Useful Sites
INDEX: Research, Writing, UM, Music, New York Times, Career
Links, Other
(see also links pages for individual
courses: film
music, usclassical, popular
music and politics )
RESEARCH
Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (click
here if accessing from off campus)
The premiere music encyclopedia in English.
Oxford English Dictionary (click here if off campus)
UM Online Reference Shelf , Internet Public Library
Visual Thesaurus
The world's most beautiful word tool
UM sites
WRITING
Sweetland Writing Center, Sweetland Resources Online
Internet Public Library Writing Resources
Strunk and White, 1918 edition
Teaching
Center for Research on Learning and Teaching
Career Links
Career Planning and Placement
• Reference
Letter Center
Office of Evaluation and Examination
• Teaching Evaluations
Graduate Student Links
MUSIC
Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (click
here if accessing from off campus)
The premiere music encyclopedia in English.
American Musicological Society
(AMS)
Professional organization for musicologists who focus primarily on musics with
written traditions, particularly those associated with the concert hall. It
publishes the Journal of the American Musicological Society.
Society for American Music (SAM)
Formerly the Sonneck Society, this organization is devoted to the study and
promotion of American music in all its varieties.
Center for Black Music Research (CBMR)
A research center and archive for the study of African and African-derived musical
expressions, encompassing vernacular and concert musics. Its publications include
Black Music Research Journal.
Worldwide Music Internet
Resources
Possibly the largest collection of music-related Internet linksÑto organizations,
record labels, fan web pages, and much more.
Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM)
The major U.S.-based professional organization for scholars studying the broad
range of musics in the world. Contrary to popular belief, ethnomusicology is
about the study of all kinds of music, not just those emanating from outside
the United States or western Europe. The focus of such research is on how music
fits into and affects culture in the broadest sense.
Institute
of Jazz Studies (IJS)
Archive of recordings, clippings, and periodicals for scholars interested in
serious jazz research.
Center for Jazz Studies (CJS)
Newly opened research center at Columbia University devoted to the broad study
of jazz examining its status as music and through its impact on literature,
visual art, film and culture more generally.
International Association for the Study
of Popular Music (IASPM)
Organization for scholars of rock and popular musics.
International Council
for Traditional Music (ICTM)
Funded by UNESCO, this organization is like SEM, but with a more international
focus. It publishes the Yearbook for Traditional Music, formerly the Yearbook
of the International Folk Music Council.
RILM
Abstracts of Musical Literature (UM Only)
Index of music-related books, essays and journal articles. A good starting point
for some research projects.
The Music Index (UM Only, requires
login)
Similar to RILM, with more coverage from the popular press. A good search would
combine results from the two databases.
Other Music-Related
AMG All Music Guide
Ever wanted to know more about a particular performer, recording or style of
music? This is perhaps one of the first places to go. While you may disagree
with the opinions of some of the reviewers, this site is still an invaluable
source.
CDNow
A commercial site for ordering compact discs, DVDs, videos and other items.
If an item is in print, thereÕs a good chance youÕll be able to find it and
order it from them.
Descarga
Similar to CDNow, except its focus is on salsa, Latin jazz, merengue and other
forms of Latin popular and traditional music.
Jazz Journalists Association
Links and information about and for jazz writers (and those interested in jazz
writing).
New York Times
About The New York times (Library has online: 1- 1851-)
Non-subscribers can access the current day's issue only http://www.nytimes.com/
1851-1999 Access to the ProQuest Historical Newspapers online version restricted
(authentication may be required): http://hn.umi.com/pqdweb?RQT=301&UserId=IPAUTO&Passwd=IPAUTO&JSEnabled=1&COPT=U01EPTYmSU5UPTAmREJTPTFBQ0Q@
June 1, 1980- Text of articles via LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe (access restricted;
authentication may be required): http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/
1999- Text of articles via ProQuest (access restricted; authentication may
be required): http://www.umi.com/pqdauto?COPT=REJTPTcy
Text of articles for the last 365 days via InfoTrac (access restricted; authentication
may be required): http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/lom_nytimes
Deepdiscountdvd.com
My favorite source for dvds.
Amazon.com
A great database and bibliographic tool as well as for buying books.
Ebay
Top online auction site. A great place to find musical Americana.
Online Journals
•ECHO (UCLA)
University of Michigan
Music of the United States of America,
MUSA
Online Directory
Academic Associations
Writing
Research
Gallery of Faculty Sites
This list is presented as a helpful resource to instructors looking for ideas
for their own course websites. The list is in no way complete, nor does it represent
some sort of qualitative endorsement. It is simply a collection of sites I found
when developing my own faculty website. If you know of other interesting faculty
websites or are developing your own, plese send me a URL and I will add it to
the list.
| Instructor | Institution | Department | |||
| Prof. Marcy Bauman | University of Michigan | English | |||
| Prof. Carl Berger | University of Michigan | English | |||
| Tonya Browning | University of Texas | English | |||
| Dr. Wayne Butler | University of Michigan | English / ECB | |||
| Prof. Mark Clague | University of Michigan | Musicology | |||
| Prof. Travis Jackson | University of Michigan | Musicology | |||
| Prof. Rod Johnson | University of Michigan | Engineering | |||
| Prof. Eric S. Rabkin | University of Michigan | English | |||
| Prof. Michael Rodemer | University of Michigan | Art | |||
News
CNN
HTML Help
Computing
Personal Finance
Motley Fool
Macintosh-Related
Apple Software Updates
If you are using a system version earlier than 9.x or are reluctant to use AppleÕs
Software Update control panel, this site is the best place to go to keep your
system components up-to-date.
VersionTracker
For third-party Macintosh software, commercial and shareware, this site, updated
several times daily, is the place to find links to recently released updates
and bug fixes for the software components on your Macintosh. If youÕre a Windows
user, this site will automatically detect your browser and give you a list of
updated Windows-platform software.
MacFixit
If you are having a problem with a piece of software or hardware, you may find
information from others experiencing the same difficulty in MacFixitÕs forums.
Its searchable database and threaded postings make it easy for you to locate
information or to post queries that other readers might be able to address.
Macintosh News Network
Clearinghouse for news and information about Macintosh computers, the computer
hardware and software industries, and much more.