Title: All Music Guide Provider: All Music Guide Subject Heading/s: Music; Music--United States--Bio-bibliography. LC Class: ML Reference Category: Dictionaries Description: Biographies and discographies of popular artists, with links to artists playing similar music.

Title: allrecordlabels.com Provider: allrecordlabels.com Subject Heading/s: Sound recording industry LC Class: ML136 Reference Category: Directories Description: " . . . a database of more than 9000 record labels. You can view the alphabetical lists or browse within the categories of genre, format, city and country. Information in the Record Label files include location, a description of the company, genres and formats of recordings, as well as a list of the recording artists for some of the labels. " ResearchBuzz #228

Title: A Passion for Jazz Provider: D C DowDell Subject Heading/s: LC Class: ML3561 Reference Category: Compendiums Description: Developed by a jazz pianist and educator, this site is a compendium of information on jazz, its history, its vocabulary, and its musicians. Includes links to a timeline, festivals, portrait photographs, chords, sources for sheet music, lessons, etc. 2/04/06

Title: Canadian Music Encyclopedia Provider: CANOE (Canadian Online Explorer) Subject Heading/s: Musicians--Canada--Biography LC Class: ML Reference Category: Dictionaries Description: "Written by Toronto-based music writers Jaimie & Sharon Vernon, this database chronicles the history of chronicles the history of nearly 1,450 Canadian contemporary pop musicians from the 1950s to the present." Updated 7/24/06

Title: Canadian Music Periodical Index Provider: National Library of Canada Subject Heading/s: Music--Canada LC Class: ML Reference Category: Indexes Description: "CMPI is an index of articles from Canadian music periodicals. CMPI is a free service provided by the National Library of Canada. Texts of articles are not available from this site, but can be obtained through interlibrary loan at your local library. The CMPI database includes nearly 30 000 entries on articles dating from the late-19th century to the present day. 500 Canadian music journals, newsletters and magazines are represented here, almost 200 of which are currently active and continue to be indexed."

Title: Center for Black Music Research Provider: Center for Black Music Research: Columbia College, Chicago Subject Heading/s: African Americans--Music; Blacks--Africa--Music LC Class: ML128 Reference Category: Compendiums Description: "The CBMR offers a variety of online resources for researching black music, including definitions and information on styles and genres, bibliographies and music lists, a discography of music of black composers, resources for teachers, the CBMR Style Guide, and a list of current jobs in the field." Added 11/07/2008

Title: Classical Music Pages Provider: Matthew Boynick Subject Heading/s: Music appreciation. LC Class: ML Reference Category: Encyclopedias Description: "This web site provides you almost everything you need concerning classical music- its history, biographical information about composers (with portraits and short sound examples), explanations of the various musical forms and a dictionary of musical terminologies. It is designed to be of use for everyone from "beginners" to the music professional - decide for yourself how deeply you follow the links." Includes exerpts from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music, sound files and pictures.

Title: Instrument Encyclopedia Provider: Musical Heritage Network Subject Heading/s: Musical instruments LC Class: ML Reference Category: Encyclopedias Description: An initiative of CHICO, the Cultural Heritage Information and Community Outreach project at the University of Michigan School of Information and Stearns Museum of Musical Instruments, School of Music.

Title: Jazz Biographies Provider: PBS Subject Heading/s: Jazz musicians--United States--Biography LC Class: ML Reference Category: Dictionaries Description: An interactive dictionary of over 100 biographies of artists featured in the Ken Burns film shown by the Public Broadcasting System.

Title: Musicals101.com: The Cyber Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre,TV and Film Provider: John Kenrick Subject Heading/s: Musicals. LC Class: M1500 Reference Category: Encyclopedias Description: "This site's purpose is to be 'a reliable educational resource celebrating the history of musical theater, film, and television.' Offers detailed histories, bibliographies, chronologies, a show rights index, reviews, photo galleries, biographical sketches, script samples, and a calendar of memorable events. Specific musicals, people, and other topics are highlighted in special features. Searchable, with a site map. Maintained by John Kenrick, a musical theater history expert."

Title: Music History 102 Provider: Internet Public Library Subject Heading/s: Music--History and criticism. LC Class: ML159 Reference Category: Encyclopedias Description: Music History 102: a Guide to Western Composers and their Music from the Middle Ages to the Present "The sound files that form a part of Music History 102 are encoded using RealAudio. To be able to access and play these files, you will need to download a copy of RealAudio Playersoftware on your computer. This software is available free of charge via the RealAudio Web Page."

Title: Online Glossary [of music] Provider: Essentials of Music Subject Heading/s: Music LC Class: ML Reference Category: Dictionaries Description: An interactive dictionary with some terms illustrated by audio files using RealPlayer.

Title: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductees Provider: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Subject Heading/s: Rock musicians--Biography; Musicians--Biography LC Class: ML Reference Category: Encyclopedias Description: A biographical encyclopedia of performers in several popular music fields, including blues, country, folk, and R & B.