Finding Music Education Books
Listed below are some standard reference resources helpful for Music Education. If you'd like to browse the shelves on the fourth floor of the Mansfield Library, please go to call numbers 780-780.71. There are also materials on the second floor in the Curriculum Collection in that same call number range; click here for a canned catalog search of Curriculum Collection materials. To locate more books, please use an advanced search in our catalog.
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Encyclopedia of Education byCall Number: 370.3 E5641
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Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning: A Project of the Music Educators National Conference byCall Number: 780.7 H236
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Guide to Research in Music Education byCall Number: 780.7 P541g
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Research in Music Education: An Introduction to Systematic Inquiry byCall Number: 780.72 R154r
Finding Music Education Journal Articles
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Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Full text of thousands of academic journals, magazines, and other publications across a wide range of disciplines, including the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and more.
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Education Full TextFull text of over 350 periodicals on adult education, continuing education, literacy standards, multicultural/ethnic education, secondary education, teaching methods and more. In depth coverage of special education (over 50 titles).
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ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) This link opens in a new window
Index to education-related scholarly and professional journal articles, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, books, and government publications from 1966-present. Project of the U.S. Department of Education. See also the Education Research Index which includes ERIC, as well as supplementary coverage of journals that ERIC will no longer index.
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Music Index Online This link opens in a new window
Index to articles, book reviews, obituaries, and news about music, musicians and the music industry from 1970-present.
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Music Periodicals Database (formerly International Index to Music Periodicals Full Text) This link opens in a new window
Indexes more than 600 international music periodicals, with coverage dating back to 1874. It also offers full-text access to 220 journals. Its content spans both academic and popular music topics, including music education, performance, ethnomusicology, music theory, composition, and more.
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Performing Arts Periodicals Database (formerly International Index to the Performing Arts Full Text) This link opens in a new window
Indexes over 400 international publications focused on the performing arts, with coverage extending back to 1864. It provides full-text access to more than 130 journals and encompasses a wide range of disciplines, including theater, dance, film and television, stagecraft, technical theater, broadcast arts, and performance studies.
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PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive index of international publications in psychology and related fields—including psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work—covering journal articles, book chapters, books, reports, theses, and dissertations from 1967 to the present. Compiled by the American Psychological Association.
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RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (1967-Present Only) This link opens in a new window
Index to music journals, books, bibliographies, catalogues, conference proceedings, discographies, and more drawn from 840,000 publications from around the world.
Music Education Materials in Google Scholar
You can locate music education articles and other related scholarly materials using Google Scholar! Be sure to look for the "Link to Article at UM" in your search results to access articles from electronic journals to which the Mansfield Library subscribes.
Finding Music Education Dissertations and Theses
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Electronic Thesis, Dissertations, and Professional Papers Collection (University of Montana)This link will take you to detailed information on how to look up theses and dissertations from The University of Montana.
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Dissertations & Theses Global, ProQuest This link opens in a new window
Index to dissertations and theses from over 3,000 institutions in 88 countries. Full text coverage spans from 1743-present, with citation coverage dating back to 1637. Note: Dissertations & Theses Global may also be searched and accessed via Web of Science, as well as OneSearch.
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WorldCat (Discovery) This link opens in a new window
Catalog of library resources held by institutions around the world. Find materials and place interlibrary loan requests for resources not owned locally.