Writing About Music

...including reference to electronic style

Beyond the MLA [Modern Language Association] Handbook: Documenting Electronic Resources
Compiled by Andrew Harnack and Gene Kleppinger, Eastern Kentucky University. See especially their introductory essay in which the current state of citation style is surveyed and in which ambiguities are identified and resolved. Another useful section is their "Citing the Sites."

New! February 2008: Chicago Manual of Style Online  BU-px

Citing Music Sources in your Essay and Bibliography
Prepared by the faculty of the Music History Department, University of Western Ontario.

Citing Electronic Information in History Papers
Complied by Maurice Crouse, Department of History, The University of Memphis (2003).

Columbia Guide to Online Style: MLA [Modern Language Association]-Style Citations of Electronic Resources
Compiled by Janice Walker, University of South Florida; endorsed by the Alliance for Computers and Writing.

How to Write About Music: The RILM Manual of Style (2nd ed.)
consult copy at: Music Open Reserve ML3797 .H69 2006

Journal of Seventeenth-Century Music Style Sheet
Updated in 2007, valuable resource for italicization, abbreviations and regularization of music words; also conforms to Chicago Manual practices.

MLA Style
This is the Modern Language Association's official site. See under the section 'MLA Style' for their link to Frequently Asked Questions which includes examples of citations for material accessed through the Internet.

Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Resources
The site is designed present style documentation in APA, MLA, Chicago, and more. Additional features, such as its Internet FAQ, are extremely useful for both novice and expert researchers. This is an excellent and easily navigable site. Compiled by Andrew Harnack and Eugene Kleppinger, Bedford/St. Martin's press, c2000.

Turabian. A manal for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations
... Chicago style for students and researchers. 7th ed.
consult copy at: Music Open Reserve LB2369 .T8 2007


See also:  Mugar Library's Citation Styles Guide

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