WRITING AIDS
Chicago Style Manual writing handbook

Citation Format Guide (Landmark Template)

CD (Discographic) Reference Format:
Performer(s). Title of Record. Record Company, record #, (Year of Release).

REFERENCES

Encyclopedic references
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (available via UA Library online to UA students and faculty)
The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music (ML 100.G16 1998) - available via UA Library online to UA students and faculty)Organized by countries and culture areas, this detailed source is as much a reference to recording artists as it is to genres and area.
World Music: The Rough Guide (also ML102.W67 W67 1999)
This multi-volume set features essays by specialists on different music cultures of the world. Each volume is dedicated to a different geographic region.

Textbooks with useful case studies:

Lornell, Kip and Anne K. Rassmussen. Musics of Multicultural America: A Study of Twelve Musical Communities. New York: Schirmer Books, 1997.

May, Elizabeth. Music of Many Cultures: An Introduction. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1980. (ML3798.M87)

Titon, Jeff, et al. Music. Worlds of Music: An Introduction to Music of the World's Peoples. New York: Schirmer Books, 1984. (ML3798. W67 1984). [This textbook is also organized by culture areas. Although the UA library has only the 1984 edition, you may be able to locate a more recent edition which will include some additional references, including some contemporary recording examples.]

Shelemay, Kay. Soundscapes: Exploring Music in a Changing World. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2005.

Journals

Asian Music (ML1.A834 - electronic version)
Black Music Research Journal (ML3556.B58; also UA provides WebAcess for all issues since 2001)

Black Grooves (a web-based journal)
Ethnomusicology (ML1.E77 - UA also provides WebAccess for issues since 1998)
Latin American Music Review/ Revista de musica latino americano (ML199.L3 - also UA provides WebAcess for all issues since 2001)
The World of Music (ML5.W67)
Yearbook for Traditional Music (ML1.1719)

Trade Magazines

fRoots
Sing Out (ML1.S588)

Webtools

American Memory - Library of Congress Collections (Click on Performing Arts to access music sites)
Arabic Music Publications
Ethnomusicology, Folk Music and World Music (a comprehensive site list prepared by U. Washington)
Latin American Music Resources (LANIC)
Melody Hound
Roots & Rhythm

Recording Companies

(Special attention given to companies dedicated to providing ethnographically contextualized sound offerings)

Smithsonian/Global Sound (UA Access)
INEDIT
Le Chant du Monde
Music of the World

Demographic Resources

U.S. Census (http://www.census.gov)