Music Library

Music Education Resources

 

Online Indexes and Databases to Music Education Literature

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Education Full Text (1983 - Current)
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Includes over 500 international periodicals, yearbooks, and book series in education addressing a wide variety of topics. Updated monthly. (Contains the same indexing as Education Abstracts and Education Index.)
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Education Research Complete
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Education Research Complete is a database covering scholarly research and information relating to all areas of education. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,500 journals, as well as full text for more than 750 journals. Also included is full text for more than 100 books and monographs, and full text for numerous education-related conference papers.

ERIC (EBSCO) (1966 - Current)
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Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, it consists of over 900,000 citations from journals, reports, and other sources spanning the entire field of education and related areas. Updated monthly.
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ERIC (OSearch) (1966 - Current)
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Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, it consists of over 900,000 citations from journals, reports, and other sources spanning the entire field of education and related areas. Updated monthly.
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Music Index Online (1979 - Current)
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Index to writings on classical and popular music, including scholarly and journalistic publications and reviews of books, recordings, and performances. Covers publications from 1979 to the present. Updated quarterly. See print edition for coverage of writings from 1949 to present.
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Professional Development Collection
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Provides a highly specialized collection of over 750 full text journals, designed for professional educators.
List of journals included.

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Academic Search Complete
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Provides full text for more than 4,000 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. This database is updated daily.
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Dissertation Abstracts (ProQuest Dissertations & Theses) (1861 - Current)
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Includes citations for dissertations dating from the first U.S. dissertation issued in 1861. Contains abstracts for dissertations from 1980 to the present and for master's theses from 1988 forward. The work of authors from over 1,000 North American graduate schools and European universities are also included. Titles published since 1997 are available in PDF digital format and have 24 page previews available.

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (1969 - Current)
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Includes references (most with abstracts) to scholarly writings, including books, articles, and dissertations from 1969 to the present in English and most European languages. Updated monthly.
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Library and Free Online Resouces

 

Music Education Research

ESL Through Music This is a link to another web site

MENC Online Publications This is a link to another web site

Music Education Journals at KSU Music Library

 

Curriculum Aids

The Music Connection (Available at the Music Library only)
MT7 .M872 2000 (Music Library Reference)
K-8 Curriculum for teaching general music.
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Integrating Music into the Elementary Classroom, by William M. Anderson and Joy E. Lawrence
MT1 .A696 2007 (Music Library Reference)
"Provides guidelines for elementary teachers with limited [music] experience as well as for music specialists." (back cover)
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BoomWhackers This is a link to another web site Tuned percussion tubes

Compumedia in Music Education This is a link to another web site (Bedford Road Collegiate)

Friendship House This is a link to another web site

MiBAC This is a link to another web site (Music Instruction By A Computer)

NAXOS Education This is a link to another web site

 

Professional Organizations

American Orff-Schulwerk Association This is a link to another web site

Dalcroze Society of America This is a link to another web site

MENC: The National Association for Music Education This is a link to another web site

OMEA: Ohio Music Education Association This is a link to another web site

Organization of American Kodály Educators This is a link to another web site

 

National Standards for Music Education

MENC National Standards for Music Education Resources This is a link to another web site

 

Music Lesson Plans

ArtsEdge This is a link to another web site (The Kennedy Center)

HotChalk's Lesson Plans Page - Music This is a link to another web site

MusicExpress Teacher's Corner This is a link to another web site

My Music Class This is a link to another web site (MENC members only)

PBS Teachers. The Arts This is a link to another web site

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Summer Teacher Institute Lesson Plans This is a link to another web site

Teachers.net Lesson Bank - Music This is a link to another web site

 

Primary/Secondary Student Oriented Web Sites

BBC Guide to the Orchestra This is a link to another web site

BBC Play! Musical Games This is a link to another web site

New York Philharmonic Kidzone This is a link to another web site

SFS Kids: Fun with Music This is a link to another web site (San Francisco Symphony)

The Symphony This is a link to another web site - an Interactive Guide into the Great Composers' Finest Symphonies

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Naxos Music Library - Junior Section
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Student oriented resource that provides opportunities for individual exploration of music topics. Topics include "Meet the Instruments ," "The Story of Classical Music ," and a series of recordings called "Music for Kids ."