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Music: Writing & Citing

This guide is designed to help you find materials available from the Houston Cole Library for research in music.

Chicago Style

Music students use the Chicago Manual of Style.

Print copy located in the Library

Call Number:

Z 253 .U69 2010 (1 copy shelved at the Reserves Desk in the Lobby)

Fulltext available Online

Chicago Manual of Style from University of Georgia

RefWorks

RefWorks
RefWorks a reference management service that supports the needs of students, faculty and librarians. You must create a free account, through our subscription, using your JSU email account to use this service.

Online Resources for Chicago Citation Style

Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) Chicago
Towson University: Chicago Manual of Style
This site has a link to show you how to cite YouTube videos.
Trinity College, Citation Style for CDs
Trinity College: Chicago Style Manual
Williams College Libraries: Chicago Style

Books on Writing about Music

How to Write about Music: The Rilm Manual of Style. Second Edition by James R. Cowdery & Carl Skoggard
Call Number: ML 3797 .H69x 2006
Music in words : a guide to researching and writing about music by Trevor Herbert
Call Number: ML 3797 .H53x 2001
Music Library and Research Skills by Jane Gottlieb
ISBN: 9780190267940

Publication Date: 2016-10-17
Undergraduate Research in Music by Gregory Young; Jenny Olin Shanahan
ISBN: 9780415787833

Publication Date: 2017-08-10
Using Sources Effectively by Robert A. Harris
ISBN: 9781351971935

Publication Date: 2017-01-20
Writing about Music by Ann Phillips Basart; Joseph Kerman (Foreword by)
Call Number: Ref ML 128 .P24 B37 1989

Please note that this is a Reference book, and can be found on the 6th floor but is not available to check out.