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You can find an online tutorial on music research (mostly in German) on the website of the German Music Information Centre Deutsches Musikinformationszentrum. We are also happy to help you personally with your research. Please contact the information desk on the ground floor of the music library.
Links
... to the most important e-resources:
- Library catalogue
- BMS - Bibliographie des Musikschrifttums online (Bibliography of music literature on-line)
- DigiBib - Die Digitale Bibliothek (The Digital Library)
- Digital Concert Hall *
- e-books: Beck | Bloomsbury | DeGruyter | Preselect *
- EZB - Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek (Electronic journals library)
- Fachportal Pädagogik (inkl. FIS Bildung) (Education research portal, incl. German education index)
- Grove Music Online *
- Handbuch Kulturmanagement (Cultural management handbook, in German) *
- JSTOR - Music *
- KDG - Komponisten der Gegenwart (Contemporary composers, in German) *
- MGG online - Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (Music in history and present, in German) *
- Music Online: Reference *
- musiconn (formerly ViFa Musik, in German)
- Naxos Music Library | NML Jazz *
- Neues Handbuch Hochschullehre (New handbook on university teaching, in German) *
- OLC Musikwissenschaft (OLC musicology, in German) *
- OPUS - Publication Server of the Hochschule für Musik Detmold
- RIdIM - Répertoire International d'Iconographie Musicale
- RILM - Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale *
- RIPM - Répertoire International de la Presse Musicale *
- RISM - Répertoire International des Sources Musicales
* only accessible from within the university network
To access the e-resources from outside, from home or when on the move, please use the EZproxy link.
More e-resources
An overview of all e-resources of the music library as well as additional information on contents and access options can be found here.
Tips for literature research
... can be found, for example, in the following German works:
- Franke: Literatur recherchieren in Bibliotheken und Internet (Researching literature in libraries and on the internet) (available for request?)
- Gardner: Musikwissenschaftliches Arbeiten: eine Einführung (Working in musicology: an introduction) (available for request?)
- Hofmann: Erfolgreich recherchieren - Erziehungswissenschaften (Researching successfully - educational sciences) (available for request?)
Everything you need to know about libraries in general can be found in the volume Bibliotheken für dummies (PDF, in German).