Research Guides: Music: Music Resources

Music Library Hours and Remote Access

Music Library Spring 2022 Operating Hours: January 28, 2022 to May 24, 2022

January 28, 2022 to May 17, 2022

Monday through Friday 10am - 4:45pm

May 18, 2022 to May 24, 2022

Monday through Friday 10am - 6:45pm

EXTENDED HOURS: May 5, 2022 10am - 6:45pm

Remote Access: To access online resources from off campus, use your CUNY Login info: Firstname.LastnameNN@login.cuny.edu If you have problems, email QC_ask_Circ@qc.cuny.edu They can help you troubleshoot and ensure you have access to our resources.

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Oxford Music Online is THE most comprehensive scholarly reference source for music available. Use it instead of Wikipedia! Go here for a quick overview of Oxford Music Online.
OneSearch searches the print and digital resources. For a scholarly alternative to Google, use OneSearch!
To be really thorough, use RILM, the most comprehensive index of music scholarship available.
Explore the rest of Queens College's databases here: QC Databases A-Z
Need help deciphering what types of resources you need? See Resource Types

Use this helpful Research Process Guide for tips on navigating your research project.

Music Quick Links (A to Z)

ARTSEARCH
INSTRUCTIONS FOR INSTITUTIONAL ARTSEARCH ACCOUNTS
How to Create ARTSEARCH Account Using Coupon Code:
STEP 1: Claim your Account/Membership:
Go to the ArtSearch Individual Membership page:
STEP 2: Select the 1 year 50 dollar membership to your cart
STEP 3: Enter your email address (Recommended QC email)
STEP 4: Complete the registration information and set-up your account
STEP 5: Once complete, you are ready to Pay
At the Pay Now section, enter the coupon code provided. The coupon code must be requested. Please email either Sonali Sugrim or Nancy Foasberg
Academic Video Online (AVON)
Dance Online: Dance in Video
Digital Theatre+
DRAM | Database of Recorded American Music
Google Scholar
How to access QC subscribed articles via Google Scholar:
1.Access Google Scholar via the un-proxied version: Google Scholar
2. From the Menu Icon on the Top Left select Settings then Library Links
3. In Library Links, search for Queens College then select "Queens College --> Fulltext at QC"
4. SAVE and return to the Google Scholar Homepage
5. You should be able to search for articles. When you see the "Queens College --> Fulltext at QC", select to either be re-directed to the Library Catalogue, OneSearch or asked to login to the library proxy in order to access articles.
6. Please review the FAQ on logging into the library proxy.
Should you have any additional questions, please contact our Electronic Resources Librarian by completing the Electronic Resources Access Form.

InterLibrary Loan

IPA Source
JSTOR
Expanded access includes:
1. Full archive expanded access program (all Arts & Science Collections, Thematic Collections, Primary Source Collections).
2. Freely accessible Public Health journals
3. Freely accessible coronavirus related books and journal articles
4. Free online reading expanded to 100 articles/month
5. ArtStor Core Collection
Kanopy
Music Periodicals Database
Music Index
Naxos Music Library
Naxos Video Library
NYPL Articles & Databases
Access MetOpera Databases, RILM Music Encyclopedias, RIPM, RISM, Song Index, and more via the New York Public Library.
Note: If you are 13 or older and live, work, attend school, or pay property taxes in New York State, you can get a free digital library card right now using this online form. Visitors to New York State can also use this form to apply for a temporary card. Select the link to begin: Apply for an NYPL card online

OneSearch

Music Online: Opera in Video

Oxford History of Western Music by Richard Taruskin The universally acclaimed and award-winning Oxford History of Western Music is a magisterial five-volume survey of the traditions of Western music by one of the most prominent and provocative musicologists of our time, Richard Taruskin.Now this renowned work is available in paperback - both as a set and (for the first time) individually. This first volume examines classical music from the earliest works to the end of the sixteenth century. Taking a critical perspective, Taruskin sets the details of music, the chronological sweepof figures, works, and musical ideas, within the larger context of world affairs and cultural history. He combines an emphasis on structure and form with a discussion of relevant theoretical concepts in each age, to illustrate how the music itself works, and how contemporaries heard and understoodit. He also describes how the context of each stylistic period - key cultural, historical, social, economic, and scientific events--influenced and directed compositional choices.Attractively illustrated and laced with brilliant observations, memorable musical analysis, and a panoramic sense of the interactions between history, culture, politics, art, literature, religion, and music, this volume is essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand classical music.
ISBN: 9780195386301
Publication Date: 2009-07-27

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