature database. 
You will need a Keele username and password to access Oxford Music Online from off-campus.
View the Quick Guide to Using Oxford Music Online.

Searching for Journal Articles

Databases and E-Journal Collections

You can search or browse these online collections to find e-journal articles.

In some cases the full-text of an article will be available directly from your search results to view online. If the full-text isn't available from your search results, look for the @Keele logo and click this. This will search all our e-journal collections and provide a link to the whole paper if available, or direct you to where a paper copy may be found in the Library's print journal collection.

EBSCO
Academic Search Complete contains the full text of over 8500 journals covering almost every area of academic study.
You will need your Keele username and password password to access the EBSCO databases from off-campus.
View the Quick Guide to Using EBSCO.

JSTOR
JSTOR is a searchable full text archive of over 130 important journals. In addition Keele subscribes to JSTOR Music, a collection of over 30 titles including Music & Letters and The Musical times. 
NEW: Click here to access JSTOR from off-campus using your Keele username and password.
View the Quick Guide to Using JSTOR for music.

ProQuest 
Includes access to the British Humanities Index, an international abstracting and indexing tool for research in the Humanities. It indexes around 400 Humanities journals from the UK and other English-speaking countries. NEW: It also contains RILM Abstracts of Music Literature, a database of musicology writings including journal articles, dissertations, books, recordings and critical commentaries.You will need your Keele username and password to access ProQuest from off-campus.
View the Quick Guide to Using ProQuest.

SwetsWise
Another searchable collection of electronic journals with full text access to over 3000 journals, including some titles relevant for Music.
You will need your Keele username and password for off-campus access.
View the Quick Guide to Using Swetswise.

Web of Knowledge
A gateway to the Web of Science, which includes the Arts and Humanities Citation Index, ISI Proceedings, Journal Citation Reports and ISIHighlyCited.com.
You will need your Keele username and password to access the Web of Knowledge from off-campus.
View to Quick Guide to Using Web of Knowledge.

To find a specific e-journal title, or to browse what is available, go to the e-journals search. For help using the ejournals search, take a look at this quick video tutorial.

To find out what titles are available in the Library's print collection, use the Print Journals search on the Library Catalogue.

Selected E-journals for Music

Looking for an e-journal?

The e-journals listed below are just a few of the relevant titles which the Library provides access to. Please see our e-journals search to find out what other titles are available.

From off-campus you will need to log-in to access the full-text of articles within these journals. Look out for a link called “institutional log-in” or "Shibboleth log-in", select the UK Federation and then Keele University and log in using your Keele username and password. For further help with logging-in please see our off-campus access help page.

Computer Music Journal
A leading publication about computer music, concentrating on digital sound technology and all musical applications of computers. The full-text of articles in this journal are available online from 1997 to the present (with a 12 month embargo).  

Contemporary Music Review
Contemporary Music Review is concerned with music today in all its aspects - techniques of performance and composition, aesthetics, technology, and its relationship with other disciplines. The full-text of articles in this journal are available online from 1984 to the present.

Music & Letters
Founded in 1920, Music & Letters is the leading British journal of musical scholarship. The full-text of articles in this journal are available online from 1920 to 2001. 

Musical Times
The Musical Times is the oldest continuously-published music journal in the world. The full-text of articles in this journal are available online from 2003 to the present. Archive access to full-text articles from 1903 to 2003 is available through JSTOR.

Organised Sound
Organised Sound is an international peer-reviewed journal which focuses on the rapidly developing methods and issues arising from the use of technology in music today. The full-text of articles in this journal are available online from 1998 to the present.  

Popular Music
An international multi-disciplinary journal covering all aspects of popular music. The full-text of articles in this journal are available online from 1981 to 2006. 

Twentieth Century Music
This journal explores Western art music, music from non-Western traditions, popular music, film music, jazz, improvised music, and performance practice. The full-text of articles in this journal are available online from 2004 to the present. 

E-book Collections

Music Books

Use the Library Catalogue to search for individual titles held by the Library.

In addition, several ebook collections are available for you to use. These allow you to read books in full, online.
View the Quick Guide to Using Keele's ebooks for help starting to use these collections.

Dawsonera
An expanding collection of ebooks purchased by the Library which includes some titles relating to Music and Music technology.
You will need your Keele username and password to access individual ebooks and to access the collection off-campus.

EBSCO Ebook Collection
A large collection of ebooks with texts on many aspects of Music.
You will need your Keele username and password for off-campus access.

MyiLibrary
A collection of ebooks purchased by the Library which includes some titles relating to Music and Music technology. The collection is developing and new titles will continue to be added.
You will need your keele username and password for off-campus access.

You may also like to look at Google Books. Whilst this does not provide access to the full text of many books, you can access limited previews for some titles.

Selected E-Books for Music

Looking for an ebook on Music?

The following are suggested titles in our collection. Many more are available from the Library catalogue.

