Music Reference Collection
Reference Books - shelf arrangement and classification
Reference books are useful for getting a basic overview of a topic, clarifying concepts and providing keywords for further searching. The Reference Collection includes thematic catalogues, music research guides, composer bibliographies and bibliographies of music literature, directories, handbooks, dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc.
There is also a Music Reference Online select list of resources for convenience.
An outline of the Music Reference classification follows:
| REF 016.78 | Research guides, Catalogues, Bibliographies, Indexes and Abstracts (Music Index, RILM, RISM, etc.) |
| REF 016.7805 | Music Periodical directories and guides |
| REF 016.78092 | Thematic catalogues, bibliographies and research guides - composer sequence |
| REF 016.78094-99 | Bibliographies and research guides - country sequence |
| REF 016.781 | Theory, Form and Analysis - Bibliographies |
| REF 016.7813 | Theory, Form and Analysis - Bibliographies |
| REF 016.7814 | Performance Practice - Bibliographies |
| REF 016.7815 | Film, Television and Stage Music - Bibliographies and research guides |
| REF 016.7816 | Folk and Popular Music - Bibliographies and research guides |
| REF 016.7817 | Music of particular countries - Research guides and Bibliographies |
| REF 016.7821 | Opera and Musicals - Research guides and Bibliographies |
| REF 016.7822 | Sacred Vocal Music - Oratorios, Cantatas, Liturgical vocal forms, hymns, etc. - Research guides and Bibliographies |
| REF 016.7823 | Religious Services and Liturgical Music - organa, clausulae, motets, chants, etc. - Research guides and Bibliographies |
| REF 016.7824 | Secular Vocal Music - Airs, Madrigals, popular and children's songs, etc. - Research guides and Bibliographies |
| REF 016.7825 | Choral Music - Research guides and Bibliographies |
| REF 016.783 | Voice and Singing - instruction, study, repertoire - Research guides and Bibliographies |
| REF 016.784 | Musical Instruments, Orchestral ensembles and repertoire - Research guides and Bibliographies |
| REF 016.785 | Chamber Music and repertoire - Research guides and Bibliographies |
| REF 016.7862 - 016.7864 | Piano, Clavichord or Harpsichord and respective repertoire - Research guides and Bibliographies |
| REF 016.7865 | Organ and repertoire - Research guides and Bibliographies |
| REF 016.787 | Stringed Instruments and repertoire - Research guides and Bibliographies |
| REF 016.788 | Wind Instruments and repertoire - Research guides and Bibliographies |
| REF 016.792 | Performing Arts and Dance - Research guides and Bibliographies |
| REF 026 | Library Directories |
| REF 070 | Music Printing - Directories and Handbooks |
| REF 400s | Dictionaries - English, French, German, Latin, etc. |
| REF 615.85154 | Music Therapy Indexes |
| REF 780.14 | Musical Terms Dictionaries |
| REF 780.2 | Musical Quotations, anecdotes, maxims, etc. |
| REF 780.25 | Directories, Yearbooks, Almanacs, |
| REF 780.266 | Discographies |
| REF 780.3 | Music Dictionaries and Encyclopedias - New Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians, Oxford Companion to Music, etc. See also - Oxford Music Online (via SuperSearch) includes New Grove Dictionary of Opera and New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. (restricted - University of Melbourne only) |
| REF 780.7 | Music Education - International and National Directories and Handbooks |
| REF 780.82 | Women Composers - Encyclopedias and Dictionaries |
| REF 780.9 | Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, historical periods, also chronologies |
| REF 780.922 | Biographical Encyclopedias and Dictionaries |
| REF 781.542 | Film, Television and Stage music - Encyclopedias and Dictionaries |
| REF 781.6 | Popular Music - Encyclopedias and Dictionaries |
| REF 782 | Opera and Vocal Music - Encyclopedias and Dictionaries |
| REF 782.42 | Popular Song - Encyclopedias and Dictionaries |
| REF 784.19 | Musical Instruments - Encyclopedias and Dictionaries |
| REF 784.2 | Orchestral Ensembles - Encyclopedias and Dictionaries |
| REF 785 | Chamber Music - Encyclopedias and Dictionaries |
| REF 786 - 788 | Instrumental Music (specific instruments) - Encyclopedias and Dictionaries |
| REF 790 | Performing Arts & Dance - Encyclopedias and Dictionaries |
| REF 800 | Style manuals, writing guides, etc. |
| REF 920.094 AUST | Australian Dictionary of Biography |