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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