Use these resources on campus, at home, on your smartphone.
Look up history, theory, composers and compositions in the New Grove Dictionary online. It's a good idea to get familiar with the print version first.
Oxford History of Western Music
Read Taruskin's insights into history and the great composers - the same text as the book, but a searchable e-book format!
The Nelson Library has a wide range of books on Music History.
The Library has assigned subject headings to the books in the collection. Some headings will link through to many titles, others only one or two. The headings may not always be comprehensive, so when you find a good book, try browsing the shelf nearby for more.
Tip: Try searching a composer's name as a keyword in the Discovery catalogue.
You may place a HOLD on any title that's on loan.
If you wish to browse the library shelves you may find these numbers helpful:
780-789 Music
780.285 Computer applications
780.9 History of music
781 Theory of music
781.3 Composition
781.34 Computer composition
781.37-781.38 Arranging
781.542 Film music
782.14 Musicals
783 Music for voice
784 Popular music
785 Instrumental music
785.42 Jazz
786 Keyboard, mechanical, electronic, & percussion instruments
787 Stringed instruments
787.87 Guitar
788 Wind instruments
Or search the Catalogue!
Sound bites : following the bendy path of classical music from Ancient Greece to today by 
Music : the definitive visual history by 
The Cambridge Companion to Rhythm by 
The other classical musics : fifteen great traditions by 
Loading the Silence: Australian Sound Art in the Post-Digital Age by 
Holding the note : writing on music by 