(N. B. Students should of course refer to, and follow, guidance on reading provided by tutors or module handbooks in the first instance).

Bartlett, B. and Bartlett, J. (2009) Practical recording techniques: the step by step approach to professional audio recording, 5th edition. Oxford: Focal.

Cross, J. (2003) The Cambridge companion to Stravinsky. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Frith, S. and Goodwin, A. (1990) On record: rock, pop, and the written word. London: Routledge.

Holmes, T. (2006) The Routledge guide to music technology. New York: Routledge.

Hosken, D.W. (2011) An introduction to music technology. New York: Routledge.

Karlin, F. (2004) On the track: a guide to contemporary film scoring, 2nd edition. New York: Routledge.

Keefe, S. P. (2003) The Cambridge companion to Mozart. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Lannin, S. and Caley, M. (2005) Pop fiction: the song in cinema. Bristol: Intellect.

Manning, P. (2004) Electronic and computer music. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Rumsey, F. and McCormick, T. (2009) Sound and recording, 6th edition. Amsterdam: Elsevier.

Shuker, R. (2001) Understanding popular music, 2nd edition. London: Routledge.

Shuker, R. (2005) Popular music: the key concepts, 2nd edition. London: Routledge.

Newspapers

Newspapers

The following services provide full-text access to a large number of newspapers.

ProQuest UK News Stand
Provides the searchable full-text of articles published in around 30 UK newspapers including The Times, Telegraph, Guardian and The Independent.
You will need your Keele username and password for off-campus access.
View the Quick Guide to Using ProQuest UK News Stand.

Nexis UK
A news and business service which includes around 12,000 publications, including worldwide, national and local newspapers.
You will need to use your Keele username and password for both on-campus and off-campus access to Nexis UK.
View the Quick Guide to Using Nexis UK.

The Times Digital Archive
Search the complete digital edition of The Times from 1785-2006. The entire newspaper is captured with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos.
You will need your Keele username and password for off-campus access.
View the Quick Guide to Using The Times Digital Archive.

Theses

Theses

Use the advanced keyword search on the Library Catalogue and set the material type to 'thesis' to search for Keele these held in the Library.

ETHOS
The British Library ETHOS project provides electronic access to research theses from many UK universities.

Index to Theses
A searchable listing of theses with abstracts accepted for higher degrees by universities in Great Britain and Ireland since 1716. You can only access the Index to Theses from computers on the Keele network.

NDLTD – Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
Details of theses and dissertations from universities in the United States and worldwide.

PhDData
An index of doctoral dissertations in progress around the world.

Other Useful Links

Other Useful Links

British Library Archival Sound Recordings
12,000 selected recordings of music, spoken word, and human and natural environments. You will need your ATHENS password to access the British Library Archival Sound Recordings.

Cecilia
Lists collections of music material in the UK, including libraries, museums, archives, institutions and societies. Collections include manuscripts, printed materials, recordings, artefacts and artworks, instruments, electronic resources, private papers and archives.

Classical Music Archives
Offers over 25,000 full length classical music files in MIDI and other formats.

Google Scholar
The most famous web search engine can search for academic journals and literature too.
You can use the 'Scholar Preferences' options to set Google Scholar to recognise which articles you have full-text access to through Keele's subscriptions. View the Quick Guide to Using Google Scholar to see how this can be done.

Intute: Creative and Performing Arts
A free online search service providing you with access to quality Web resources for Music and other subjects.

Library of Congress American Memory Project
Not just music, but several music collections are available through this website.

Living Composers Project
A database of living composers that includes details of compositional output and links to composers' web pages.

Mutopia
Searchable database of music scores in the public domain.

RefWorks
This is an online reference management software which can be used to import, manage and save references from your research, enabling easy creation of bibliographies. Find out more on our Refworks information pages
View the Quick Guide to Using RefWorks.

Sequenza21
A contemporary music portal.

Sound and Music
The UKs first national development agency for sound and music. Look in the resources section of the website for blogs, podcasts and articles and The Collection - an archive of over 40,000 scores and manuscripts from the past 30 years (some free to download).

Zetoc
Use this site to set up e-mail alerts to your inbox when new issues of journals are published. Zetoc will send you an e-mail containing the new issue’s table of contents.

Guides and Tutorials

The following tutorials are available:

Internet Detective
A free online tutorial offering practical advice on evaluating the quality of websites.

Internet for Music
A free, simple, interactive tutorial to improve online research skills for Music.

Online Reading Lists for Music and Music Technology

Online Reading Lists for Music

Online Reading Lists for Music Technology

View reading lists for Music and Music Technology modules online.

When viewing your list, select any resource to view more details, including  links to ebooks, ejournals and websites and the availability of print copies in the Library. From here, you can access the library catalogue to view additional details, place a reservation or use other borrower services

Sign-in with your Athens username and password if you wish to add personal study notes to your lists.