IDS 101 Music in the Electronic Age
Michael Nord, Professor

1. General and Specialized Databases

Oxford Reference Online: 100 well-known and trusted dictionaries and reference books combined into a single cross-searchable web database. Includes The Oxford Companion to Music, Dictionary of Computing, etc.

Academic Search Premier: Provides full text for more than 3,600 academic, social sciences, humanities, general science, education and multi-cultural journals.

LexisNexis Academic: Provides access to full-text information from newspapers, journals, magazines and reference sources with strengths in the areas of current news, business, law, and politics.

America History and Life: Provides access to scholarly literature on the history and culture of the U.S. and Canada from prehistoric times to the present

The Music Index: Indexes over 640 international music periodicals offering a wealth of historiographic, ethnographic, and musicological data. Includes links to full-text articles in JSTOR database.

Communication and Mass Media Complete: Provides the most robust, quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media.

Sociological Abstracts: Provides citations to articles in over 3000 journals covering sociology, social work and other social sciences.

2. Internet Resources

Recording Technology History

Art of the States A website from WGBH in Boston that collects and disseminates New Music from the United States. Recordings cover compositions from 1771 to the present

Emile Berliner and the Birth of the Recording Industry

The Beat Goes On: How Sounds are Recorded and Played An exhibit from IEEE (includes Alvin and the Chipmunks!)

Crossfade "An online exhibit that seeks to present the computer network from interesting and experimental perspectives: as a musical instrument and as tool that enables musicians and music lovers to collaborate with each other."


3. Willamette Resources and Local Events

Mark O. Hatfield Library Homepage

Willamette University Libraries Catalog

Arts and Technology Gala Wednesday, Sep 20th 2006
7:00pm - 9:00pm, Rogers Rehearsal Hall

W. M. Keck Arts and Technology Initiative at Willamette. Check out the work of your classmates here.

New Music Concert, Sunday, October 29, 2006, 3:00 pm, Hudson Hall, Willamette University.


Neon light guitar at the Hard Rock Café in Las Vegas by Manyee Desandies of Pics4Learning
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