Listed on this page are key reference resources that provide a general overview of a topic or help identify synonyms, related terms, or basic data. These sources often include references and lists of further readings.
Grove Music Online
Women and Music in America since 1900
The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music
The New Grove Dictionary of American Music
The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz
The New Grove Dictionary of Opera
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians
International Encyclopedia of Women Composers
The Norton-Grove Dictionary of Woman Composers
Music Business Handbook and Career Guide
Encyclopedia of Lesbian Histories and Cultures
Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered History in America
Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women
Women's Studies Encyclopedia
Women in the Middle Ages
Encyclopedia of Gender in Media
Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Culture: French Culture
Medieval Germany
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
The ABC-Clio Companion to the 1960s Counterculture in America
Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History
Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present
Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice