Research Guides: Popular Music Criticism: Reference and books

Online reference databases

Gale in Context - Biography
Biography in Context provides research support with nearly a million biographical entries spanning history and geography. It is a curriculum-aligned resource that offers media-rich content in context that is updated daily to meet the needs of today's user. It includes: 600¸000+ biographies covering more than 525¸000 individuals¸ 50¸000 new or updated bios added annually in addition to daily updates to account for awards and events¸ integrated reference material¸ periodical information and multimedia content¸ plus hundreds of hand-crafted topic pages covering the highest-interest features.
Credo Reference
Credo Reference is a ready-reference solution for learners and librarians. Its full-text¸ aggregated content covers every major subject from the world's best publishers of reference materials. The content is enriched with images¸ sound files¸ maps and customizable data tables.
Coverage: varies
Oxford Music Online
Oxford Music Online is a new gateway that offers users the ability¸ for the first time ever¸ to access and cross-search the vast resources of Oxford's music reference in one location. The cornerstone of Oxford Music Online¸ Grove Music Online¸ has been completely redesigned with a number of functional enhancements and new content.

Library catalog SUBJECT search results for

Suggested search strategies and tips:

"popular music" and criticism

hip hop and language

Do a SUBJECT search and browse subject headings to discover a variety of publication types.

Subject search results for hip hop.

If you are looking for information about a person or a band, you want to do a Subject Search (for example, Dylan, Bob).
If you are looking for works or interviews, do an Author Search (for example, Dylan, Bob).

Tip: use the filters under "Content type" (make sure to click "More..." to get a variety of genres/formats).