Subject Guides: Philosophy & Social Impact of Music: Home

How do I find scholarly introductions to my topic with a list of recommended sources?

Grove Music Online This link opens in a new window
The authoritative resource for music research with over 52,000 articles written by nearly 9,000 scholars charting the diverse history, theory and cultures of music around the globe. One search includes Grove dictionaries of jazz, opera, American music, women composers, and musical instruments.

How do I find scholarly books on my subject?

Encompass
Trexler Library's discovery service tells a) if we own a book electronically or in print, b) if a book has been reviewed in peer reviewed journals, c) what other libraries own a book.

Subject headings for Encompass:

Jazz United States history and criticism
Popular music United States history and criticism
Popular music analysis appreciation
Rap (music) history and criticism
Rock music analysis appreciation
Protest songs
Punk rock music
Psychedelic rock music
Blues (music) history and criticism
Elvis Presley influence
Beatles influence
Music, influence of
Music psychological aspects
Music therapy

Selected titles:

Understanding popular music culture (call # 781.64 S562u)
Analyzing popular music
Genre in popular music
Switched on pop: how popular music work and why it matters
Interpreting popular music
Disruptive divas: feminism identity and popular music (call # 782.42164 B967d)
A blaze of light in every word: analyzing the popular singing voice
Rock on record
The pop, rock, and soul reader: histories and debates
Popular music in America: the beat goes on (request through interlibrary loan)
The foundations of rock
Rock music styles a history (request through interlibrary loan)
My Music: Explorations of Music in Daily Life
The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature (call # 781.11 L666w)
Roots of musicality : music therapy and personal development
The Music Within You
Sounding the inner landscape: music as medicine (call # 781.11 G227s)
Life-long engagement with music: benefits for mental health and well-being
Music Thought and Feeling: Understanding the Psychology of Music (call # 781.11 T478m)
This Is Your Brain on Music (call # 781.11 L666t)
The secret power of music (request through interlibrary loan)

How do I locate peer-reviewed journal articles?

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
A database of both scholarly and popular publications in a wide variety of disciplines and subject areas, including psychology. Most full text is linked directly in the database; otherwise use the Check for Full Text buttons to check for full text online or in the library.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
A substantive archive of about 3,000 full text scholarly journals plus scholarly books in the arts, humanities, social sciences and biological sciences. As an archive, there is typically a lag time of 3-5 years from publication until new issues appear in JSTOR. Journals include core titles from a variety of disciplines: history, economics, biology, and more.

Google Scholar
Free search engine for books and journal articles in all disciplines.Links may take you to free full text, or search the library's site for full text access.

PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
Premier database of scholarly and professional journals and books in psychology and related areas. Some full text is linked directly in the database; otherwise, use the Check for Full Text buttons to check for full text online or in the library.
PhilPapers: Philosophical Research Online This link opens in a new window
PhilPapers is an index and bibliography for finding philosophy books, articles, archives and more. Search by topic, author, title, date, and keyword.PhilPapers is maintained by the community of philosophers.

Selected articles:

Music practice and participation for psychological well-being
Personality characteristics, music listening and psychological well-being
Promoting musical engagement for well-being (interlibrary loan)

Primary sources

Encompass
Trexler Library's discovery service tells a) if we own a book electronically or in print, b) if a book has been reviewed in peer reviewed journals, c) what other libraries own a book.
Google

Source activity

Citing sources

For tips on citing print and electronic sources, visit Trexler Library's Citation Guides for Print and Electronic Resources.

Or visit the Online Writing Lab at Purdue.

For automated citation, try the shareware Zotero. Directions for installing Zotero here.

For help with annotated bibliographies, visit Purdue's Online Writing Lab for definitions and format of an annotation.

Articles and books via interlibrary loan

Articles and books not found in Trexler Library can be ordered on interlibrary loan.